
周日(10月25日),风暴袭击了北欧,导致超过15万户家庭断电,交通和电话网络中断。在法国北部的一场马拉松比赛中,一名跑者因大风吹倒树木而受重伤。
Storms battered northern Europe Sunday, October 25, cutting power to more than 150,000 homes, disrupting travel and phone networks. A runner in a marathon in northern France was seriously injured when a tree was felled by strong winds during the race.
英国、法国和德国当局表示,在24小时内,风暴“博埃洛”和“奥斯汀”相继经过,导致英国超过8.2万户、法国近6万户以及德国至少1万户家庭断电。
More than 82,000 homes in Britain, nearly 60,000 in France and at least 10,000 in Germany had power cuts inflicted by the passage of storms Boelo and Austen within 24 hours of each other, authorities in the countries said.
在苏格兰西部的阿盖尔-比特地区,记录到风速高达每小时84英里(135公里)。风暴吹倒的树木和电缆阻塞了苏格兰和英格兰北部的道路和铁路线。
In the Argyll and Bute region of western Scotland, winds of up to 84 miles (135 kilometers) an hour were recorded. Trees and power cables brought down by the storm blocked roads and rail lines across Scotland and northern England.
英国能源网络协会表示,在风暴期间,超过40万户家庭曾一度断电。英格兰南部海岸布莱顿码头的一部分(自2003年火灾后废弃)在周五的“奥斯汀”风暴中被吹走。
Britain's Energy Networks Association indicated that more than 400,000 homes had lost power at some stage during the storms. Part of the pier at Brighton the southern England coast, unused since a fire in 2003, blew away in Storm Austen on Friday.
强风也袭击了英吉利海峡对岸的法国北部,欧洲正在应对今年秋季的首场大型风暴。专家因全球变暖警告将出现更多极端天气事件。
The powerful winds also battered northern France across the Channel as Europe battled its first big autumn storms of the year. Experts have warned of more extreme weather events because of global warming.
在法国北部城市里尔,一名跑者在该市马拉松比赛起跑不久后受伤,这是该市31年来首次举办马拉松。据当地报纸《北方之声》报道,伤者为一名25岁男子。赛事组织者告诉法新社,该跑者生命无虞。
A runner was injured in the northern French city of Lille near the start of the city's marathon, which was being staged for the first time in 31 years. According to local newspaper La Voix du Nord, the victim was a 25-year-old man. Race organizers told AFP the runner's life was not in danger.
大范围停电 法国能源公司Enedis表示,在周六“奥斯汀”风暴最猛烈时,约28.8万户家庭断电。周日中午,仍有约5.9万户家庭无电,主要集中在诺曼底和布列塔尼地区。该公司称,2600名Enedis技术人员和承包商正在努力恢复供电。
Widespread power cuts French energy company Enedis said that at the peak of storm Austen on Saturday, some 288,000 homes had no electricity. Some 59,000 remained without power at midday Sunday, mainly in Normandy and Brittany. It said 2,600 Enedis technicians and contractors were working to re-establish power.
在德国,风暴“奥斯汀”于周日切断了西南部城镇弗赖堡-布赖斯高及其周边约1万户家庭的电力供应。该镇主要医院表示,因停电同时也导致移动电话网络中断,不得不将服务限制在急诊病例。
In Germany, Austen cut power to 10,000 homes in and around the southwestern town of Friburg-Brisgau on Sunday. The town's main hospital said it had to limit service to emergency cases because of the blackout that also cut the mobile phone network.
德国警方称,周六在纳施塔滕镇的一个秋季集市上,两人被风暴“奥斯汀”吹倒的脚手架砸中,受重伤。
Two people were seriously hurt Saturday by scaffolding blown away by storm Austen's winds during an autumn market at the town of Nastatten, German police said.
德国气象局(DWD)预测,周日北部沿海地区将出现高达每小时100公里(约60英里)的强风。
Germany's DWD weather agency predicted more powerful winds of up to 100 kph (60 mph) on the northern coast on Sunday.
风暴还袭击了荷兰和比利时,周六在布鲁塞尔有四人被倒塌的树木砸伤。受风暴影响,北欧地区数百个航班被取消或改道。
The storms also hit the Netherlands and Belgium, where falling trees injured four people in Brussels on Saturday. Hundreds of flights were canceled or diverted because of the storms across northern Europe.
阿姆斯特丹史基浦机场作为欧洲最繁忙的枢纽之一,周日取消了数十个航班。法新社在机场网站上统计到约90个航班被取消,主要飞往巴黎、罗马和都柏林等欧洲城市。数十个原定降落该机场的航班也被取消。英格兰北部和苏格兰的航班同样受到风暴影响。
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs, canceled dozens of flights Sunday. AFP counted some 90 flights canceled on the airport website, mainly to European cities including Paris, Rome and Dublin. Dozens of flights due to land at the airport were also canceled. Flights in northern England and Scotland were also hit by the storms.