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Tuesday night, the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean took another hit from an Atlantic Hurricane. This one is named Maria and it's powerful. And the 24 hours before it started lashing the islands of Martinique and Dominica, this hurricane had
Virgin Islands National Park: America's Paradise 维尔京群岛国家公园:美国的天堂 This week on our national parks journey, we leave the United States mainland and travel down to the Caribbean. There, you will find three islands that make u
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the U.S. Virgin Islands so hard. Let's travel there now with NPR's Greg Allen to see how people on the islands are doing. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: At the beach in Magens Bay, the party is back on. (SOUNDBI
The Nautilus passed over these lush, luxuriant depths with tremendous speed. 诺第留斯号极端迅速地驶过。 Near evening it approached the Falkland Islands, whose rugged summits I recognized the next day. 到了晚上,它走近福克兰群岛
Irma Weakens After Hard Hits on Caribbean, Florida Hurricane Irma has weakened to a tropical storm after causing widespread damage on Caribbean islands and the U.S. state of Florida. 飓风艾玛在加勒比海岛以及美国佛罗里达州造成大面
(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Nicole Nichols. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about discoveries of the past on the island of Saint John, in the United States Virgin Islands. Saint John
Many parts of the United States were first territories with the plan that they would someday become states. Former territories include Oklahoma, which became a state in 1907; New Mexico and Arizona, which became states in 1912; and Hawaii and Alaska,
A NASA image shows Hurricane Earl - now a powerful Category 4 storm - as it passes over the Leeward Islands and barrels toward the US coast, 31 Aug 2010 U.S. officials say Hurricane Earl is expected to bring severe weather and possible flooding to so
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's been many months since hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Virgin Islands, but hospitals there are still recovering. Even now, patients are being flown to the U.S. mainland for certain surgeries and specialized care, as
A number of people around the world are stressed out about what's going on in the White House - but former president Barack Obama doesn't look like he's one of them. 全世界很多人都在为白宫正在发生的事而感到压力山大,不过美国
By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: July 2, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Nicole Nichols. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about discoveri
A group of demining specialists from Zimbabwe are working to remove landmines from the Falkland Islands almost 31-years after the conflict with Argentina. 20-thousand landmines were left behind after Britain and Argentina fought a war over the island
This is your NOW IN THE NEWS update; I'm Reggie Aqui, from the CNN center in Atlanta. Worldwide recession fears sent many world stock markets going down today. The Dow opened down sharply before recovering some of its losses. Tokyo's Nikkei downed m
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned what it called the military threats of British Prime Minister David Cameron in relation to Great Britain's illegal occupation of the Malvinas Islands for the past 180 y
WASHINGTON, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday said that its position regarding the Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas to the Argentines, remains unchanged, but acknowledged that the Falklands residents have clearly express
WASHINGTON, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday said that its position regarding the Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas to the Argentines, remains unchanged, but acknowledged that the Falklands residents have clearly express
Puerto Rico is not alone in coping with the aftermath of two hurricanes. The U.S. Virgin Islands were also left in ruin. I spoke a short time ago with Governor Kenneth Mapp, and began by asking about where things stand there. We're moving out of resc
Meanwhile, across the Caribbean, at least three dozen people are dead in Irma's wake. Officials are struggling to get aid to the region's islands devastated by what was then a Category 5 storm. In the British Virgin Islands, thousands have no electri
In the day's other major story, Hurricane Irma is now the most powerful storm ever recorded in the open Atlantic Ocean. It has winds of 185 miles an hour, and it's closing in on the Northeast Caribbean. That has one forecaster warning that the Leewar
Explanation: When most people think of the United States, they think about the 50 states, but they often forget that other parts of the world are part of the United States, too. A U.S. territory is an area of land that belongs to the U.S. government