Name: 美國遭遇冬季風暴！至少14人罹難 | BBC News (At least 14 dead as winter storm sweeps across US | BBC News)
Uploaded: 2026-01-26T17:00:07.000Z
Duration: 3 min 9 s

Heavy snow and ice have hit North America.

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A massive winter storm continues to move across the country, battering the northeastern states overnight and moving up into Canada.

一場大規模的嚴冬風暴持續橫掃全國，一夜之間重創美國東北部州，並向加拿大推進。

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At least 14 people are reported to have died.

40% of America's population are now under weather warnings.

美國40%的人口現已收到惡劣天氣警告。

The National Weather Service says dangerously cold winds and heavy snowfalls of nearly half a metre are expected.

美國國家氣象局表示，預計將有極度寒冷的風和近半公尺的大量降雪。

As the bad weather is sweeping north, there's been widespread travel disruption with thousands of flights cancelled across the country.

隨著惡劣天氣向北掃蕩，全國已有數千班機取消，造成廣泛的旅行中斷。

Nearly a million households have lost power.

Those power lines you can see right here, they've been knocked out in the state of Tennessee, which along with Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana was among the worst hit.

各位現在看到的這些電線，在田納西州被摧毀了，該州與德州、密西西比州和路易斯安那州一樣，是受災最嚴重的地區之一。

But 140 million people all the way up to Canada are in the storm's path.

但一路北至加拿大的1.4億人都在風暴路徑上。

This is Toronto at the moment, residents in Canada's largest city urged to stay indoors.

這裡是多倫多，加拿大大城居民被敦促待在家裡。

The city's Pearson Airport saw a record breaking 46cm of snowfall on Sunday.

該市的皮爾遜國際機場週日創下單日降雪46公分的紀錄。

At least 23 US states declaring emergencies, including New York.

美國至少有23個州宣佈進入緊急狀態，包括紐約州。

The state governor warned people to stay inside.

Let's bring in Bradley Blackburn, he is from CBS News.

讓我們連線CBS新聞的Bradley Blackburn。

Well, Lucy, I'm out here with the dog walkers this morning.

嗯，Lucy，我今天早上在這裡和遛狗的人們在一起。

It is cold, there is a lot of snow, but it's a picture postcard here in Central Park.

天氣很冷，雪很大，但這裡的中央公園就像明信片一樣美麗。

New York City hasn't seen snowfall like this in several years.

紐約市已經好幾年沒下過這麼大的雪了。

So you can be sure the sledders will be out in force today too.

所以你可以確定，今天也會有很多人出來玩雪橇。

但這也是一場非常嚴重的風暴。

As you mentioned by some counts the death tol is now more than a dozen blamed on this, on this, on this slow moving storm that has affected more than 180 million people over the course of the last few days.

根據一些統計，這場緩慢移動的風暴已經造成十幾人死亡，影響了過去幾天超過一億八千萬人。

The storm went all across the Eastern seaboard.

It is now moving through New York City, New England.

它現在正橫掃紐約市和新英格蘭地區。

But even after it passes, Lucy, forecasters expect that below average temperatures could linger for days.

但即使風暴過境，預報員預計平均以下的低溫可能會持續好幾天。

And that means that the cleanup will continue to.

So that creates problems for major cities like New York, Philadelphia and others.

這給紐約、費城等大城市帶來了問題。

And another big problem, lucy, power outages.

還有另一個大問題，露西，就是停電。

800,000Americans are without power as of this morning, mainly in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

截至今天早上，有八十萬美國人斷電，主要集中在田納西州、密西西比州和路易斯安那州。

And so getting that power restored is extremely urgent.

Many of those people depend on electricity for heat.

Yeah, we're seeing some kids sledding in the snow so it is fun for some.

是啊，我們看到有些小孩在雪中玩雪橇，所以對某些人來說很有趣。

But in some of these states, Bradley, is it so dangerous out there that people are being told to stay home?

但在這些州，布萊德利，外面是不是很危險，以至於人們被告知要待在家裡？

Authorities ask people to stay home if at all possible.

當局要求人們盡可能待在家裡。

And of course a big reason for that is just the danger on the roadways.

當然，這其中一個主要原因是道路上的危險。

Plowing highways and roads is an enormous job, and some cities are better equipped than others.

剷雪和清理道路是一項艱鉅的任務，有些城市的裝備比其他城市好。

Here in New York City, garbage trucks are used as plows, so hundreds of trucks can be out on the roads at once.

在紐約市，垃圾車被用來當作剷雪車，所以數百輛卡車可以同時在路上行駛。

That is not the case in many other cities, like Oklahoma City, others in the southern part of the country, where their resources are far different.

在許多其他城市，例如奧克拉荷馬市，以及南部地區的其他城市，情況並非如此，因為他們的資源差異很大。

They aren't equipped for a major winter storm like this.

他們沒有準備好應對像這樣的大規模嚴冬風暴。

It's a far rarer occurrence, but it still carries a lot of danger.

這種情況比較少見，但仍然非常危險。