致命风暴席卷美国南部，造成至少9人死亡

致命风暴席卷美国南部，造成至少9人死亡

Authorities say at least nine people have died in severe storms that are spreading across much of the United States, bringing dangerous winds across the South and blinding snow and ice to parts of the Great Plains and Midwest.

有关当局说，在席卷美国大部分地区的严重风暴中，至少9人丧生。风暴给美国南部带来危险的大风，给美国大平原和中西部的部分地区带来大雪和冰雪。

At least seven tornadoes have been confirmed in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, according to the National Weather Service.

据美国国家气象局称，阿肯色州、密苏里州、俄克拉荷马州和得克萨斯州已确认至少有七场龙卷风。

Three people were confirmed dead in Alabama near the town of Carrollton in Pickens County after "an embedded tornado within a long line of intense thunderstorms" ravaged the area, according to the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.

据阿拉巴马州紧急事务管理局称，在皮肯斯县卡罗尔顿镇附近的阿拉巴马州，有三人被确认死亡，此前该地区遭到了“一场夹杂在一长串强烈雷暴中的龙卷风”的肆虐。

In Lubbock, Texas, two first responders were struck and killed by a vehicle as they were attending to a traffic accident brought on by icy road conditions. A 27-year-old police officer died at the scene, the Associated Press reported, while a 39-year-old firefighter was pronounced dead at the hospital. A second firefighter injured at the scene was in critical condition.

在德克萨斯州的卢伯克，两名急救人员在处理一起由结冰的路况造成的交通事故时被一辆汽车撞死。据美联社报道，一名27岁的警察当场死亡，而一名39岁的消防员在医院被宣布死亡。另一名在现场受伤的消防员情况危急。

A third person was reported dead in Texas when a car flipped into a creek in Dallas as severe thunderstorms swept through the city.

德克萨斯州一辆汽车在达拉斯遭遇雷雨袭击时翻入小溪，造成第三人死亡。

On the other side of the Texas border in the town of Benton in Bossier Parish, La., winds were so strong that they peeled the roof off an entire wing of a middle school, local TV station KSLA reported.

据当地电视台KSLA报道，在德克萨斯州边境的另一边，路易斯安那州博西尔教区的本顿镇，狂风如此猛烈，一所中学的整个侧翼的屋顶都被刮掉了。

Firefighters in Bossier Parish recovered the bodies of an elderly couple on Saturday near their demolished trailer, the sheriff's office wrote in a post on Facebook.

警长办公室在脸书上发文称，博西尔县的消防队员周六在被毁的房车附近发现了一对老夫妇的尸体。

Another man died when a tree fell on his house in Oil City early Saturday morning, according to the Caddo Parish, La., coroner's office, as reported by the AP.

据洛杉矶卡多教区称，周六凌晨，另一名男子在石油城(Oil City)的房子被一棵树砸死。据美联社报道，这是美国验尸官办公室。

The violent thunderstorms got underway in Texas and Oklahoma on Friday, dumping rain and bringing high winds as the storm system moved east and northeast. In Texas and Mississippi, meteorologists recorded winds as high as 80 miles per hour — the speed of winds in a Category 1 hurricane.

周五，猛烈的雷暴袭击了德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州，在风暴系统向东和东北移动的过程中带来了大量降雨和大风。在德克萨斯州和密西西比州，气象学家记录的风速高达每小时80英里，相当于一级飓风的风速。

The National Weather Service reported an "enhanced risk" of severe storms in parts of the region, declaring "the greatest threat for tornadoes" in parts of Alabama, Georgia and the western Carolinas. Severe thunderstorms also passed through Arkansas on Friday night.

美国国家气象局报告称，该地区部分地区遭遇严重风暴的“风险加大”，阿拉巴马州、乔治亚州和西卡罗莱纳州部分地区的“龙卷风威胁最大”。周五晚上，强烈的雷暴还袭击了阿肯色州。

By Saturday, the destruction was widespread, with downed trees and power lines scattered across the streets, and many homes damaged or destroyed.

到周六，破坏范围很广，倒下的树木和电线散落在街道上，许多房屋被破坏或摧毁。

Parts of the region remained in a blackout on Saturday as storms continued to churn. More than 105.000 people in Georgia were without power, according to the website Poweroutage.us. Nearly 83.000 in Alabama and 35.000 people in Mississippi were also without power.

由于暴风雨继续肆虐，该地区部分地区周六仍处于停电状态。根据Poweroutage.us网站的数据，佐治亚州有超过10.5万人断电。阿拉巴马州近8.3万人和密西西比州3.5万人也断电。

East of the Mississippi River, the weather was much sunnier, with temperatures that were 20 to 30 degrees higher than normal for this time of year. Many areas were expected to set record highs, including a high of 70 degrees in Washington, D.C. and 67 degrees in New York City.

在密西西比河以东，天气要晴朗得多，气温比一年中这个时候的正常温度高出20到30度。许多地区预计将创下历史新高，其中华盛顿特区的最高气温为70华氏度，纽约市为67华氏度。