美国国家公共电台 NPR--Nicole is thrashing the Bahamas and is forecast to strike Florida

Nicole is thrashing the Bahamas and is forecast to strike Florida

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Florida's Atlantic coast is preparing for a rare November hurricane. Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to be at or near hurricane strength when it comes ashore² as soon as Thursday.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

People in Florida voted yesterday while also preparing for a storm. Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to strengthen and become a hurricane as it moves over warm water near the Bahamas today. The National Hurricane Center says Nicole is likely to hit Florida early tomorrow as a Category 1 storm. That is the weakest kind of hurricane, but still strong enough - 75 mile per hour winds. A bigger threat is the storm surge. NPR's Greg Allen has been following this storm, as he has many hurricanes in the past. Greg, good morning.

GREG ALLEN, BYLINE³: Morning, Steve.

INSKEEP: OK, so amid the election results, which we're following throughout the morning, and Ron DeSantis winning re-election in Florida, what are you hearing about Nicole?

ALLEN: Well, this has been an unusual storm. It took a lot of people by surprise, starting as this disorganized depression in the Atlantic, then gaining strength as it moved toward the Bahamas. It's now likely to hit the Florida coast north of Palm Beach and then turn north. And it's going to bring a lot of rain and significant storm surge to much of this state before it moves into Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia by the weekend, all of which are likely to see some impacts.

INSKEEP: You have had so many terrible storms there. Do people shrug⁴ off a Category 1 at this point?

ALLEN: Right. Well, you know, this - I think that Hurricane Ian just in late September kind of got people really mobilized and thinking about storms more. That was a powerful Category 4 storm with winds over 150 miles per hour. This one is nothing close to that. And so local authorities are walking a line. They want people to prepare for, you know, possible power outages, maybe flooding, but they don't want to oversell the threat. In Palm Beach County, the mayor there said this week that we're built for this, reminding residents that building codes require structures to be able to withstand winds, you know, far higher than what we're going to see from Nicole. Forecasters and emergency managers are more concerned about the storm surge and the flooding from heavy rains, which can make the rivers rise and can...

INSKEEP: Yeah.

ALLEN: ...Make flooding happen days later. Robert Weinroth, the mayor there in Palm Beach County, ordered mandatory⁵ evacuation for people yesterday in Palm Beach County. And he urged people to take that water seriously.

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ROBERT WEINROTH: We saw what happened in Lee County. There were people who stayed put because they felt that there was not an emergency. And a lot of those people regretted their decision.

ALLEN: You know, more than 50 people died there in Lee County in Hurricane Ian, and many of them were in the storm surge.

INSKEEP: OK, so what are the plans then for evacuations?

ALLEN: Well, some counties are ordering mandatory evacuations here. Others are just strongly recommending people evacuate⁶ from coastal⁷ areas. A Palm Beach County administrator⁸, Verdenia Baker⁹, told residents that they only need to evacuate a few miles to be safe from the storm surge.

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VERDENIA BAKER: Please take these mandatory evacuations seriously. If you want to evacuate and leave the area - the state, because this storm covers the entire state - now is the time to do it.

ALLEN: You know, there's really no need to leave the whole state. But if you've seen satellite pictures of Nicole or radar¹⁰ pictures, you know that it covers much of the southeast from south Florida all the way up to south - to North Carolina. And all those areas are going to see impacts, whether it's storm surge, beach erosion and flooding and some late in the week.

INSKEEP: Greg, I'm thinking about climate change. Fire season in much of the United States is much longer than it used to be. And here we are in November - November 9 - and looking at another hurricane. Isn't this rather late for a hurricane?

ALLEN: Definitely, Steve. And I think those people will be asking those questions and looking into this. Hurricane season doesn't officially until the end of this month, but we almost never see hurricanes this late in the year. The last time Florida saw one hit the state in November was in 1985. In recent years, though, we've seen tropical systems form before the official beginning of the hurricane season. We just hope that we're not going to be seeing more late-season storms like this one.

INSKEEP: NPR's Greg Allen, thanks as always.

ALLEN: You're welcome.

INSKEEP: And we're continuing to follow all the news on today's MORNING EDITION, including yesterday's election. Neither the House nor the Senate is decided¹¹ at this hour.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

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。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。

5 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

6 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。

7 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

8 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

9 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

10 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。