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HYPERLINK javascript:; VOA英语阅读?之暴风雨袭击大不列颠带来死亡及其它损害Deaths, Damage As Storm Hits Great BritainTwo people died.Roads and highways are closed.Homes are without power.And travelers are stranded in Great Britain because of record rainfall.暴风雨造成两人丧生。马路和高速公路都关闭了。很多家庭都因此断电。游客因为这场特大暴雨而困在了英国。The rain set records and affected the northern part of England and Scotland.The national weather service issued a “red” alert for rain in the area.Red is the highest alert.这场雨创下了记录，并影响到了英格兰北部地区及苏格兰。国家气象局发布暴雨红色预警信号。红色是最高警报。In some areas, water reached above the doors of parked cars.在某些地区，水已漫过了停放车辆的门。The Reuters news agency says two people died because of the flooding.路透社新闻报道，洪水造成两人死亡。The head of Britain’s Environment Agency called the weather “unprecedented.”英国环境厅厅长称这种天气“史无前例”。Most of the region received between 200 to 300 millimeters of rain over the weekend,according to the U.K.’s National Weather Service.本周末英国大部分地区降雨量达到200-300毫米，据英国国家气象局报道。Honister Pass, an area north of Manchester in the Lake District, received 341 millimeters of rain on December 5.That set a record for 24 hours. Honister Pass位于英国湖区，是曼彻斯特北部的一个区域，12月5号这里降水量达到了341毫米。湖区24小时内降雨量创造了记录。The weather office says severe weather may continue into the week.气象站称，这种恶劣的天气将持续到这周。The head of the Environment Agency told BBC Radio“from time to time nature will throw things at us which will overwhelm the system, and I think that is what happened here.”环境厅厅长告诉英国广播公司电台“大自然时不时会朝我们丢一些东西，以便压倒现行的秩序，我认为这里发生的暴雨就是这样。”Extreme rainy weather is not only affecting the northern hemisphere.The city of Chennai in southern India also received over 300 millimeters of rain in 24 hours last week.极端的暴雨天气不仅影响了北半球。印度南部的金奈市上周24小时内降雨量超过了300毫米。The rain emergencies came at the same time world leaders are meeting in France to discuss climate change at the COP21 convention.与这场紧急暴雨发生在同一时间，世界领导人在法国举办的第二十一届联合国气候变化大会上共商气候变化问题。One climate change expert from the United Kingdom’s office of the World Wildlife Fund told the BBC“storm Desmond is the sort of