Rescue workers in the eastern United States are airlifting food and water to towns cut off by flooding after up to 40cm of torrential rain fell in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

飓风艾琳过后，美国东部遭遇了40 cm的暴雨，一些城镇被切断，救援人员正在向这些地方空运水和食物。

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We had to cut our vacation short because of the hurricane.

因为刮飓风，我们必须缩短我们的假期。

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Hurricane Gilbert came along and cut a huge swath of their forest down.

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The decision to drastically cut back in Florida came after the hurricane season of 2004, when four hurricanes hit Florida, wiping out all the profits earned by Allstate in the state since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

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President Barack Obama, who cut short his holiday to return to Washington, had a conference call about the hurricane with emergency officials on Saturday.

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