聽遍美國災難性新聞--美國中西部遭受暴風雪襲擊
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Big Storms in the Midwest
Big Storms in the Midwest. Near blizzard(1) conditions in Colo-rado and Wyoming, big snows closed and brought down power lines for thousands. Power Company spokesman Steve Rolstead in Denver says, "We’ve received anywhere between 8 and 12 inches of extremely(2) heavy wet snow. That snow in turn weighed down our transmission(3) lines, it knocked trees into our transmission and distribution(4) lines. And as a result knocked out power to thousands upon thousands of our customers”.
Those snowstorms closed schools and highways as well. The stormy weather brought more rain to the Dakota where flooding(5) is imminent(6) and brought tornados(7) in Iowa that killed at least one person.
美國中西部遭受暴風雪襲擊
中西部連降暴風雪。暴風雪正席卷科羅拉多和懷俄明兩州，關閉和壓倒了電力公司無數電線。電力公司發言人斯蒂夫•羅斯特在丹佛說：“到處覆蓋著８到12英寸厚厚的積雪，積雪壓倒了我們的傳輸電線。積雪壓倒樹木,樹木然后壓斷輸線和分配線，結果導致無數用戶停電”。
暴風雪還迫使學校與高速公路關閉，暴風的天氣給達科塔地區帶來了更多的降雨，可能導致洪水泛濫，它還給愛華達州帶來了龍卷風，造成至少一人死亡。
