10-24-2005

飓风维尔玛横扫佛州引发水淹 (Hurricane Wilma Crosses Florida, Causes Flooding)

维尔玛飓风带狂风暴雨经过佛罗里达州，在很多地方造成水淹和电力中断。飓风星期一拂晓在佛罗里达西南海岸的那不勒斯市附近登陆。维尔玛登陆时为3级飓风，持续风力每小时超过200公里。

美国国家气象局说，维尔玛飓风现已降为2级飓风，但是告诫在飓风所经之处的民众不要在飓风风眼经过时的相对平静阶段出来活动。在佛罗里达珊瑚泉，一名男子被倒下的大树击中死亡。有关当局敦促佛罗里达州低洼的基韦斯特岛屿上拒绝撤离的居民采取安全措施。

维尔玛是过去14个月来袭击佛罗里达的第8场飓风。风暴移动迅速，预计星期一晚些时候离开佛罗里达州，进入大西洋。

Hurricane Wilma is crossing Florida with high winds and heavy rain that have already caused flooding and a loss of power in many areas. Landfall came just before daybreak Monday near the city of Naples on Florida's southern coast. Wilma was a Category Three storm when it hit land, with sustained winds of more than 200 kilometers an hour.

The National Weather Service says Wilma is now a category two hurricane, but is advising people in the storm's path not to venture outside during the relative calm of the eye of the storm. One man in Coral Springs, Florida, was killed when he was struck by a falling tree. Authorities are urging people who refused to evacuate the low-lying Florida Keys island chain to take safety precautions.

Wilma is the eighth hurricane to strike Florida in the past 14 months. The storm is moving quickly and should move out into the Atlantic later today.

以军击毙巴勒斯坦激进势力高官 (Israeli Troops Kill Senior Palestinian Militant)

以色列军队在约旦河西岸的交火中打死伊斯兰圣战组织的高级指挥官卢埃.萨阿迪。萨阿迪和他的副手星期一被打死之后，伊斯兰圣战组织呼吁进行报复袭击。该组织的领导人说，以色列在图勒凯尔姆的行动威胁巴勒斯坦各激进组织达成的停止袭击以色列目标的协议。以色列表示，自2月以来，萨阿迪策划了几起袭击事件，造成至少10名以色列人丧生。

同时，巴勒斯坦权力机构表示，它计划立即解除约旦河西岸另外一个激进组织阿克萨烈士旅成员的武装。约旦河西岸警察局长塔希尔.扎伊德说，这个激进组织中的大多数成员将接受训练，然后加入巴勒斯坦安全部队。不过，阿克萨烈士旅的一些高级指挥官说，在以色列离开约旦河西岸之前，他们的人是否会缴械还值得怀疑。

Israeli troops have killed Luay Saadi, a senior Islamic Jihad commander in a shoot-out in the West Bank. Monday's killing of Luay Saadi and his deputy prompted calls from Islamic Jihad for revenge attacks. The group's leaders say the Israeli operation in Tulkarem threatens an agreement by Palestinian militant groups to stop attacks on Israeli targets. Israel says Saadi was behind several attacks that have killed at least 10 Israelis since February.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority says it plans to immediately disarm members of another militant group in the West Bank, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The chief of police in the West Bank, Taher Zaid, says most members of the militant group will be trained to join Palestinian security forces. But leading al-Aqsa commanders say they doubt their men will turn in their weapons until Israel leaves the West Bank.