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Next, today, the same storm system that spawned dozens of reported tornadoes in Texas has taken a toll on Louisiana as it made its way east.
今天的下一则新闻，德克萨斯州已经报道发生了数十场龙卷风，而引起这一龙卷风的同一风暴系统在向东移动的过程中对路易斯安那州造成了损失。
Officials in New Orleans say a twister hit their city on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and injuring several others.
新奥尔良市官员表示，星期二晚上，龙卷风袭击该市，造成至少一人死亡，多人受伤。
But authorities say accurate weather warnings had prompted a lot of people to take shelter and that probably prevented the outcome from being much worse.
但当局表示，准确的天气警报促使许多人躲了起来，这可能阻止了结果变得更糟。
The day before, hundreds of homes had been damaged in Texas and the day after, millions of Americans were under the threat of severe weather as the system continued east.
前一天，德克萨斯州数百座房屋被毁，第二天，风暴系统继续向东蔓延，数百万美国人受到恶劣天气的威胁。
But Wednesday morning brought us the first real look at the destruction in New Orleans.
但周三上午，我们第一次真正看到了新奥尔良市的破坏情况。
Just adjacent to the Lower Ninth Ward east of New Orleans, and we're getting that first glimpse of daylight and giving us and revealing to us as well as the residents here the true nature of the devastation that was left behind by this powerful tornado that struck about 7:30 local time last night.
就在新奥尔良以东的下九区附近，我们第一次看到了曙光，向我们和这里的居民揭示了这场强大龙卷风(昨晚当地时间7:30左右发生)造成破坏的真实情况。
Let's take you to the air, show you what it looks like from above and you too at home can get an idea of just how bad it was.
让我们带你到空中，向你展示从上面看起来是什么样子，你在家里也可以知道它到底有多糟糕。
In fact, we talked to the Saint Bernard Parish president earlier this morning.
事实上，今天早上早些时候我们采访了圣伯纳德教区主席。
And he told CNN that when you guys see what happened over overnight, once that daylight hits the damage scene, you're going to see that was truly a miracle.
他告诉CNN，当你们经历了一夜之间发生的事情时，一旦阳光照射到受灾现场，你就会理解这真的是一个奇迹。
And he was referencing of course the limited amount of injuries that occurred with this powerful tornado.
他指的当然是这次强大的龙卷风造成的有限的伤亡人数。
And unfortunately, there was a confirmed fatality but that number, of course, with the devastation that we're seeing behind us could have been much, much higher.
不幸的是，已经确认有人死亡，考虑到身后所看到的破坏，这个数字自然可能会高得多。
I want to show you the nature of a tornado.
我想向你们展示龙卷风的特点。
As a meteorologist, we study this in depth.
作为一个气象学家，我们对此进行了深入的研究。
We understand damage patterns.
我们了解其破坏模式。
And this is very characteristic of a powerful tornado.
这是强大龙卷风的非常典型的特征。
It is indiscriminate in what it destroys.
龙卷风在破坏东西时是任意的。
Look behind me here, you can see homes completely untouched, virtually untouched by this tornado.
看我身后，你可以看到房屋完全没有受到影响，几乎没有受到龙卷风的影响。
And then you can see clearly what is a school bus behind me that has been flipped.
然后你可以清楚地看到我身后的校车被掀翻了。
It has traveled at least 100 yards from where it was parked earlier this morning.
这辆车已经从今天早上早些时候停放的地方移动了至少100码。
And then here directly behind my right shoulder is a home where the roof has been completely lifted off.
在我右肩的正后方是一个房子，屋顶已经完全被掀开了。
We talked to some residents who actually rode out this tornado.
我们采访了一些安然度过这次龙卷风的居民。
It was a mother and father of two children that were six and eight years old.
他们是一对父母，有两个孩子，分别是6岁和8岁。
They lived just down the road within this neighborhood of Arabi in Saint Bernard Parish.
他们就住在圣伯纳德教区阿拉比附近的这条路上。
They told me that they could actually feel the pressure drop within their ears as the tornado approached.
他们告诉我，当龙卷风逼近时，他们实际上可以感觉到耳朵里的压力下降。
That's how powerful it was.
这就是龙卷风的力量。
They took a mattress from their bed and hid inside their bath to take cover and fortunately, all were okay here.
他们从床上拿了一个床垫，藏进浴缸里躲避坏天气，幸运的是，一切都好。
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