双语阅读:“劳拉”现已升级为4级巨无霸飓风,登陆时风暴潮巨浪可高达6米!
飓风“劳拉”现在已升级为4级巨无霸飓风
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飓风劳拉在墨西哥湾“继续迅速增加强度”。

根据国家飓风中心NHC报告,飓风劳拉现已升级为“极端危险”的4级风暴,其最大持续风速接近140英里/小时(220公里/小时)。
根据NHC发布的信息,截至美国东部标准时间周三(8月26日)下午2时,劳拉(Laura)以接近16英里/小时(26 km / h)的速度朝西北方向移动,预计在今晚到达德克萨斯州和路易斯安那州西南海岸。据哥伦比亚广播公司CBS新闻报道,在飓风预计经过的地方至少有2000万人居住,其中超过50万的人已经被命令疏散转移。
根据NHC通报,第4级风暴被认为是“大型”飓风,其持续风速为130至156英里/小时(209至251公里/小时)。该通报称,预计今晚该风暴将给墨西哥湾西北海岸带来“灾难性的”风暴潮,大风以及突发性洪水。在某些地区,海浪可能会高达15到20英尺(4.6到6米)。
国家飓风中心NHC称,“风暴潮通常伴随着破坏性极大的巨浪,风暴潮还可以深入内陆高达30英里(48公里),所以从德克萨斯州的环海州立公园到路易斯安那州的内陆城市,风暴潮都会带来灾难性破坏。 可以安全转移人员和财产的窗口期现在仅剩几个小时了,我们必须立即采取一切必要的行动。”
美国地质调查局的海洋学家卡拉·多兰(Kara Doran)说:“风暴潮很可能是这场风暴带来的影响力最大的事件,在同一地区连续遭受两场风暴的冲击对海岸线影响非常大。”
根据NHC通报,风暴潮将严重影响墨西哥湾中部沿海地区的沙滩和沿岸小岛。浪涌会侵蚀沙丘的底部,还会在沿海环境中移动大量的沙土,从而改变沿海的景观,淹没有些海滩和沙丘。
国家飓风中心NHC预计,飓风劳拉登陆后其强度将迅速减弱,明天将到达路易斯安那州西北部,周四(8月27日)晚到达阿肯色州,周五(8月28日)到达密西西比河谷中部。
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monster - n. 怪兽,庞然大物
category - n. 类别
hurricane - n. 飓风
rapidly - adv. 迅速地
strengthen - v. 加强
maximum - adj. 最大的,最多的
sustain - v. 维持,使...稳定持续
mph - mile per hour,英里/小时
km - kilometer的缩写,公里
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time的缩写,东部夏令时
northwest - n. 西北方
southwestern - adj. 西南方的
expect - v. 预期,期待
approach - v. 靠近
coast - n. 海岸
reside - v. 居住,居留
storm - n. 风暴
catastrophic - adj. 灾难性的
advisory - n. 警报
unsurvivable - adj. 无法生存的
surge - n. 上涌,涌动
storm surge - 风暴潮
Sea Rim State Park - 环海州立公园
reach up to - 高达
impactful - adj. 有冲击力的
event - n. 事件
vulnerable - adj. 脆弱的
back-to-back - 背靠背,连续两次
sandy beaches - 沙滩
barrier islands - 堰洲岛
gulf - n. 海湾
erosion - n. 侵蚀,腐蚀
sand dune - 沙丘
landfall - n. 登陆,到达陆地
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Laura is now a monster Category 4 hurricane
By Yasemin Saplakoglu
Hurricane Laura "continues to rapidly strengthen" over the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Laura has now strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of nearly 140 mph (220 km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of 2 p.m E.D.T. on Wednesday (Aug. 26), Laura is moving toward the northwest near 16 mph (26 km/h) and is expected to approach Texas and southwestern Louisiana coasts this evening, according to the NHC. At least 20 million people reside in the path of the hurricane and over half a million have been ordered to evacuate, according to CBS News.
Category 4 storms are considered "major" hurricanes racking up sustained winds of 130 to 156 mph (209 to 251 km/h), according to the NHC. The storm is expected to bring "catastrophic" storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding along the northwest Gulf Coast tonight, according to the advisory. In some areas, water may reach up to 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6 meters), according to the NHC.
"Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves," will cause "catastrophic damage" from Sea Rim State Park in Texas to the Intracoastal City in Louisiana, according to the NHC. This storm surge can reach up to 30 miles (48 km) inland and "Only a few hours remain to protect life and property and all actions should be rushed to completion," according to the NHC.
"The storm surges are likely going to be the most impactful events of this storm," U.S. Geological Survey oceanographer Kara Doran, leader of the USGS Coastal Change Hazards Storm Team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, said in a statement. "The coast is vulnerable with back-to-back storms in the same general area.”
Storm surges will strongly impact sandy beaches and barrier islands along the central Gulf coast, according to the statement. Surges can cause erosion at the base of sand dunes, they can transport large amounts of sand across coastal environments causing changes to the landscape and inundation and completely submerge beaches and dunes, according to the statement.
After Laura makes landfall, it's expected to rapidly weaken, according to the NHC. Laura is forecast to move over northwestern Louisiana tomorrow, over Arkansas on Thursday (Aug. 27) night and over the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday (Aug. 28), according to the NHC.