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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On August 8th a storm smashed through the protecting wall of a paraxylene (PX) factory in the city.

8月8日，一场暴风雨粉碎了该城市一家对二甲苯(PX)工厂的保护墙。

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It's August, storm season, and I'm with the storm watchers, flying high off the coast of the United States as a tropical tempest rages around us.

八月，飓风季节，热带风暴肆虐之时，我与风暴观察家们飞离美国海岸。

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All the while, many northeastern states and parts of southern Canada were experiencing their wettest year on record -- the most severe flooding coming in the wake of Hurricane Irene in late August and Tropical Storm Lee which followed quickly on her heels.

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In all, 13 nursing homes are under criminal investigation for failure to evacuate their patients before the Category 4 storm made landfall August 29.

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August 1972 saw a solar storm that is legendary at Nasa.

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