Ernesto was downgraded to a tropical storm late Sunday, but forecasters say it is likely to regain hurricane status once it gets back over the warm waters of Gulf Mexico.

上周日晚些时候，诶诺斯托已降级为热带风暴，但气象预报人员称，一旦诶诺斯托重返墨西哥湾的温暖水域，就可能恢复到飓风强度。

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The nuclear reactor was not damaged in the lightning storm that struck late last night.

核反应堆在昨晚后半夜的雷雨中没有受损。

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Hurricane Katrina is widely considered the measure for a destructive storm, holding the maximum Category 5 designation for a full 24 hours in late August 2005.

卡特里娜飓风被广泛认为是破坏性风暴，在2005年8月底的整整24小时内，它的最高级别为5级。

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The storm came up late in the evening and it was the roughest I ever saw.

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In 2011, severe springtime flooding followed by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in late summer washed out roads throughout mountains of New York and New England as culverts not designed for such enormous volumes of water were overwhelmed.

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The personal computer took America by surprise, and then by storm, in the late 1970s.

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