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世纪巨兽颶风横扫佛州

週三下午三时开始，伊恩颶风挟带强风豪雨登陆美国佛罗里达州，威力高达五级，暴潮掀起巨大浪花，导致船支沉没， 已造成重大伤亡。

国家气象局指出，当伊恩进入佛州半岛时时速已经超过一百五十英里。

佛州州长迪尚特和联邦政府救灾机构己全面严正以待。

极大之风力和豪雨已经把佛州沿海城市之街道树枝吹倒， 海水倒灌到整个房屋 ，一些水位已经涨到自一九六五年有记录以来最高水位， 居家车輌被冲到街上， 许多房屋己経灭顶 ，居民们说由于风力太强根本看不到外面 ，而且已径断电。

许多沿海地区已经造成海水倒灌并会掀起大浪，对沿海地区带来巨大之威胁。

伊恩颶风带来之损害 ，是世纪以来仅见之风暴， 拜登总统已经下令有关机构作出紧急动员， 到底造成多少伤害，目前正在评估之中。

Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall In Florida

Hurricane Ian made landfall along the southwest coast of Florida as a powerful category 4 storm. It was the strongest hurricane landfall ever on the west coast of the peninsula.

Cars are floating down the streets and some houses are completely flooded. The strong winds are blowing away debris, ripping down trees, setting off alarms and knocking out power lines. Water in some areas reached to record highs that the city has been recording since 1965.

Some residents said the wind was so strong that they couldn’t see anything out of their windows.

Earlier this week, the city and local governments issued a mandatory evacuation for more than 1.7 million residents across the southwest counties. For those who chose to stay, the local authorities warned those people to shelter in place and not to venture outside.

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis said that Hurricane Ian, at minimum, will be a very strong category 4 hurricane that ranks as one of the top five to ever hit the Florida peninsula.

Some scientists say that the reason a category 3 to 4 storm occurs in less than three hours is an example of the larger trend that climate change has been on a warming trend for almost a generation.

All the federal agencies are standing by to try and help all the people in Florida. We will have a better picture later today or tomorrow on how much damage this strong hurricane has done.