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密苏里州遭龙卷风袭击

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The National Weather Service says a large and destructive tornado¹ struck Jefferson City, Missouri late Wednesday night. Police say there were reports of injuries and people trapped in homes.

Residents of several small towns in Oklahoma and Kansas were told to evacuate² due to rising floods. In eastern Oklahoma, a pair of barges³ broke loose, floated down a river, and threatened to hit a dam.

The Pentagon has plans to send up to 10,000 more military personnel to the Middle East. US officials say the idea is to beef up defenses against Iranian threats. But it's unknown if the Trump⁴ administration will agree.

A video from Rome shows a man stuck on the ledge⁵ of a burning building. Firefighters brought a crane and rescued him safely.

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1 tornado
n.飓风，龙卷风
参考例句：
A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。 The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

2 evacuate
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。

3 barges
驳船( barge的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The tug is towing three barges. 那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。 There were plenty of barges dropping down with the tide. 有不少驳船顺流而下。

4 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

5 ledge
n.壁架，架状突出物；岩架，岩礁
参考例句：
They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。 Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 密苏里州遭龙卷风袭击