CNN News:美國中部遭極端天氣襲擊

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This Tuesday, May 12th, Americans from parts of South Dakota and Iowa, stretching down to Arkansas and Texas, are recovering from severe weather. Over the weekend, fierce storms ripped through the country`s midsection. At least five people were killed, dozens were injured, and several were still missing yesterday afternoon. More than 70 tornadoes were reported.

5月12號這個周二，從南達科他州和愛荷華州到阿肯色州和德克薩斯州的美國群眾正在從極端天氣中緩和過來。在過去的一周，猛烈的暴風(fēng)雨席卷了美國中部地區(qū)。最少5人在極端天氣中死亡，數(shù)十人受傷，還有幾人自昨天下午一直下落不明。一共報道了70多起龍卷風(fēng)。

One of the areas hardest hit was the northeast Texas town of Van, population: 2,300 plus. A fire marshal there says roughly 30 percent of Van was damaged. The town`s schools were closed after getting this kind of damage on Sunday. The district superintendent said they felt blessed this did not happen during a school day. A high school in Iowa also lost most of its roof.

其中受災(zāi)最嚴重的地方是德克薩斯州東北部的Van，該城鎮(zhèn)人口有2300多人。當?shù)叵谰珠L說Van城鎮(zhèn)大約30%面積地域被毀。該城鎮(zhèn)的學(xué)校在周日被席卷之后關(guān)閉。該學(xué)校負責(zé)人表示他們值得慶幸的是極端天氣沒有在上學(xué)期間發(fā)生。愛荷華州的一所學(xué)校的大部分屋頂也被掀翻。

Apparent tornadoes weren`t the only problem. The storms brought sudden flash flooding the areas of northern Texas. Helicopters were called in to airlift people when flood waters covered the roads nearby.

顯然龍卷風(fēng)并不是唯一的問題。突然的暴風(fēng)雨給德克薩斯北部帶來了大量洪水。直升機已經(jīng)被調(diào)遣過來對淹沒道路地區(qū)的群眾進行輸送。