Last week, a series of flash floods and mudslides struck the Serrana mountain region near Rio DE Janeiro, Brazil, destroying buildings roads and more.

上周，一系列的骤发洪水和泥流在巴西里约热内卢附近的塞拉纳山地区爆发，建筑、道路等被破坏。

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At least six people were killed and about twenty injured when a train was derailed in an isolated mountain region.

火车在一片偏僻的山区脱轨，导致至少六人死亡，约二十人受伤。

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The region is uninhabited except for a few scattered mountain villages.

除了几个零星的小山村之外， 这个地区杳无人烟。

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He said the soldier from the French Foreign Legion was killed as special forces hunted militants hiding in the Ifoghas Massif - a remote mountain region in the Sahara.

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For travellers seeking a local excursion, a 30-minute drive northward on paved roads leads to the Zagorohoria, a region of developed traditional mountain villages overlooking the awe-inspiring Vikos Gorge, said to be the world's deepest.

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Intelligence officials believe bin Laden is hiding in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan, a remote and primitive region with mountain peaks as tall as 14, 000 feet (4, 270 meters) that make the terrain difficult to navigate.

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