8-29-2005    

美南部遭受卡特里娜飓风破坏 (Katrina causes damages in the southern U.S.)

来自美国南部一些州的消息说，卡特里娜飓风带来的暴风雨在那里造成大面积水淹和财产破坏。美国国家气象局说，卡特里娜已经减弱到三级飓风，但是风速仍然超过每小时200公里。在新奥尔良市的低洼地区，水淹看来尤其严重。当地官员曾经警告，卡特里娜飓风会冲破该市的防洪堤。

里面有1万多人避风的新奥尔良大型圆顶美式足球场的屋顶也被狂风撕开一些洞。其它发生水淹的城市还有密西西比州的比洛克西和格尔夫波特以及阿拉巴马州的莫比尔。

Reports of widespread flooding and property damage are coming in from the southern United States as Hurricane Katrina pounds the region with high winds and torrential rain. The U.S. National Weather Service says Katrina has weakened to a category three hurricane but is still packing winds of 200 kilometers per hour. Flooding appears to be especially severe in low-lying New Orleans, where officials had warned Katrina would overwhelm the city's system of protective levees.

Winds from the storm have torn holes in the roof of New Orleans' Super dome, a football stadium where some 10-thousand people are waiting out the storm. Other cities where flooding is reported include Biloxi, Gulf port, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama.

美阿部队击毙一塔利班指挥官 (U.S. and Afghan forces kill a Taleban commander)

美国和阿富汗部队在阿富汗南部打死一名被怀疑是塔利班指挥官的人以及他的3名部下。美国军方发言人说，帕耶达.穆罕默德星期三在坎大哈的一场战斗中被打死。据信，他手下有大约150名反政府分子。据信他发动了若干起火箭袭击、伏击和其它游击战类型的攻击行动。

美国战机和武装直升机向一条山脊上激进分子藏身的的岩洞发射火箭，至少有3名激进分子被打死，15人受伤。阿富汗和美国部队最近几个月加紧了攻击行动， 把激进分子从藏身处赶出来并加强安全，阻止塔利班实施要破坏下个月议会选举的威胁。

At least three other militants were killed and 15 wounded as U.S. warplanes and helicopters rocketed caves along a ridge where they were hiding. Afghan and U.S. forces have stepped up attacks in recent months to flush out militants and boost security to prevent the Taleban from carrying out threats of subverting next month's parliamentary polls.