Pervious surfaces could decrease the urban storm peak, conserve rainfall in the underground, and reduce the high air temperature of city.

透水铺装具有缓解城市防洪压力、涵养地下水源、改善城市热环境等特点。

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"Our planet is approaching a perfect storm of population growth, climate change and peak oil," he said.

“我们的星球正走进人口增长、气候变化和石油峰值的完美风暴，”他说。

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I guess it's a reflection of human nature that the highest peak of hurricane searches was around the period of hurricane Rita, the storm that came right after Katrina.

我猜想这是人性的一种反映搜索飓风最频繁的时候就是在里他飓风那段时间里他飓风紧随卡特里娜飓风后而来。

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That the storm's peak occurred in Monday's darkness only added to the chaos.

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"All neighborhoods ... and possibly entire coastal communities ... will be inundated during the peak storm tide, " the weather service warned.

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About 38, 000 homes and businesses were without power at the storm's peak.

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