
Hurricane Isaias crashed into(猛烈撞击;强行闯入) the US Gulf coast on Friday as a dangerous category 2 storm, hammering communities(重创社区) in Alabama and the Florida panhandle(狭长地带) with damaging winds, heavy rain, flooding and life-threatening storm surge(风暴潮)s.
周五,飓风“伊萨亚斯”以危险的二级风暴强度猛烈袭击美国墨西哥湾沿岸,狂风、暴雨、洪水和危及生命的风暴潮重创阿拉巴马州和佛罗里达州狭长地带的社区。
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season made landfall(登陆) near Destin, Florida, the National Hurricane Center said. It had maximum sustained winds(持续风速) of 105 mph (169 kph). The storm weakened to just below major hurricane status before it came ashore(上岸;登陆).
美国国家飓风中心称,这是大西洋飓风季的首场飓风,在佛罗里达州德斯廷附近登陆。其最大持续风速达每小时105英里(169公里)。风暴在登陆前减弱至略低于强飓风级别。
“The storm is here. Buckle down(严阵以待;全力以赴) at this point. Don’t be getting out on the roads,” Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, said at a news conference, adding flash flooding(山洪暴发) would be a hazard(危险;隐患) “throughout the region”.
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在新闻发布会上说:“风暴已经来了。现在要严阵以待。不要上路。”他补充说,山洪暴发将成为“整个地区”的威胁。