In the United States, the country with the most violent weather in the world there've been more than 500 reports of tornadoes in the last 30 days. That's only happened four times before. The National Weather Service received more than 50 tornado reports on Monday and Tuesday alone. While several states west of the Rocky Mountains recently saw colder than average conditions, much of America east of the Rockies has seen severe storms, flooding and a scorching heat wave.
在美国这个拥有世界上最极端天气的国家，过去30天共报告了超过500起龙卷风。这种情况以前只出现过4次。仅周一和周二，美国国家气象局就收到了50余起龙卷风报告。虽然位于落基山脉以西的多个州最近的气温低于平均水平，但落基山脉以东的大部分地区遭遇了风暴、洪水和热浪的侵袭。
There's been a lot of damage in the Midwest. Parts of Ohio are cleaning up after damaging storms and tornadoes swept through early this week. Homes have been destroyed. Schools have been damaged. More than 70,000 people in Ohio had no electricity as of yesterday morning and more heavy storms with the possibility of tornadoes and large hail were in the forecast. Soaking rain was expected in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. South of those states, parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma have been struggling for days with flooding. The city government of North Little Rock, Arkansas says the rising Arkansas River is one problem.
这给美国中西部地区造成了严重损害。在本周初被破坏性风暴和龙卷风席卷后，俄亥俄州部分地区正在进行清理工作。多座房屋和学校受损。截至昨天早上，俄亥俄州有超过7万人断电，根据天气预报，暴风雨还将来袭，而且可能伴有龙卷风和大冰雹。预计爱荷华州、密苏里州和伊利诺伊州将迎来透雨。这些州以南地区，包括阿肯色州和俄克拉荷马州部分地区在内，数天来一直在与洪水斗争。阿肯色州北小岩城市政府表示，阿肯色河水位上涨是其中一个问题。
The fact that the city's storm water drains to that river and could become blocked from doing that is another. One state west, severe weather in Oklahoma has been blamed for the deaths of nine people since late April and the governor says things could still get worse there. For the time being, the threat of dangerous storms isn't expected to let up in many parts of America but there are some things you can do to protect yourself if your area is under the threat of a tornado.
因为该市的暴雨积水一般会排入阿肯色河，但水位上涨可能导致下一场暴雨造成的积水无法排入河中，这又引发了另一个问题。自4月底以来，恶劣天气已在阿肯色州以西的俄克拉荷马州造成9人死亡，该州州长表示，情况可能会继续恶化。
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