美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-06

 It's 10 o'clock in east coast, 9 o'clock in Oklahoma where the breaking news taking place, also now in Saint¹ Louise, Missouri and areas around it.

The immediate² threat to tornados⁴ is now in the Saint Louise, Missouri area where one confirmed twister has hit. Here is the lastest, though, out of  Oklahoma one tornado³ warining is still in effect there for the far eatern side in Oklahoma metro⁵ area, also, a serious flash flooding threat. At least 3 tornados reportedly touched down, one Reno. That tornado then move toward Bethany and was also seen near the fairgrounds and by the airport. One north of the Union City and another outside Tinker Air Force Base.

A short time ago, the National Wheather Service twitted that the tornado threat is decreasing. That is certainly the good news. KOCO is reporting one confirmed fatality⁶ in Union City, police said the person killed was in a car. KOCO is also reposrting multiple injuries on interstate 40 where cars and truck trailers were said to be flipped⁷ over. How many, we don't know. Earlier the Oklahoma highway patrol⁸ described the situation as dire⁹ with thousands of people believe to be stuck in the traffic. More than 50,000 customers in the area right now without power, the Will Rangers¹⁰' airport has lost power as well. More than a thousand people have been seeking shelter there.

Chad Myers joins us now from El Reno, west of Oklahoma City.

--Chad, explaining what we have been witnessing over the last hour or so.

--It's &&& the regeneration of storms, Anderson. One storm would move over the top of where another storm just was. And that's not very typical. Because when the storm runs over the area, it uses up the atmoshpere which means it takes all the humidity¹¹ and all the heat away, and the air's gonna be much cooler. So there is no real hot air for next strom to come in.

But because the wind is so strong from the south and because we're so hot today. 92, 94, you couldn't walk outside without feeling it. It just hit you right in the face. Our dew¹² point, you know what that means, 64 degrees. You walk out, you're 70 percent humidity and just really sweltering. So all that energy, all that humidinity will be used by the second storm, and then a third strom, and then a forth¹³ strom.

So people, they couldn't get out of the way like this. We couldn't even feel like we are getting out of the way either, becasue the traffic is so bad. We probably went 2 miles in almost an entire hour where people were just trying to get away. Rather than shelter in place, they were trying to drive away from this system. And then, realize that oh no, that's not the only system I need to drive away from, there is another, there is another, there is another. And that's what it was like all day, not being able to out of the way, just getting stuck in the traffic and feeling like I can't be doing 2 miles an hour. Another tornado may come right over the top of me.

--Mayor Lewis, how are things in Moore right now? Mayor Lewis, are you still in shelter.

--It's flooded. I'm out about in my truck right now. And we're kind of taking tour of damage. Everything is dark. The power is out on the south side, the east side, excuse me, the west side of the town, and the  most of the east side. So, there is very little power here, the streets are flooded. I can't even get home to see if my house is OK.

I headed out now to see if my mum's house is OK. So , I don't really know. We have probebly seven or eight ambulances heading into town, very similar, just about 2 blocks south of where it hit last week as a matter of fact. And it looks like there are trees in the roads, and there is damage everywhere.

So, we are pretty concerned. We can't really see how much damage &&&, but everybody from every station is going in right now and they're getting back out in their vehicles and kind of figuring out what's what and where we are right now.

--And obviously, with so much water on the ground it's imprtant for people in that area not to try to go into that area for safety reasons and also to allow any first respondence.

--Absolutely, because there are power lines down all over. So, you know, you don't want to touch any metal when you go home. That's for sure.

--You were saying in one area about 2 blocks from where the last tornado was, more than a week ago, is the track similar to that tornado?

--Uh, no, it actually went catty corner from it. This one went from north to south, the other one came from the south to north. So, it's almost the diagonal like an X across the city -- what it looks like. But over where you guys were reporting the other day, it was right the same location by the Warren Theatre again, and that was kind of met in the middle again this time.

But I didn't see so much damage there, I think it just skipped over the top of it, because on the side, there is damge; and on the other side and interstate, it would have been a lot of damage but  it's already gone, so.

1 saint   

n.圣徒；基督教徒；vt.成为圣徒，把...视为圣徒

参考例句：

• He was made a saint.他被封为圣人。
• The saint had a lowly heart.圣人有谦诚之心。

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 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。

4 tornados   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
• They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网

5 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

6 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

7 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

8 patrol   

v.巡逻，巡查；n.巡逻，巡查，巡逻队

参考例句：

• They attacked two soldiers on patrol.他们袭击了两名正在巡逻的士兵。
• Policemen patrol the streets.警察在街上巡逻。

9 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

10 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

11 humidity   

n.湿度，潮湿，湿气

参考例句：

• The house is not comfortable tonight ,because of the high humidity.由于湿度高，今晚屋子里不舒服。
• It's difficult to work because of the humidity.由于空气潮湿，工作很困难。

12 dew   

n.露，露水

参考例句：

• His new shoes were wet with dew.他的那双新鞋被露水弄湿了。
• The dew on the branches drizzled our hair and shoulders.枝头上的露珠润湿了我们的头发和双肩。

13 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。