NBC晚间新闻 美国酷热加剧了大火

Heat adds to wildfire’s fuel

酷热增大了野火强度

Evacuations are underway as a wall of fire approaches the town of Idyllwild, Calif. The blaze is so large it can be seen from space. Six miles away from the fire, in Palm Springs, it was raining ash, leaving fine particles in the air. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports.

随着野火的靠近，加州爱德怀小镇的疏散迫在眉睫。火势很强，从空中就能看到。六英里之外的棕榈泉空中在下灰尘，空中悬浮着大量颗粒物。NBC的Miguel Almaguer报道。

Now to where it turns serious again today, extreme heat adding to the fuel for this big and growing wildfire outside palm springs , California. And tonight, evacuations are under way as this fire is now burning toward a highly populated community that has its own sad history with wildfire. That's where the crews are digging in. That's where we find NBC's Miguel Almaguer tonight. Miguel , good evening.

reporter: Brian, good evening. An eerie¹ scene here in Idyllwild , usually bustling² with tourists and locals this time of year but today it looks much more like a ghost town , this as firefighters prepare for the worst. On the frontlines today, a race against time to protect the resort town of Idyllwild . Crews carving³ a fire break between 2200 homes and a wall of fire that's on the move.

This morning watching what was going on and it didn't look good.

reporter: Ron Korman is among the 6,000 ordered to evacuate⁴. He round up his horses and packed what he could from his dream home, a cabin he built with his own hands.

If we were to get an easterly wind, we would be toast down here.

reporter: Wind is the biggest fear today. The so-called mountain fire is blowing in multiple directions, feeding on bone-dry brush this 35-square-mile monster can be seen from space. There are smoke advisories⁵ for unhealthy air. six miles away in palm springs , it was raining ash.

It is very high level of fine particulate⁶ in the air and this is very serious for people with respiratory complications.

reporter: From the air, 17 helicopters continue to pound this remote fire. While on the ground, now 3,000 fire personnel.

We are just checking everything out.

reporter: Going door to door to clear out those who wanted to stay behind. This is the last line of defense⁷ for firefighters, with flames in that direction and homes in that direction, this fire break will run for miles.

We are very concerned. We don't want to lose this town. Everywhere that we protect here, we don't want to lose any of it.

1 eerie   

adj.怪诞的；奇异的；可怕的；胆怯的

参考例句：

• It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
• I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。

2 bustling   

adj.喧闹的

参考例句：

• The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
• This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。

3 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

4 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。

5 advisories   

n.（有关进展、动向、建议等的）报告( advisory的名词复数 )；公告；通告；通报

参考例句：

• Compliance with Practice Advisories is optional. 是否遵守实务公告由审计师自行选择决定。 来自互联网
• Hardened-PHP: not as such a PHP security information website, but it does have security advisories. 增强PHP:不仅仅是一个PHP安全新的网站，它还提供安全建议。 来自互联网

6 particulate   

adj.微小的；n.微粒，粒子

参考例句：

• A special group was organized to dig up the particulate of the case.成立了一个专门小组来查明该案件的各个细节。
• Lungs retain relatively insoluble particulate material.肺脏内留有不溶解的颗粒物质。

7 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。