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8-30-2005

美南部救援工作加緊展開 (Rescue efforts underway in the south of the U.S.)

卡特裏娜颶風橫掃美國墨西哥灣沿岸地區以後，有關當局繼續努力進行緊急救援。密西西比州州長黑利.巴伯說，僅在密西西比州的一個縣就有可能有多達80人喪生。強大的颶風經過路易斯安那、阿拉巴馬和密西西比各州時造成毀滅性破壞，把樹木連根拔起並毀壞房屋和建築。

救援人員用直升機把困在屋頂上的居民救起，房屋被水淹沒。預計死亡人數還會增加。帶電的電線滑落，天然氣管道破裂，當局警告居民暫時不要返回住所。

卡特裏娜颶風星期一早晨登陸，導致100多萬居民失去供電。有關官員說，可能再過幾個星期居民才會獲准返回家園。氣象預報說，風暴中心目前位於密西西比北部，正在向東北方向移動。

Reports of widespread flooding and property damage are coming in from the southern United States as Hurricane Katrina pounds the region with high winds and torrential rain.

The U.S. National Weather Service says Katrina has weakened to a category three hurricane but is still packing winds of 200 kilometers per hour. Flooding appears to be especially severe in low-lying New Orleans, where officials had warned Katrina would overwhelm the city's system of protective levees.

Winds from the storm have torn holes in the roof of New Orleans' Super dome, a football stadium where some 10-thousand people are waiting out the storm. Other cities where flooding is reported include Biloxi, Gulf port, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama.

美軍空襲伊反叛分子擊斃四十 (US Military Air Strikes Kill 40 Iraqi Rebels)

美軍在伊拉克西部像它所說的3個反叛分子藏身處發動空中打擊。一份美國聲明說，人們所知的恐怖分子阿布.伊斯蘭及其若干名助手在星期二對靠近敘利亞邊界的兩個鎮的空襲中喪生。

早些時候，阿拉伯語的半島電視臺報導說，至少40人在這次空襲行動中喪生。在伊拉克其他地區，警方說，反叛分子在對巴格達和北部石油城市基爾庫克的襲擊中分別打死兩名高級安全官員。

The U.S. military has carried out air strikes in western Iraq against what it describes as three terrorist safe houses. A U.S statement says a known terrorist, Abu Islam, and several of his associates were killed during the raids (today, Tuesday) in two towns near the Syrian border.

Earlier, Arabic television station al Jazeera reported at least 40 people were killed in the air strikes. Elsewhere in Iraq, police said insurgents killed two top security officials in separate attacks in Baghdad and the northern oil town of Kirkuk.