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Powerful Hurricane Polo ravages the Mexican coast, while Nolo bears down on Hawaii

Powerful Hurricane Polo ravages the Mexican coast, while Nolo bears down on Hawaii

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September 24th, 2026

Powerful Hurricane Polo ravages the Mexican coast, while Nolo bears down on Hawaii

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On Thursday, two separate storms churned over the Pacific, prompting residents along Mexico's west coast to stack sandbags to fortify seaside businesses while fleeing their homes; meanwhile, Hawaii's Big Island and Maui braced for an onslaught that could unleash catastrophic flooding.

周四,两场相互独立的风暴在太平洋上盘桓,墨西哥西海岸的居民一面堆砌沙袋加固海滨商铺,一面撤离家园;与此同时,夏威夷的大岛与毛伊岛则严阵以待,迎接可能酿成灾难性洪水的侵袭。

The US National Hurricane Center reported that torrential rains accompanying the powerful Hurricane Polo were likely to trigger life-threatening flooding and landslides across Mexico.

美国国家飓风中心通报称,强飓风“波罗”所裹挟的暴雨恐将在墨西哥境内诱发危及生命的洪涝与山体滑坡。

In the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas and elsewhere, seawater inundated homes on Thursday, leaving streets strewn with planks and furniture.

在拉萨罗卡德纳斯港市等地,周四海水涌入民宅,街道上散落着木板与家具。

Boris oscillated between Category 4 and Category 5, both of which fall within the ranks of major hurricanes.

波罗在四级与五级之间往复徘徊,二者皆属强飓风之列。

It is forecast that its strongest winds will remain over the sea, inasmuch as the storm's center will skirt the coast before moving out toward the open ocean.

据预测,其最强风力将维持于海上,盖因风暴中心将掠岸而过,继而移向汪洋。

Far to the south of Hawaii's Big Island, Tropical Storm Nolo is steadily intensifying, and forecasters anticipate that hurricane-force conditions will reach the state by Friday evening.

在夏威夷大岛南端极远处,热带风暴诺洛正持续增强,预报员预计飓风级天气将于周五晚间侵袭该州。

Rainfall could exceed 2 feet (60 centimeters) across islands that are still recuperating from a succession of storms.

降雨量恐在仍处于一连串风暴恢复期的岛屿上倾泻逾2英尺(60厘米)。

Schools will remain closed for the remainder of the week.

学校本周剩余时间悉数停课。

As these hurricanes arrive in quick succession, El Niño is precipitating drastic environmental transformations across the globe, exacerbating drought in certain regions while giving rise to flooding in others.

此番飓风接踵而至之际,厄尔尼诺现象正于全球范围内诱发剧烈的环境嬗变,在若干地区加剧旱情,于另一些地区则酿成洪患。

El Niño typically exerts a suppressive effect on the Atlantic hurricane season, while at the same time, by virtue of moist air currents and weak wind shear, it frequently fosters heightened tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific.

厄尔尼诺通常对大西洋飓风季起到抑制作用,与此同时,又往往凭借湿润气流与微弱风切变,助长太平洋热带气旋的活跃态势。

Mexican authorities are setting up shelters and evacuating people from the beaches, while coastal residents are striving to protect businesses from being swept away.

墨西哥当局正着手设立避难所并疏散海滩上的人员,而沿海居民则竭力保护企业免遭冲走。

People in high-risk areas are being evacuated.

高风险地区的人员正在被疏散。

The wellspring of the many fears harboured by local residents lies in the hurricanes that have ravaged cities along the Pacific coast over the past several years.

当地居民所怀有的诸多忧惧,其渊薮在于往昔数载间蹂躏太平洋沿岸城市的飓风。

In 2023, Hurricane Otis struck with such utter lack of warning that it plunged Acapulco into weeks of turmoil.

2023年,飓风奥蒂斯以猝不及防之势,致使阿卡普尔科陷于长达数周的紊乱之中。

"A great many people once declared that such a thing could never happen, and yet happen it did.

“为数众多者曾断言此事断无可能,然而它终究还是发生了。

Ever since then, you live in a state of perpetual dread," said Gonzalo Ramírez, a bartender in the city.

自那以后,你便会始终惶惶不可终日,”该市的一位酒保贡萨洛·拉米雷斯如是说。

The hurricane center declared that the state of Guerrero is particularly susceptible to flooding and mudslides.

飓风中心宣称,格雷罗州尤易遭受洪水与泥石流之侵袭。

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward from the eye of the storm for a distance of 125 miles (205 kilometers).

热带风暴级狂风自风暴眼向外围延展,达125英里(205公里)之遥。

Once it has moved away from land, Polo is expected to veer toward Mexico's more northerly coastline on Saturday.

及至离陆之后,预计波罗将于周六折向墨西哥更北之海岸。

The hurricane poses the gravest threat to the rural and mountainous areas along the coasts of Michoacán and Guerrero, a region dotted with small tourist towns and ports.

飓风对米却肯州与格雷罗州沿海的乡村及山区地带构成最为严峻的威胁,该区域零星分布着小型旅游城镇与港口。

Much of this area is mired in poverty, and residents repeatedly complain that when natural disasters strike, they are left entirely to fend for themselves.

此地大部分地区深陷贫困,居民屡屡抱怨,在自然灾害来袭之际,他们唯有自生自灭。

Mexican authorities have deployed 15,000 security personnel along the coastal areas and suspended school classes as a precautionary measure.

墨西哥当局已在沿海地区部署了1.5万名安全人员,并出于预防考量暂停了学校授课。

The authorities did not immediately disclose how many people had been evacuated.

当局并未立即披露有多少人已被疏散。

Forecasters indicated that Tropical Storm Noro could intensify into a severe hurricane and might unleash as much as 20 inches (50 centimetres) of rain on the Big Island, with rainfall totals potentially proving even more substantial by Saturday.

预报员指出,热带风暴诺洛恐将增强为强飓风,并可能在大岛倾泻20英寸(50厘米)的雨量,截至周六,降雨量甚或更为可观。

The hurricane center declared that Maui, too, could face life-threatening flooding and mudslides.

飓风中心宣称,毛伊岛亦恐将面临具有致命威胁的洪水与泥石流侵袭。

At a news conference held on Wednesday afternoon, John Bravender, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service, noted that although strong winds were to be expected, the foremost concern remained the risk of flash flooding.

在周三下午召开的新闻发布会上,气象服务预警协调气象学家约翰·布拉文德指出,尽管大风天气可期,但首要关切仍在于山洪暴发的风险。

The imminent heavy rainfall on the Big Island threatens to affect the same southeastern region that was devastated by Hurricane Lala in August.

大岛即将来临的强降雨恐将波及8月曾遭飓风拉拉重创的同一东南部地区。

"That alone would be sufficient to precipitate catastrophic flooding; yet when it is superimposed upon land already saturated by the intermittent rainfall of the past several months... the devastation that such a deluge could wreak is likely to be all the more profound," Braven said.

“仅此一端,便足以酿成灾难性洪灾;然而,当其叠加于过去数月间时断时续之降雨所浸润的土地之上时……那场雨所可能造成的破坏,恐将更为深重,”布拉文德如是说。

Hawaiian officials urged residents to prepare emergency kits, while the governor issued an emergency proclamation and mobilized more than 230 members of the Hawaii National Guard.

夏威夷官员敦促居民备妥应急包,州长则颁布紧急公告,并动员了逾230名夏威夷国民警卫队成员。

Hawaiian Electric, the state's principal utility company, announced that crews who had previously helped restore power on Kauai in the wake of Hurricane Lowell's passage earlier this month would be pulled back to Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island to brace for the approaching storm.

该州主要公用事业公司夏威夷电力公司宣称,此前曾协助考艾岛在本月飓风洛厄尔过境后恢复供电的作业人员,将撤回瓦胡岛、毛伊岛及大岛,以应对即将来袭的风暴。

The US National Hurricane Center reported that Tropical Storm Fay had re-formed over the North Atlantic in the early hours of Thursday, with its center located nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) west-southwest of the Azores.

美国飓风中心通报称,北大西洋热带风暴费伊已于周四凌晨重新生成,其中心位于亚速尔群岛西南偏西近1000英里(1600公里)处。

In the Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Odalys was entrenched approximately 1,110 miles (1,785 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.

在太平洋海域,飓风奥达利斯盘踞于墨西哥下加利福尼亚半岛南端西南偏西约1110英里(1785公里)处。

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