Name: 冬季風暴過後，德州人面臨缺水問題 (Texans face water shortages after winter storm)
Uploaded: 2021-02-21T21:21:07.000Z
Duration: 1 min 37 s

While power has come back to millions of Texans who suffered through freezing cold temperatures for days, the crisis is not over yet.

雖然數百萬飽受冰冷氣溫折磨的德州人已經恢復了供電，但危機還沒有結束。

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More than 190,000 homes were still without electricity on Friday morning, while 13 million people that's nearly half of all Texans, have experienced disruptions in water service, leading some to go out and search for bottled water.

超過19萬戶家庭在週五早上仍然沒有電，而1300萬人，也就是將近一半的德州人，已經經歷了供水服務的中斷，導致一些人外出尋找瓶裝水。

I feel like we shouldn't be going through this.

Many arrived to stores with long lines and empty shelves.

很多人到店後，排著長隊，貨架上空空如也。

Hospitals in some hard hit areas ran out of water and transferred patients elsewhere, while millions of people were ordered to boil water to make it safe for drinking.

一些重災區的醫院缺水，並將病人轉移到其他地方，而數百萬人則被命令燒開水，使其可以安全飲用。

Water treatment plants were knocked off line this week, potentially allowing harmful bacteria to proliferate.

水處理廠本週被打掉了生產線，可能會讓有害細菌大量繁殖。

The historic winter storm has paralyzed the state, causing an array of damage Amid five days of blackouts.

這場歷史性的冬季風暴使該州陷入癱瘓，造成了一系列的損失，在五天的停電中。

I sat down power lines during the week, and other issues have utility workers scrambling to reconnect homes to power, while others deal with burst pipes, including Cyprus resident Noel's Opara, Water gushed from the ceiling above the master bedroom of his home, drenching his bed.

我在一週內坐了下來電源線，和其他問題讓公用事業工人爭先恐後地重新連接家庭電源，而其他人則處理爆裂的管道，包括塞普勒斯居民諾埃爾的奧帕拉，水從他家主臥室上方的天花板湧出，淋溼了他的床。

Meanwhile, Thursday in San Antonio, Ah blaze engulfed an apartment building.

與此同時，週四在聖安東尼奧，啊大火吞噬了一棟公寓樓。

The fire started around 1 p.m. And burned for hours as firefighters struggled to bring it under control due to frozen hydrants, according to local media.

據當地媒體報道，大火從下午1點左右開始，並燃燒了幾個小時，由於消防栓被凍住，消防員努力將其控制住。

Nearly two dozen deaths have been attributed to the cold snap.

 Officials say they suspect many more people have died, but their bodies have not yet been discovered. 

官員說，他們懷疑還有很多人死亡，但他們的屍體還沒有被發現。