美国有线新闻 CNN 美国严寒致11人冻死 多地采取紧急措施

Up next, what's being called a bomb cyclone is about to drop on the Northeastern U.S. It's named for a rapidly declining low pressure system called a bombogenesis and it's expected to bring hurricane force wind gust to the region and six to 12 inches

VOA标准英语2008年-US Defense Secretary: Burma's Aid Delays Cost '

By Ron Corben Bangkok 31 May 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Burmese military government's rejection of aid soon after the May second cyclone may have cost the lives of 'tens of thousands' of people. As Ron Corben reports from VOA's

美国有线新闻 CNN 强飓风威拉袭击墨西哥 多地进入警戒状态

Three years to the day after a ferocious category 5 hurricane made landfall in Western Mexico, the region was bracing for another Pacific cyclone Tuesday evening. This time, it's Hurricane Willa. At one point when it was still out at sea, Willa had r

VOA双语新闻：联合国批缅甸政府强迫灾民回灾区

Burma's military government has begun forcing cyclone victims to leave relief centers and return to their homes in the devastated Irawaddy Delta. U.N. officials are condemning the action. They say it is putting families at risk of disease and exposur

VOA双语新闻：世卫：缅甸灾民面临严重健康危机

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns hundreds of thousands of victims of Burma's devastating Cyclone Nargis face a potentially serious health crisis. WHO and partner agencies are launching a multi-million-dollar, six-month action plan to provide

美国有线新闻 CNN 美国进入飓风季 专家支招应对

Starting with the drought that's been going on. It's not one you might have heard of. The Atlantic hurricane drought it's been more than 10 years since a category three or stronger hurricane has made landfall in the Eastern U.S. or on the Gulf Coast.

万花筒 2013-11-10&11-14 超级台风“海燕”肆虐

This was it, Super typhoon Heiyin moving over the P this weekend, bringing with wind close to around 200 miles per hour, moving over the islands, turning that speed from 48 hours straight.Tonight humanities crisis of an enormal scope, this is what th

VOA标准英语2008年-ICRC To Deliver Relief Supplies To Burmese Deta

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 May 2008 A Red Cross plane loaded with 35 tons of equipment and materials has landed in Burma. The International Committee of the Red Cross says most of the relief supplies are to assist thousands of people held in Burmese p

VOA标准英语2008年-Regional Integration, Disaster Relief, Security

Foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations - ASEAN - are meeting in Singapore this week to discuss a range of issues, including progress toward ratifying a charter promoting regional integration. Ron Corben has details from V

VOA标准英语2008年-Start Of School Delayed In Burma

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 June 2008 School begins in Burma on Monday. But, few children from the cyclone struck Irrawaddy Delta will be going. The government has delayed the opening for at least one month in the hardest hit places. Lisa Schlein repo

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Chief Urges Burma to Release All Political P

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again urged Burma's military government to release all political detainees after only a token number of political prisoners were freed during a general amnesty that began Saturday. The U.N. chief also says he i

VOA标准英语2008年-Indian Forecasters Gave Burma Advance Warning o

By Steve Herman New Delhi 07 May 2008 Indian government weather forecasters say they gave their Burmese counterparts ample warning that a cyclone was headed their way. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi the Indian meteorologists ad

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Chief Urges Burma to Accept Foreign Aid Work

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 07 May 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the government of Burma to speed the arrival of aid workers and relief supplies to the cyclone-devastated country. From United Nations headquarters in New Yor

VOA标准英语2008年-US Raises Burma Relief Donations to $16 Million

By Luis Ramirez Bangkok, Thailand 12 May 2008 The United States has delivered its first load of humanitarian supplies for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma, and announced it is raising its relief donation to more than $16 million. A U.S. Air Force C

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Expert Urges Investigation Of Prisoners Kill

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 June 2008 The U.N. Special Investigator into the Human Rights situation of Burma, also known as Myanmar, is calling for an investigation into the alleged killing of prisoners during the early days of Cyclone Nargis. The exp

VOA标准英语2008年-Amnesty Accuses Burma of Human Rights Abuses Si

By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 June 2008 Amnesty International says Burma's military government has been forcibly moving people out of the temporary shelters they moved into after Cyclone Nargis. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, Amnesty also raise doub

VOA标准英语2008年-US Military Prepares for Burma Relief Mission,

By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 May 2008 The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific says he has sent aircraft and some troops to Thailand to prepare to provide cyclone relief to Burma, if its government decides to allow such an operation. VOA's Al Pessin r

VOA双语新闻：美国吁缅甸当局别为面子阻拦外援

The Pentagon is calling on Burma's leaders to put their pride aside and allow more international help for victims of the cyclone that hit the country 12 days ago. 美国国防部呼吁缅甸领导人不要过分顾及面子，而是允许更多的国际

VOA双语新闻：美缅甸灾难评估小组负责人获签证

The State Department said Thursday Burma has granted a visa to the head of the U.S. assessment team assigned for duty in that country's cyclone disaster. But other members of the U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID - team continue to st

VOA双语新闻：布什夫妇启程前往亚洲访问

U.S. President George Bush is on his way to Asia for talks with leaders in South Korea, Thailand, and China - where he will attend the opening of the Olympic Games. 美国总统布什正在前往亚洲的途中。他将在那里和韩国、泰国和中