美国有线新闻 CNN 美加州山火季后开始出现泥石流灾害 遇难人数增至17人
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2018年1月
A series of disasters has devastated 1 parts of southern California, the largest wildfire in state history flared 2 up in early December. It was named the Thomas Fire because it started near Thomas Aquinas College. It's been burned more than 281,000 acres and it's still not completely contained or blocked off. Officials expect that to happen later this month.
But its effects led to another problem. The Thomas Fire burned off trees, brush and bushes in the area. And when a storm struck earlier this week, dumping rain on charred 3 hillsides, there wasn't enough living vegetation to help keep mud, boulders 4 and dead trees from flowing downhill. Debris 5 covered roads and swamped buildings.
Mudslides and flooding destroyed 65 homes and damage more than 460 others, and at least 17 were killed, though several others are still missing.
The rain has stopped and hundreds of first responders are working through the debris field searching for survivors 6. Deadly mudslides have struck this area before. Its unique landscape has contributed to both its beauty and its potential threat from disaster.
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
- The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》