Category 4 storm blamed for 14 deaths in US after wrecking homes and businesses in Texas and Louisiana, leaving many without power.
四级飓风“劳拉”席卷美国得州和路易斯安那州，造成14人死亡。飓风还摧毁了大量房屋，造成经济损失并使大量区域停电。
Remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and mangled buildings along the Gulf coast, and forecasters warn of new dangers as the tropical weather blows toward the eastern seaboard this weekend.
飓风“劳拉”先在墨西哥湾摧毁了大量建筑后，又在内陆几百英里内造成了巨量的降雨和旋风。天气预报还警告，由于热带气旋正朝东海岸附近移动，本周末可能还会有新的危险。
More than 600,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas in the category 4 storm’s wake, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks utility reports.
据美国一家专职能源新闻的媒体报道，“劳拉”这场四级飓风过境后的第二天，得州、路易斯安那州和阿肯色州有超过60万户家庭和商业场所停电。
One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the United States, Laura was blamed for 14 deaths as it barreled across Louisiana and parts of Texas. Aerial pictures showed whole neighborhoods leveled across parts of the coast, huge expanses of flood water and many buildings with shredded roofs and blasted-out windows.
作为袭击美国的最强飓风之一，“劳拉”在路易斯安那州和得州共造成14人死亡。航拍照片显示海岸边大片房屋被夷为平地，海水泛滥，到处都是房屋破碎的屋顶和窗户。
“It looks like 1,000 tornadoes went through here. It’s just destruction everywhere,” said Brett Geymann, who rode out the storm with three relatives. He described a roar like a jet engine as Laura passed over his house around 2am.
“看起来就像1000个龙卷风刚刚经过一样，到处都是毁灭的景象”，布雷特·盖曼说道，他和三位亲戚一起刚刚挺过这场风暴。他还描述说，“劳拉”在凌晨两点经过他家时，狂风咆哮的声音宛如飞机引擎。
“There are houses that are totally gone,” he said.
“有些房子直接就不见了”，他说。
——From theGuardian
