CNN News: 飓风“马修”正逼近美国 200万人紧急撤离

The Caribbean nation of Haiti has postponed a presidential election. Four U.S. states have declared states of emergency and it`s all because of Hurricane Matthew.

加勒比海北部岛国海地推迟总统选举。美国已有四个州宣布进入紧急状态。而这些事件的所有源头都是因为飓风马修。

As it approached the island nation of Bahamas last night, Matthew`s winds spun at 120 miles per hour. That made it a category three hurricane. The forecasters predicted it would get stronger before reaching the U.S. That could happen tonight, that could be delayed until Saturday.

昨晚，飓风马修逼近巴哈马群岛，风速达到120英里/小时。 这个风速约为3级飓风。预报员预测马修飓风在接近美国时，风力将会变强。今晚飓风马修可能会登陆美国，也可能推迟到周六。

Meteorologists don`t know for sure where Matthew was headed, but they had a cone, a potential range to work from.

气象学家尚不能知道马修的前进方向，但是，可预测可能会影响的范围。

So, when you take a hurricane, right inside that center eye wall, that`s where you`re going to have the strongest winds, right around that center. Cluster of thunderstorms, that`s where we have the 120-mile-per-hour winds. Once you pan the storm out, the winds start to get a little bit less and less. With this particular hurricane, the hurricane winds extend about 45 miles from the center and then tropical storm force winds extend nearly 200 miles from the center.

当遭遇飓风时，风眼的位置是风速最大的地方。暴风雪风眼的风速约为120英里/小时。一旦远离风眼，风速就会慢慢减弱。马修飓风风眼到外围的距离为45英里，而热带飓风风眼到外围的距离为200英里。