10-24-2005

颶風維爾瑪橫掃佛州引發水淹 (Hurricane Wilma Crosses Florida, Causes Flooding)

維爾瑪颶風帶狂風暴雨經過佛羅裏達州，在很多地方造成水淹和電力中斷。颶風星期一拂曉在佛羅裏達西南海岸的那不勒斯市附近登陸。維爾瑪登陸時為3級颶風，持續風力每小時超過200公里。

美國國家氣象局說，維爾瑪颶風現已降為2級颶風，但是告誡在颶風所經之處的民眾不要在颶風風眼經過時的相對平靜階段出來活動。在佛羅裏達珊瑚泉，一名男子被倒下的大樹擊中死亡。有關當局敦促佛羅裏達州低窪的基韋斯特島嶼上拒絕撤離的居民採取安全措施。

維爾瑪是過去14個月來襲擊佛羅裏達的第8場颶風。風暴移動迅速，預計星期一晚些時候離開佛羅裏達州，進入大西洋。

Hurricane Wilma is crossing Florida with high winds and heavy rain that have already caused flooding and a loss of power in many areas. Landfall came just before daybreak Monday near the city of Naples on Florida's southern coast. Wilma was a Category Three storm when it hit land, with sustained winds of more than 200 kilometers an hour.

The National Weather Service says Wilma is now a category two hurricane, but is advising people in the storm's path not to venture outside during the relative calm of the eye of the storm. One man in Coral Springs, Florida, was killed when he was struck by a falling tree. Authorities are urging people who refused to evacuate the low-lying Florida Keys island chain to take safety precautions.

Wilma is the eighth hurricane to strike Florida in the past 14 months. The storm is moving quickly and should move out into the Atlantic later today.

以軍擊斃巴勒斯坦激進勢力高官 (Israeli Troops Kill Senior Palestinian Militant)

以色列軍隊在約旦河西岸的交火中打死伊斯蘭聖戰組織的高級指揮官盧埃.薩阿迪。薩阿迪和他的副手星期一被打死之後，伊斯蘭聖戰組織呼籲進行報復襲擊。該組織的領導人說，以色列在圖勒凱爾姆的行動威脅巴勒斯坦各激進組織達成的停止襲擊以色列目標的協議。以色列表示，自2月以來，薩阿迪策劃了幾起襲擊事件，造成至少10名以色列人喪生。

同時，巴勒斯坦權力機構表示，它計劃立即解除約旦河西岸另外一個激進組織阿克薩烈士旅成員的武裝。約旦河西岸警察局長塔希爾.扎伊德說，這個激進組織中的大多數成員將接受訓練，然後加入巴勒斯坦安全部隊。不過，阿克薩烈士旅的一些高級指揮官說，在以色列離開約旦河西岸之前，他們的人是否會繳械還值得懷疑。

Israeli troops have killed Luay Saadi, a senior Islamic Jihad commander in a shoot-out in the West Bank. Monday's killing of Luay Saadi and his deputy prompted calls from Islamic Jihad for revenge attacks. The group's leaders say the Israeli operation in Tulkarem threatens an agreement by Palestinian militant groups to stop attacks on Israeli targets. Israel says Saadi was behind several attacks that have killed at least 10 Israelis since February.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority says it plans to immediately disarm members of another militant group in the West Bank, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The chief of police in the West Bank, Taher Zaid, says most members of the militant group will be trained to join Palestinian security forces. But leading al-Aqsa commanders say they doubt their men will turn in their weapons until Israel leaves the West Bank.