超强气旋袭击印度 30万人撤离

2014-10-15 13:59:18来源：可可英语

　　Sanyasamma, 82, who goes by one name, was holed up in her home in the nearby city ofVizianagaram with her children and grandchildren. She was also providing shelter to a fewlocal residents who had evacuated their huts in favor of her larger brick home.

　　在附近的维济亚讷格勒姆市，82岁的桑亚萨玛(Sanyasamma)和她的孩子及孙辈躲在家中。桑亚萨玛使用单名。她还为少数当地居民提供住所，后者离开了自己的小屋，来到了桑亚萨玛的大砖房。

　　“I have never seen this much rain in my entire life,” she said.

　　她说，“我这辈子从没有见过这么多雨。”

　　V. Raghu, 39, who works with an engineering firm in Afghanistan, came home to tend to hisailing father in Visakhapatnam during the storm. He was with his father in a hospital andworried that the power would go out and that they would soon run out of water if the storm didnot stop.

　　39岁的V·拉古(V. Raghu)在阿富汗为一家工程公司工作，他在风暴期间回到位于维沙卡帕特南的家中，看望生病的父亲。他与父亲待在医院中，他担心如果风暴不停止，电力会用尽，而且很快就会停水。

　　“The whole city is hiding in their homes,” he said.

　　他说，“全城的居民都躲在家里。”

　　The Indian Meteorological Department predicted that the tide would surge three to six feetabove its natural level when the cyclone hit, and advised at least six districts in AndhraPradesh to suspend fishing operations.

　　印度气象局预测，气旋来袭时，潮位会比正常水位高三到六英尺(约合1.8米)。该局建议安得拉邦的至少六个地区暂停捕捞作业。

　　The state authorities had closed the Visakhapatnam port, railroad station and national highwayson Saturday in preparation for the storm.

　　周六，安达拉邦相关机构已经关闭了维沙卡帕特南的港口、火车站及国道，迎接风暴的到来。

　　India’s eastern coast is often hit by cyclones at this time of year. Last October, Cyclone Phailinresulted in 800,000 evacuations but few deaths, evidence, officials have said, of the increasedpreparedness of the Indian government and locals.

　　每年的这个时候，印度东海岸通常会遭到气旋侵袭。去年10月，气旋“费林”(Phailin)导致80万人疏散，但几乎没有人员死亡，官员们称，这证明印度政府及当地居民加强了防备。

　　More than 10,000 people were killed 15 years ago when a cyclone hit roughly the same area,but in the intervening time, physical infrastructure and communication lines have improvedsignificantly in the country, aiding evacuation efforts.

　　15年前，一场气旋侵袭了大致相同的区域，导致逾1万人死亡。但在那以后，该国的基础设施及通讯线路得到了大幅改善，这有助于疏散工作。

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