What Is a 'Bomb Cyclone?'

This is Whats Trending Today When it comes to weather, it is hard to sound more frightening than to call a storm a bomb cyclone. 谈到天气，很难听到什么比炸弹旋风更可怕的了。 But that is how weather experts are describing a huge

AS IT IS 2016-02-27 Infant Swept From Father's Arms In Fiji Cyclone

AS IT IS 2016-02-27 Infant Swept From Father's Arms In Fiji Cyclone After Cyclone Winston blew through Fiji last weekend, 42 people were dead, and four were still missing, including an infant. The winds of Cyclone Winston reached more than 285 kilome

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国家地理-2008-05-22 Bangladesh Cyclone 强热带风暴席卷孟加拉国

Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh, victims of the worst cyclone to hit the country in a decade were desperately awaiting aid on Monday as the official death toll climbed to over three thousand. With relief aid pouring in, rescue teams ba

新西兰英语 396 Queensland recovering after cyclone

Cyclone Yasi, a category 5 cyclone, hit the coast of northern Queensland yesterday. Winds up to 290 km per hour caused damage to houses, yachts in harbours, power lines, trees and crops. Heavy rain caused flooding. High waves washed over the land. Th

新西兰英语 707 Fiji after Cyclone Evan

Although the cyclone was category 4 the second highest level gusts of wind were 270km an hour at times. Both the wind and the rain caused damage. Many houses in Fiji are not strong and can easily be destroyed in a storm. Some houses blew away in the

新西兰英语 708 Cyclone in the Pacific

Cyclone Evan hit Samoa on Thursday evening with strong winds and heavy rain. Four people are dead and eight in fishing boats are missing. The captain of one fishing boat managed to swim to a nearby island and was found by a Royal New Zealand Air Forc

VOA标准英语2008年-One Million Cyclone Victims Have Received Aid i

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 May 2008 United Nations aid agencies say they have been able to reach about one million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Burma, also known as Myanmar, with aid. That is slightly more than 40 percent of those affected by the de

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Chief Heads to Cyclone-Stricken Burma

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 19 May 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon goes to Burma Thursday, where he plans to visit some of the hardest hit areas of the cyclone-devastated country and meet with the reclusive regime's top leaders. The U.

VOA标准英语2008年-UN: Nearly Half of Burmese Cyclone Victims Don'

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 June 2008 The United Nations reports only about half of the 2.4 million survivors of Burma's devastating Cyclone Nargis have received assistance. But, it says that aid is generally spotty and not enough. Lisa Schlein report

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VOA常速英语2008年-Cyclone Ivan Ravages Madagascar

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 25 February 2008 Cyclone Ivan, the worst to hit Madagascar in several years, has claimed at least 44 lives, and left 145,000 people homeless. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesbur

Titanic returns to China in 3D

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic will return to Chinese screens with a new 3D version on Tuesday, said its distributor in China on Sunday. The film, first released in 1997 casting Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, wa

"Harry Potter" series pulling out of shelves at year-end

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- A wizard boy is receding from the Realm of Wizardry at last as the Warner Bros. announced on Monday that it will put an end to the circulation of blockbuster franchise Harry Potter at the end of the year. The distribu

VOA标准英语2008年-Burma Cyclone Death Toll Tops 22,000

By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 06 May 2008 Burma's government says at least 22,000 people are confirmed dead, in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, and another 41,000 are missing. The military government has begun allowing foreign assistance and granting unprecede

VOA标准英语2008年-Time Running Out for Burmese Cyclone Victims

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 May 2008 The United Nations says tens of thousands of desperate survivors of the powerful storm that struck Burma 10 days ago are likely to die of hunger and disease because they are not receiving needed assistance. Lisa Sch

VOA标准英语2008年-International Aid Pledged for Burma Cyclone Rel

By Steve Herman New Delhi 06 May 2008 The international community is pledging emergency aid for Burma, following the devastating cyclone that has killed thousands of people. But the speed of the assistance reaching those who desperately need it may b

VOA标准英语2008年-As Many as 10,000 Dead in Burma Cyclone

By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 05 May 2008 Burmese state media say it is now believed that as many as 10,000 people are dead and thousands more missing after Tropical Cyclone Nargis ripped through parts of the country, destroying homes, bringing down power

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Politicians in Russia often cite public opinion polls that indicate a solid 70 percent majority of voters support the country's leadership. But a sociologist at a major Russian opinion survey firm says those numbers fail to represent the actual relat

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