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英文新闻:印尼洪灾致使100多人死亡

时间:2010-10-10 07:31:55

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More than 100 people are now known to have died in flooding in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua.

印度尼西亚东部新几内亚省爆发的洪灾已经导致100多人死亡。

Scores more are still missing in Teluk Wondama district after flash floods and landslides1 that were triggered when a river burst its banks.

Hundreds of people have been injured and more than 5,000 are being housed in tents set up in emergency camps.

The National Search and Rescue Agency and military have sent reinforcements(增援部队) to help deal with the disaster.

The sudden flooding on Monday caught residents by surprise, officials said, contributing to the high death toll2(死亡人数) .

Homes washed away

The local airport has now reopened and roads have been largely cleared of debris3, which is helping4 to speed up aid deliveries to the area, reports say.

Navy warships5 had previously6 been used to carry tents, medical supplies and food to the disaster zone.

Thousands of buildings, roads and bridges in five villages have been damaged or destroyed.

The head of the the provincial7 relief agency, Dortheis Sawaki, said 104 bodies had been recovered, but many more people were missing and the death toll was expected to rise.

"It's a tragedy. The smell of rotting(腐烂) corpses(尸体) is everywhere. Power is down. There's no clean water," she was quoted by AP as saying.

Many parts of the country had been badly hit by heavy rains, winds and high waves this year, meteorologists(气象学家) said.

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1 landslides 5a0c95bd1e490515d70aff3ba74490cb     
山崩( landslide的名词复数 ); (山坡、悬崖等的)崩塌; 滑坡; (竞选中)一方选票占压倒性多数
参考例句:
  • Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
  • The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
2 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
参考例句:
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
3 debris debris     
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
参考例句:
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
4 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
5 warships 9d82ffe40b694c1e8a0fdc6d39c11ad8     
军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只
参考例句:
  • The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后,敌舰退出了海战。
  • The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。
6 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
7 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
参考例句:
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。