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Good evening, and welcome to the "NewsHour."
晚上好，欢迎收看“新闻一小时”。
For thousands of people in California,
对于加州成千上万的人来说，
the punishing cleanup from back-to-back blizzards goes on tonight amid mountains of snow.
连续暴风雪带来惩罚一样的清理工作今晚仍需要在雪山中继续完成。
Winter in the California mountains has turned out to be more like a natural disaster,
加州山区的冬天更像是一场自然灾害，
especially east of Los Angeles.
尤其是在洛杉矶东部。
William Brangham has our report.
威廉·伯明翰报道。
As snow continues to blanket various parts of California,
随着大雪继续覆盖加州的各个地区，
residents are still trying to find ways to get out from under it.
居民们仍在努力寻找逃离大雪的方法。
Patricia Derleth lives in a mobile home complex in the San Bernardino Mountains,
帕特里夏·德莱斯住在圣贝纳迪诺山区的一处活动房屋里，
where at least 10 feet of snow has fallen.
那里的积雪至少有10英尺厚。
This place is a disaster zone.
这地方就是个灾区。
Many people are just emerging for the first time in days,
许多人几天来第一次从掩体中爬出来，
inching their way through dug-out paths.
慢慢地从挖出来的路上挪出来。
Some have to trek long distances just to get necessities like food and medicine.
一些人必须长途跋涉才能获得食物和药品等必需品。
Just hiking back now with the food.
我正带着食物往回走。
I'm actually trying to get to the hilltop.
我其实是想去山顶。
That's the only place WE can get phone service to make a phone call.
那是我们唯一有信号打电话的地方。
Crews are working around the clock to rescue those who are still trapped.
救援人员正在夜以继日地营救那些仍被困的人。
They're using special equipment to dig routes to safety and deploying as much help as they can.
他们正在使用特殊设备挖掘通往安全地带的通道，并部署了尽可能多的援助手段。
And that preparedness part of it is key for us.
准备工作对我们来说很关键。
It also deals with a lot of specialized equipment
它还涉及到很多专门的设备和资源，
and resources based on what we think were going to see on the forecast.
这些都是基于我们在预报里看到的内容。
Officials reopened Interstate 80 this morning,
官方今天早上重新开放了80号州际公路，
after shutting it down in several mountain towns over the weekend.
之前几个山区城镇在周末已经关闭了该路。
But California isn't done with this extreme weather yet.
但加州的极端天气还没有结束。
More snow and later rain is predicted for this week.
预计本周还会有更多的降雪和降雨。
The heavy combination could collapse more roofs
两者组合可能会压倒更多的屋顶，
and cause other structural damage structural damage.
并造成其他结构的破坏。
