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Our first topic today is a weather event. It's not a classic Nor'easter. It could be a "bomb cyclone¹". Whatever its formal designation will be, it's a system so powerful that it's causing problems all over the U.S. northeast and it came up quickly. "Bomb cyclones²" start as low pressure weather systems. The lower the pressure, the more powerful the storm. When a system's pressure changes quickly, dropping 24 millibars in 24 hours, the rapidly intensifying³ storm has undergone a process called bombogenesis. It has become a bomb cyclone and that's what the system along the U.S. eastern seaboard was expected to do.

A CNN meteorologist said it would have the same low pressure as a Category 1 hurricane. What could that mean for the region? Powerful winds blowing faster than 39 miles per hour and possibly up to 60 or a potential threat from New York City to Portland, Maine. Heavy rain anywhere from two to six inches were forecast for the northeast and all of this could last through Thursday. Flight delays and cancellations were expected. Game 4 of the American League Championship Series was postponed⁴. It's in New York between the Yankees and the Houston Astros and they had to wait until at least Thursday for their fourth match up.

This storm is the second big one to hit this area in a week. The last one brought heavy waves, beach erosion⁵ and flooding to the east coast. And while this week's storm isn't expected to bring as much snow as a classic nor'easter typically does, except maybe for a small part of upstate New York, many of its other characteristics are the same.

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 cyclones   

n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 )；旋风；飓风；暴风

参考例句：

• The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。 来自辞典例句
• Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。 来自辞典例句

3 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

4 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

5 erosion   

n.腐蚀，侵蚀，磨损，削弱，减少

参考例句：

• The erosion of beach here is serious.这里海岸的腐蚀很严重。
• Drought and soil erosion had long been a major problem.干旱和水土流失一直是个老大难问题。