State governors complain that their ability to deal with emergencies, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, is being compromised.

州长们抱怨，他们处理诸如飓风和龙卷风之类突发事件的能力现在是捉襟见肘。

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Better predictions for hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, as well as tornadoes, have reduced the death tolls from such events in recent decades. But flooding deaths are on the rise.

更好地预测飓风和其他热带气旋，以及龙卷风，从近几十年来，因此类事件的死亡人数在减少，但因洪水而死亡的人数却在飙升。

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Natural calamities, such as floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes and tidal bores occur here almost every year - with tragic results.

自然灾害，如洪水，热带气旋，龙卷风和潮汐孔，几乎每年都发生在这里-同时带来不幸的后果。

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"This strategy will not affect the availability of aid that any disaster survivors are receiving for recent disasters, such as tornadoes or flooding, or our response operations for Hurricane Irene or any event in the coming weeks or months, " Racusen said.

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The government service has returned to its core mission of providing raw data, such as warning of hurricanes and tornadoes, and leaves the more specialized work for specific industries and companies to the private sector.

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