We just got about a life-threatening hurricane set to take a direct hit at Florida this week.

我們剛剛得到消息，本週一場威脅生命的颶風將直接襲擊佛羅里達州。

Hurricane Milton just strengthening to an extremely powerful Category 5 storm right now.

颶風米爾頓現在正在增強為威力巨大的5級風暴。

Florida's Gulf Coast now in the bullseye, with Milton expected to make landfall on Wednesday near the Tampa metro area.

佛羅里達州的墨西哥灣沿岸目前正處於風暴中心，預計米爾頓將於週三在坦帕市附近登陸。

And to be clear, this hurricane is a monster, now with winds up to 160 miles per hour, with a life-threatening storm surge expected when it does in fact hit.

要明確的是，這場颶風是個怪物，現在風速高達每小時160英里，預計當它真的來襲時，風暴潮將危及生命。

A storm of this strength has not hit the U.S. mainland in years.

這種強度的風暴已多年沒有襲擊過美國本土。

This comes just weeks after Hurricane Helene battered this same region.

在此之前幾周，颶風 "海倫 "剛剛襲擊過這一地區。

We want to go to Dana Griffin now, who's standing by in Naples, Florida.

我們現在要連線在佛羅里達州那不勒斯待命的達納-格里芬。

No evacuation orders there in place just yet where you are, Dana, but what are residents being asked to prepare for?

丹娜，你所在的地方還沒有下達疏散命令，但居民們被要求做好哪些準備？

Vicky Morgan, good to be with you.

維姬-摩根 很高興和你在一起

They are being told to pay attention to potential evacuation warnings, which could come at any moment.

他們被告知要注意隨時可能發出的撤離警告。

We are here at the beach in Naples, and you can actually see some people behind me.

我們現在在那不勒斯的海灘上，你可以看到我身後的一些人。

You've got families.

你們有家人。

We've seen several people show up to the beach, getting into the water, possibly trying to take this in, enjoy it before that storm comes ashore.

我們看到一些人出現在海灘上，下到水裡，可能是想在暴風雨來臨之前好好享受一下。

This is why it's so important to pay attention, because right now this is a very large cone of uncertainty, which means that that storm, that hurricane could hit anywhere in Florida and could potentially cause life-threatening conditions, including storm surge up to 15 feet.

這就是為什麼要注意的原因，因為現在這是一個非常大的不確定錐體，這意味著風暴、颶風可能襲擊佛羅里達州的任何地方，並可能造成危及生命的狀況，包括高達15英尺的風暴潮。

And the best way to survive those storm surges is to not be there when it happens.

而躲避風暴潮的最好辦法就是風暴來臨時不在場。

We are here on the Naples pier, which was destroyed in 2022 by Hurricane Ian.

我們現在所處的位置是那不勒斯碼頭，它在 2022 年被颶風伊恩摧毀。

Just behind me, you can see half of this pier is now missing.

就在我身後，你可以看到這個碼頭的一半已經不見了。

That's just how violent that storm was and how much damage was caused.

那場風暴有多猛烈，造成的損失就有多大。

So that's why we're here, because it's important to remember how much damage can be caused by these storms.

這就是我們來這裡的原因，因為記住這些風暴可能造成的損失有多大非常重要。

Debris is one of the major issues.

瓦礫是主要問題之一。

A lot of it's still lying in residential areas from Hurricane Helene.

颶風 "海倫 "造成的大量垃圾仍堆積在居民區。

Governor Ron DeSantis already said in the last 24 hours, they've been able to move about 500 truckloads of debris, but this is such a dire situation.

州長羅恩-德桑蒂斯（Ron DeSantis）已經說過，在過去的24小時裡，他們已經運走了大約500卡車的廢墟，但情況實在是太嚴峻了。

They are now asking people to take that debris themselves to the landfill to try to get as much of it out of the area, because when you get whipping winds, that debris can turn into projectiles.

他們現在要求人們自己把這些碎片運到垃圾填埋場，儘量把它們運出該地區，因為一旦颳起狂風，這些碎片就會變成彈丸。

And that is why this is a very serious situation.

是以，這是一個非常嚴重的問題。

This is a life-threatening storm.

這是一場危及生命的風暴。

So it's so important to pay attention to your evacuation zones.

是以，注意疏散區域非常重要。

Start preparing now, because this could come as late as Wednesday, early Thursday, which means now is the time to prepare.

現在就開始準備吧，因為這可能會在週三晚些時候或週四早些時候發生，這意味著現在是準備的時候了。

We've seen some people around town boarding up windows.

我們看到鎮上有些人在用木板封住窗戶。

I actually ran into a woman who found some sand on the side of the street, because she said they had all ran out.

實際上，我還遇到過一位在路邊撿到一些沙子的婦女，因為她說沙子都用完了。

And so she said that this was a last-ditch effort to try to get some sand so that she can try to shore up her home to protect it from the storm that is going to come through and possibly cause catastrophic flooding.

是以，她說這是最後的努力，試圖得到一些沙子，這樣她就可以嘗試加固她的房子，以保護它免受即將到來的暴風雨的侵襲，並可能導致災難性的洪水。

We are seeing people that are just coming out here trying to get a sense of what conditions are like.

我們看到一些人剛剛來到這裡，試圖瞭解這裡的情況。

It is very rainy right now.

現在雨下得很大。

This is not even the outer bands of Milton.

這還不是彌爾頓的外圍地帶。

So this just shows that we've already got so much rain.

這說明我們已經下了很多雨。

The ground is already saturated.

地面已經飽和。

And when you get more rain and wind coming ashore, it is going to make this a very dire situation.

當更多的雨水和大風襲來時，情況將變得非常危急。

And again, as you can see, people showing up to this beach, casually walking, enjoying the water before Milton rears its ugly head toward the state.

同樣，正如你所看到的，人們來到這片海灘，隨意地散步，在密爾頓露出醜陋的面孔之前享受著海水。

Yeah, it's really interesting, Dana, that you show us those people sort of going to the beach because there were a lot of people who were up and down the Florida coast after Helene, who said they regretted not heeding those evacuation orders.

是的，這真的很有趣，丹娜，你向我們展示了那些去海灘的人們，因為在海倫之後，有很多人在佛羅里達海岸上上下下，他們說他們後悔沒有聽從那些疏散命令。

If you can, Dana, just stay there with us.

如果可以的話，丹娜，和我們呆在一起。

I want to go to Bill Cairns, who joins us now in the studio.

現在請比爾-凱恩斯（Bill Cairns）來到演播室。

Bill, sort of give us the scientific 40,000-foot view.

比爾，給我們講講四萬英尺的科學視角。

Who exactly is in the thick of this right now?

現在到底是誰在其中？

And if we look just sort of putting one foot in front of the other, what do the next 60 minutes look like?

如果我們只是把一隻腳放在另一隻腳前面，那麼接下來的 60 分鐘會是什麼樣子？

Yeah, well, this storm is rapidly intensive.

是啊，這場暴風雨來勢洶洶。

I guess it could go up a little bit in the next hour, say, but it increased 100 miles per hour in 24 hours.

我想在接下來的一個小時裡，它可能會上升一點，比如說，但在 24 小時內，它的時速增加了 100 英里。

That's only happened once before in our recorded history.

這在我們有記載的歷史上只發生過一次。

So Milton is, you know, at the upper echelons of rapid intensification.

是以，米爾頓處於快速增強的上層。

Now, the Hurricane Center forecast does not have it hitting Florida as a Category 5, not even a 4.

根據颶風中心的預測，佛羅里達州的颶風等級不會達到 5 級，甚至不會達到 4 級。

They have it as a Category 3, still a major hurricane.

颶風等級為 3 級，仍屬於大颶風。

We always say prepare for one worse.

我們總是說，要為更糟糕的情況做好準備。

That would be a 4.

那就是 4 分。

And the difference with this storm than Helene, Helene made landfall in a relatively unpopulated area.

與海倫風暴相比，這次風暴的不同之處在於，海倫風暴是在一個相對人煙稀少的地區登陸的。

This is targeting a heavily populated forecast.

這是針對人口稠密地區的預測。

On the Florida West Coast, from Tampa all the way to Sarasota, possibly the Fort Myers area.

在佛羅里達西海岸，從坦帕一直到薩拉索塔，可能還有邁爾斯堡地區。

This is a region that has been hit by numerous hurricanes in past years.

該地區在過去幾年裡曾多次遭受颶風襲擊。

Helene had a record storm surge in that area.

海倫風暴潮在該地區創下了記錄。

So it has all sorts of problems because of those complications.

是以，由於這些併發症，它有各種各樣的問題。

Our computer models, the Hurricane Center has said they don't believe that these Southern models will probably be right.

我們的計算機模型，颶風中心已經表示，他們不相信這些南方模型可能是正確的。

They're believing that they're closer with the ones that are heading towards Tampa.

他們相信，他們與那些正向坦帕駛去的人距離更近了。

This black line is the Hurricane Center.

這條黑線是颶風中心。

And the timing on this would be late Wednesday for a possible landfall.

可能在週三晚些時候登陸。

And what we're doing now with a stronger storm and keeping it strong through the I-4 corridor is possibly taking a Category 1 or 2 hurricane along I-4 through the Orlando area, and then off of Volusia County.

我們現在要做的是讓更強的風暴穿過 I-4 州際公路走廊，並保持其強勢，這可能會讓 1 級或 2 級颶風沿 I-4 州際公路穿過奧蘭多地區，然後離開沃盧西亞縣。

This is the most populated corridor here in Central Florida.

這裡是佛羅里達州中部人口最多的走廊。

And that's exactly where Milton is expected to go.

而這正是米爾頓的期望所在。

Of course, the storm surge will be the number one life-threatening issue with this storm.

當然，風暴潮將是這場風暴中威脅生命的首要問題。

Not like Helene in the mountains with the rainfall.

不像山裡的海倫那麼多雨。

This will be storm surge extreme wherever it makes landfall south.

無論它向南登陸到哪裡，風暴潮都將達到極點。

The northern portion of it will be blowing the tide out and blowing the storm surge out.

它的北部將把潮水吹走，把風暴潮吹走。

And if we get this towards that high tide at 6 a.m.

如果我們能在早上 6 點漲潮的時候

Thursday morning, that would make it even worse.

週四早上，情況會更糟。

So eight to 12 feet, that could even increase this once we get a little closer into that forecast.

所以，8 到 12 英尺的高度，一旦我們更接近預測，可能還會增加。

But again, we were about six to seven feet of storm surge.

但是，我們還是遇到了大約六到七英尺的風暴潮。

That was record-breaking with Helene.

這對海倫來說是破紀錄的。

And you saw the piles of damage all up and down the streets.

你也看到了街道兩旁成堆的損壞物。

So you can imagine adding another four to possibly six feet on top of that.

是以，你可以想象在此基礎上再增加四到六英尺。

So we have a significant amount of new damage that is likely wherever we get that landfall south with this storm.

是以，無論風暴在哪裡登陸，都可能造成大量新的損失。

Well, of course, we're also gonna get that extreme wind damage.

當然，我們也會受到極端風力的破壞。

Right now, we're saying Pinellas County, that's where the hurricane center is.

目前，颶風中心位於皮內拉斯縣。

But we got wiggle room.

但我們還有迴旋的餘地。

I mean, we're still over 48 hours away, and the average forecast air for landfall is easily 50 to 70 miles this far out.

我的意思是，我們還有48個多小時的時間，而平均預測的登陸氣流 在這麼遠的地方很容易達到50到70英里。

So we still have about two days to narrow this down, but another devastating hurricane is guaranteed.

是以，我們還有兩天的時間來縮小範圍，但另一場毀滅性的颶風是肯定會發生的。

Bill Cairns, let's keep you there.

比爾-凱恩斯，讓我們把你留在那兒。

Thank you for that on the forecast.

謝謝你的預報。

I wanna bring in Jesse Kirsch now, who's standing by live in Sarasota, Florida, and Jesse, you were just in Perry, Florida for Helene.

我現在想請傑西-基爾希（Jesse Kirsch）發言，他正在佛羅里達州薩拉索塔（Sarasota）進行現場直播，傑西，你剛剛在佛羅里達州佩裡（Perry）為海倫做了報道。

What's the situation there in Sarasota as you're hearing Bill talking about the track of this storm and the threat is really from the storm surge?

當你聽到比爾談論這場風暴的軌跡以及風暴潮帶來的威脅時，薩拉索塔的情況如何？

Yeah, Vicky, I can tell you that there are stretches of this community that are still frankly a mess in the aftermath of Helene, and we're gonna step out of frame here and show you a perfect example of that.

是的，維姬，我可以告訴你，在海倫事件發生後，這個社區有些地方仍然是一團糟，我們現在要走出畫面，給你看一個完美的例子。

The harbor master here tells us that boat is part of the damage left over from Hurricane Helene.

這裡的港務長告訴我們，那艘船是海倫颶風造成的部分損壞。

Less than two weeks ago, it made landfall.

不到兩週前，它登陸了。

And that gives you an idea of the destructive power of these storms, but it also reminds us what is still left behind.

這讓你對這些風暴的破壞力有所瞭解，但同時也提醒我們，還有什麼沒有被留下。

So imagine that boat is already in bad shape.

想象一下，這艘船的狀況已經很糟糕了。

Who knows what will happen if we take a direct hit here in Sarasota.

誰知道如果我們薩拉索塔受到直接撞擊會發生什麼。

I've been driving through neighborhoods.

我開車穿過街區。

Our team has been driving throughout this area, and we are still seeing piles of debris as if people are essentially having yard sales.

我們的團隊一直在這一地區行駛，我們仍然看到成堆的雜物，就像人們在進行庭院銷售一樣。

And all of that is still out there, and we still have a couple of days to go.

所有這些都還存在，我們還有幾天的時間。

But remember, people are trying to get supplies like water.

但請記住，人們正在努力獲取水等物資。

We're seeing water run out.

我們看到水正在流走。

People are trying to back up their homes.

人們正試圖備份自己的房屋。

And on top of that, there's all that stuff which could be blowing around, guys.

除此之外，還有那些可能四處飄蕩的東西，夥計們。

And Jesse, again, reiterating, this is now a Category 5 hurricane.

傑西，再次重申，這是一個5級颶風。

As we heard Bill Cairns mention, it's really the rapid intensification of this storm.

正如我們聽到比爾-凱恩斯提到的，這場風暴確實在迅速加強。

What have you seen in sort of the difference of preparation there, just briefly, with about 20 seconds left?

在還剩 20 秒鐘左右的時間裡，你從準備工作的差異中看到了什麼？

There are a couple of things going on here.

這裡有幾件事。

We've seen some people who are getting merchandise out of their businesses, but are not as focused about the business itself because they already have water damage.

我們看到有些人正在從他們的企業中搬出商品，但卻不太關注企業本身，因為他們已經受到了水漬的損害。

That's the kind of thing we're seeing.

我們看到的就是這種情況。

Jesse, thank you so much.

傑西，非常感謝你。

And that concludes this special report.

本期特別報道到此結束。

We'll have much more ahead on NBC News Daily.

NBC 每日新聞將為您帶來更多精彩內容。

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和我們在一起

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感謝觀看。

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