AS IT IS 2015-10-24 Hurricane Patricia Called 'Strongest in History'
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(十)月
AS IT IS 2015-10-24 Hurricane Patricia Called 'Strongest in History'
It is being called the strongest hurricane in recorded history.
Hurricane Patricia is expected to make landfall in Mexico on Friday with winds over 320 kilometers per hour.
The National Weather Service says the powerful storm could be “potentially catastrophic” for southwestern Mexico. Officials say some areas could receive up to 51 centimeters of rainfall in the next few days.
Patricia is expected to reach the western coast of Mexico as a Category 5 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says in a Category 5 hurricane, a high percentage of homes will be destroyed.
House tops will fail and walls will completely collapse 1. Fallen trees and power lines will leave residents 2 without a means of leaving the area. They add that power outages will last for weeks or months, making most of the area uninhabitable.
The National Hurricane Center says at 11 a.m. Eastern Time Friday (-4 UTC), Hurricane Patricia was 200 kilometers southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, moving to the north at 16 kph.
CNN reported that Mexico's civil protection agency 3 had set up 1,780 shelters. About 50,000 agents were ready in Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit alone. And 4,000 Mexican navy 4 officers were sent to areas where Patricia is expected to cause the worst damage.
All flights to and from the airports in Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo were suspended 5.
Hurricane watches and warnings remain in effect for Mexico’s Pacific coast. A watch means hurricane conditions are possible in the watch area. A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected in the warning area within 48 hours.
Only one Category 5 hurricane has ever made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast. That hurricane followed a path similar to that of Hurricane Patricia. It landed near Puerto Vallarta in October 1959, causing about 1,800 deaths.
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collapse – v. to break apart and fall down suddenly
uninhabitable - adj. not safe or suitable to be lived in?
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。
- Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. 当地居民对这一消息表示愤怒。
- This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
- He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。