美国有线新闻 CNN 飓风萨莉登陆美国 造成50多万户断电

First, we're getting you up to speed with Hurricane Sally, which finally made landfall on Wednesday. While it was in the Gulf¹, the storm had strengthened then weakened then strengthened again. It curved east as it slowly approached the U.S. Gulf Coast.

首先，我们要带大家了解飓风“萨莉”的最新情况，这场飓风最终在周三登陆。在海湾地区盘旋时，风暴“萨莉”先是加强，然后减弱，之后再次加强。“萨莉”在缓慢靠近美国墨西哥湾沿岸时向东转向。

And on Wednesday morning, Sally hit Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a category hurricane 2, with wind speeds of 105 miles per hour.

周三早上，“萨莉”以二级飓风的强度侵袭了阿拉巴马州海湾沿岸，风速达到每小时105英里。

It was the same spot and the same date when Hurricane Ivan struck 16 years ago. But even though it wasn't as strong as Ivan, Hurricane Sally was a much slower-moving storm. The category 2 system dragged ashore² at miles per hour, slower than people walk, and that gave it more time to dump rain on Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

“萨莉”的登陆地点和登陆时间与16年前来袭的飓风“伊万”完全一样。但是，尽管飓风“萨莉”没有“伊万”那样猛烈，但其移动速度要慢得多。这个二级飓风以每小时两英里的速度慢吞吞地上了岸，这比人们行走的速度还要慢，因此“萨莉”有更多时间给阿拉巴马州和佛罗里达州的狭长地带带来降雨。

Between 10 and 35 inches were possible in the region. Significant downfalls were expected in Central Georgia and the Carolinas as well. Power was knocked out for more than 500,000 customers and fallen trees, flooded streets and water rescues were all part of the scene Wednesday in Pensacola, Florida.

这一地区的降雨量可能达到10到35英寸。预计佐治亚州中部和南北卡罗来纳州也会出现强降雨。“萨莉”导致50多万用户断电，周三在佛罗里达州彭萨科拉市，可以看到倒下的树木、洪水淹没的街道以上水上救援行动。

1 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。

2 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。