The heaviest damage so far came near the town of Columbia, N.C., near the Virginia border, where “tornadic activity” blew apart half a dozen empty mobile homes and knocked out a sewer station.

目前为止最严重的灾害发生在北卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚镇附近，靠近与弗吉尼亚的交界处。 龙卷风破坏了半打空置的移动房屋以及一个污水泵站。

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Russia's space program has been the only way of getting astronauts to the station since the Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth on Feb. 1, 2003, sparking a suspension of shuttle flights.

自从2003年2月1日“哥伦比亚”号航天飞机在返回地球途中解体爆炸以来，宇宙飞行的进程出现了延缓，而俄罗斯的太空计划成为将宇航员送入空间站的唯一方式。

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In the central Missouri town of Columbia, TV station KOMU was briefly evacuated Sunday morning because of high winds and a heavy buildup of snow on the broadcast tower next to the building.

WSJ: Spring snowstorm hits central states, pushes east

Company officials believe a tornado hit a compressor station for the Columbia Gulf Transmission company in Hartsville, Tennessee, about 40 miles northeast of Nashville, setting off a spectacular natural gas fire.

CNN: Severe weather, tornadoes kill dozens across South

Georgette Fleischer, an adjunct English professor at Columbia University who lives in SoHo, said the bicycle station at Petrosino Square near her home blocks an area that has long been used for public art displays.

WSJ: Bike Share Gets Rolling Across New York City