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博埃洛风暴袭来:西北部数千户断电、车辆被毁Thousands in North West without power and cars wrecked in Storm Boelo

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一棵树在兰开夏郡被连根拔起并砸中了丽莎·罗伯茨(Lisa Roberts)的汽车A tree was uprooted and smashed into Lisa Roberts' car in Lancashire

博埃洛风暴(Storm Boelo)席卷西北部,连根拔起的树木砸中汽车,并导致数万人断电。

Storm Boelo has uprooted trees which have smashed into cars and left tens of thousands of people without power as it blows across the North West.

西北电力公司(Electricity North West)表示,近4000户家庭遭遇停电。仅布莱克浦就有超过500户家庭受影响,威根也有200户。

SP Electricity North West said nearly 4,000 homes had been hit by power cuts. More than 500 homes were affected in Blackpool and 200 in Wigan alone.

默西赛德郡安特里赛马场(Aintree racecourse)的家庭日赛马活动已被取消,利物浦旅游局(Visit Liverpool)的光之河(River of Light)活动也宣告取消。

A family day race meeting at Merseyside's Aintree racecourse has been cancelled, along with Visit Liverpool's River of Light event.

祖母丽莎·罗伯茨(Lisa Roberts)表示,一棵树砸中了她在兰开夏郡海舍姆(Heysham)的汽车,这让她急得流泪。

Grandmother Lisa Roberts said she had been left in tears after a tree fell on her car in Heysham, Lancashire.

罗伯茨对英国广播公司兰开夏电台(BBC Radio Lancashire)说:“我们刚坐下来看《严格舞动》(Strictly)——外面声音很大,但风大时这也是预料之中。

Roberts told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We had just sat down to watch Strictly - there was a lot of noise outside but you expect that when it's windy.

“但突然传来一声巨响,我丈夫出去后说‘是一棵树——砸在车上了’。“树砸穿了天窗和挡风玻璃。

"But suddenly there was an almighty noise and my husband went out and said 'it's a tree - it's landed on the car'.

“这不是我们在周六晚上所预料的[但]我五岁的孙子确实预测到了。

"It smashed through the sunroof and the windscreen.

“他早些时候说‘姥姥你看那棵树——它要倒了’。”她表示无人受伤。

"It's not what we expected on a Saturday night [but] my five-year-old grandson did predict it.

丽莎·罗伯茨的孙子曾预测她家门外的树将会被连根拔起Lisa Roberts' grandson predicted the tree outside her home was going to be uprooted

西北电力公司表示,兰开夏郡有2500户家庭断电,大曼彻斯特有900户,默西赛德郡有500户。

"He said earlier 'look at that tree nana - it's going to fall over'." She said nobody was injured.

强风还刮倒了曼彻斯特各地的树木,其中包括莫斯赛德(Moss Side)亚历山大公园(Alexandra Park)的一棵。

Electricity North West said 2,500 homes suffered power cuts in Lancashire as well as 900 in Greater Manchester and 500 in Merseyside.

一棵被连根拔起的树还堵塞了伯纳奇(Burnage)的莫尔德斯路(Mauldeth Road)。

Highs winds also uprooted trees across Manchester including one in Alexandra Park, Moss Side.

曼彻斯特伯纳奇莫尔代斯路(Mauldeth Road)的一棵树被风暴连根拔起A tree was uprooted by the storm in Mauldeth Road in Burnage, Manchester
曼彻斯特亚历山大公园(Alexandra Park)一棵被连根拔起的树A tree torn from its roots in Alexandra Park, Manchester

安特里赛马场表示,在记录到高达每小时44英里的阵风后,其万圣节趣味日(Halloween Fun Day)已“因强风而取消”。

An uprooted tree blocked also blocked Mauldeth Road in Burnage. Aintree racecourse said its Halloween Fun Day had been "abandoned due to high winds" after it reported gusts of up to 44mph.

该赛马在一份声明中表示:“虽然我们感到失望,但参与者、游客和团队的安全是我们的首要任务。”柴郡沃灵顿(Warrington)的贝茨南瓜农场(Bates pumpkin farm)也宣布当天闭园,因为“每小时50英里的阵风在农场里很不安全”。

In a statement, it said: "While we are disappointed, the safety of our participants, visitors and teams is our number one priority." Bates pumpkin farm in Warrington, Cheshire, also announced it had shut for the day as the "50mph gusts are not safe to be on the farm".

利物浦一名女子在强风中艰难地撑住雨伞A woman struggles to hold onto her umbrella during high winds in Liverpool

利物浦旅游局宣布,展出灯光艺术品的光之河活动已“出于安全考虑”被取消。

Visit Liverpool announced its River of Light event, featuring illuminated artworks, had been cancelled "in the interests of safety".

*译注:此处的“River of Light”直译为光之河。许多地区记录到了超过每小时70英里的阵风,巨浪拍打着海岸。

Gusts of more than 70mph have been recorded in many areas and large waves have battered the coast.

英国气象局(Met Office)表示,博埃洛风暴可能会因飞溅的碎片和拍岸巨浪带来生命危险,人们应尽可能呆在室内。

The Met Office said Storm Boelo could bring a danger to life from flying debris and crashing waves and people should stay indoors as much as possible.

由于大雨和强风,布莱克浦的有轨电车已经停运,同时Avanti West Coast铁路公司建议人们不要前往普雷斯顿以北地区。

Trams have been cancelled in Blackpool due to heavy rain and high winds, while Avanti West Coast has advised people not to travel north of Preston.

奔宁特快(TransPennine Express)表示,一棵树倒在利物浦莱姆街(Liverpool Lime Street)和曼彻斯特皮卡迪利(Manchester Piccadilly)之间的铁路线路上,造成严重延误。

TransPennine Express said a tree fell on the line between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly, causing major delays.

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