台风纳莎袭击菲律宾
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A powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines, triggering floods, cutting power and halting work in the capital Manila.

一场强台风袭击菲律宾,在首都马尼拉造成洪灾、电力中断和停工。

Typhoon Nesat brought strong rains and forced many schools to close
Typhoon Nesat brought strong rains and forced many schools to close
Typhoon Nesat also forced the closure of the Philippine Stock Exchange and the US embassy in the city.

At least two people were killed and another four were reported missing.

As the storm approached, the authorities ordered the evacuation(疏散,撤离) of more than 100,000 people in the central Albay province.

The typhoon is expected to continue across the country, before blowing across the South China Sea towards southern China on Thursday.

Big damage feared

Nesat made landfall just before dawn on Tuesday in the eastern Isabela and Aurora1 provinces on the Pacific coast.

The storm - with wind gusts2 of up to 170km/h (105mph) - is now making its way across the island of Luzon, which is home to more than half the Philippine population, the BBC's Kate McGeown in the Philippines reports.

Many roads have been flooded and flights cancelled, and local media are urging people against non-essential travel, our correspondent says.

In Manila, government offices, schools and universities were closed, as the authorities urged city residents to stay indoors.

Officials warn that low-lying areas of the capital are particularly vulnerable to flooding and landslides3

At least two people died, including a baby who fell into a swollen4 river in the central province of Catanduanes.

Four fishermen are missing, and more than 50 more have been rescued after their boats capsized in rough seas.

There are fears that the death toll5 would rise further.

Meteorologists(气象学家) also warn that huge - 12ft (4m) - waves are expected to slam(猛力抨击) the shoreline.

"The damage is expected to be big," Richard Gordon, head of the Philippines National Red Cross, told the BBC.

"Right now there are already power interruptions. Our agriculture will again be damaged here. And certainly in terms of infrastructure6 there are some bridges that are flooded right now."

Earlier, about 110,000 people in several towns of the Albay province were ordered to leave their homes and seek shelter elsewhere.

"We can't manage typhoons, but we can manage their effects," provincial7 Governor Joey Salceda was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

The Philippines suffers frequent typhoons - but Nesat is thought to be the largest this year.

"This typhoon is very wide in diameter, about 650km, and covers most of Luzon," Graciano Yumul, who supervises the country's weather bureau, told reporters.

It comes almost exactly two years after Typhoon Ketsana killed more than 400 people.



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1 aurora aV9zX     
n.极光
参考例句:
  • The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
  • Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。
2 gusts 656c664e0ecfa47560efde859556ddfa     
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作
参考例句:
  • Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
  • Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。
3 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。
4 swollen DrcwL     
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀
参考例句:
  • Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着,她的双腿已经肿了。
  • A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她,她的手臂肿起来了。
5 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。
6 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
参考例句:
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
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。
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