飓风仙蒂在古巴登陆
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Sandy has strengthened into a strong category two hurricane as it makes landfall in south-east Cuba.

仙蒂已增强为强二级飓风,在古巴东南部登陆。
 
The hurricane was carrying maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) as it hit land just west of Santiago de Cuba, said the US-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).
 
On Wednesday, one man was killed as Sandy swept over Jamaica.
 
A hurricane watch is in place in the Bahamas, and Florida has been placed on tropical storm watch.
 
The NHC said wind gusts1 of up to to 114 mph had been reported in Santiago de Cuba.
 
It warned the hurricane was bringing heavy rain which could "produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides, especially in areas of mountainous terrain2".
 
Local officials in Cuba said about 1,700 people had been evacuated4 as a precaution.
 
"We cannot put a single human life in danger. We must evacuate3 people in areas we know are likely to be flooded, without losing time," defence official Lazaro Esposito told local media.
 
In Jamaica, more than 1,000 people sought refuge in shelters, with residents reporting widespread power outages, flooded streets and damages to buildings. 
 
The authorities said one person, an elderly man, died when he was crushed by falling boulders5 as he tried to reach his home.
 
A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in all major towns, though some looting(抢劫) has been reported.
 
The country's sole energy provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company, said earlier that 70% of its customers were without electricity.


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1 gusts 656c664e0ecfa47560efde859556ddfa     
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作
参考例句:
  • Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
  • Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。
2 terrain sgeyk     
n.地面,地形,地图
参考例句:
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。
3 evacuate ai1zL     
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
参考例句:
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
4 evacuated b2adcc11308c78e262805bbcd7da1669     
撤退者的
参考例句:
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
5 boulders 317f40e6f6d3dc0457562ca415269465     
n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 );巨砾;(受水或天气侵蚀而成的)巨石;漂砾
参考例句:
  • Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静,海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下,入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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