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Hello, everyone. I'm Asieh Namdar again at the CNN Center in Atlanta, let's take a quick look at what's happening with Hurricane Gustav, I mean Ike.

Hurricane Ike is slowly losing steam as it moves over Texas. It's now a Category-one storm after roaring ashore¹ in Galveston as a Category-two storm. The storm's strong winds blew out the windows on many of Houston's highrise buildings. City leaders will begin removing the glass and debris² as soon as it is safe. The city's biggest problem appears to be the loss of power. As many as four million people have none; power may be out for several days.

Officials in Galveston are taking their first look at what Ike did there. The storm's surge flooded the city's historic district with as much as seven feet of water. The storm winds also downed power lines and sparked a couple of fires.

FEMA says rescue teams are poised³ to move in as soon as they can. And Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff is on his way there. FEMA's federally coordinated⁴ support to the states of Texas and Louisiana is working. We have planned together, we have rehearsed together and we are prepared to execute this together.

Both Chertoff and President Bush are warning that authorities will be at looking out for suspected gas gauging⁵ particularly in Texas but throughout the rest of the country too. Customers who've been able to get gas are paying a lot more. Prices that were below four dollars a gallon earlier this week are now 50-60 cents higher. Some people in Florida say stations there are charging more than five dollars a gallon.

The Coast Guard says the 22 crewmen aboard a stranded⁶ freighter are managed to ride out Hurricane Ike safely. A tugboat is on the way to rescue them. The stranded freighter had been headed south through the Gulf⁷ of Mexico from Port Arthur, Texas, but lost its power 90 miles southeast of Galveston. The company that manages the ship says the freighter was not seriously damaged.

Those are the headlines. I'm Asieh Namdar, stay with us for more on Hurricane Ike.

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1 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
参考例句：
The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。 He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

2 debris
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
参考例句：
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。 Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

3 poised
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句：
The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。 Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

4 coordinated
adj.协调的
参考例句：
The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。 The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

5 gauging
n.测量[试]，测定，计量v.（用仪器）测量( gauge的现在分词 )；估计；计量；划分
参考例句：
The method is especially attractive for gauging natural streams. 该方法对于测量天然的流注具有特殊的吸引力。来自辞典例句 Incommunicative as he was, some time elapsed before I had an opportunity of gauging his mind. 由于他不爱说话，我过了一些时候才有机会探测他的心灵。来自辞典例句

6 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

7 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。