美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-29
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2015(四)月
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1. More than 2,500 are now confirmed dead as millions of Nepalis brace 1 for aftershocks following an earthquake. Soldiers were seen digging for signs of survivors 2 as international aid efforts to arrive in Kathmandu.
2. Coast Guard crews are searching for five people missing in the water after a powerful storm capsized several boats in an Alabama regatta (a sporting event consisting of a series of boat or yacht races). Officials say they've searched over 1,100 square miles, using boats and search planes.
3. Dozens of giant water frogs are washing up in the banks of Lake Titicaca bordering Bolivia and Peru. Officials saw contaminants from nearby construction, hospitals and mining *, harming the critically endangered species.
4. And hundreds marked the 29th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, mourning the loss of those killed in the world's deadliest nuclear accident. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko honored the victims by laying flowers and visiting the construction zone at the site of disaster.