CNN News: 颶風“馬修”正逼近美國 200萬人緊急撤離

The Caribbean nation of Haiti has postponed a presidential election. Four U.S. states have declared states of emergency and it`s all because of Hurricane Matthew.

加勒比海北部島國海地推遲總統(tǒng)選舉。美國已有四個州宣布進入緊急狀態(tài)。而這些事件的所有源頭都是因為颶風馬修。

As it approached the island nation of Bahamas last night, Matthew`s winds spun at 120 miles per hour. That made it a category three hurricane. The forecasters predicted it would get stronger before reaching the U.S. That could happen tonight, that could be delayed until Saturday.

昨晚，颶風馬修逼近巴哈馬群島，風速達到120英里/小時。 這個風速約為3級颶風。預報員預測馬修颶風在接近美國時，風力將會變強。今晚颶風馬修可能會登陸美國，也可能推遲到周六。

Meteorologists don`t know for sure where Matthew was headed, but they had a cone, a potential range to work from.

氣象學家尚不能知道馬修的前進方向，但是，可預測可能會影響的范圍。

So, when you take a hurricane, right inside that center eye wall, that`s where you`re going to have the strongest winds, right around that center. Cluster of thunderstorms, that`s where we have the 120-mile-per-hour winds. Once you pan the storm out, the winds start to get a little bit less and less. With this particular hurricane, the hurricane winds extend about 45 miles from the center and then tropical storm force winds extend nearly 200 miles from the center.

當遭遇颶風時，風眼的位置是風速最大的地方。暴風雪風眼的風速約為120英里/小時。一旦遠離風眼，風速就會慢慢減弱。馬修颶風風眼到外圍的距離為45英里，而熱帶颶風風眼到外圍的距離為200英里。