Melting snow and new snowfall in the midwest states of Iowa, Michigan and Indiana have driven rivers over their banks and have cut off electricity to thousands of customers.

美国中西部的爱荷华州、密歇根州和印第安纳州正在融化的积雪和新下的雪已经使河水漫过河岸，并切断了数千名用户的电力供应。

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If you find something on fire in the room, you should cut off the electricity and leave the house at once.

如果你发现房间里着火了，你应该切断电源，马上离开房间。

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So I went back down to cut the electricity in fear of a fire starting.

我担心会着火，赶紧回楼下切断了电源。

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Electricity in the capital has been cut off. Roads and bridges have been washed away.

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Bulgaria's prime minister called for a sharp cut in electricity prices and revoking the license of the country's largest foreign-controlled power supplier.

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Much would depend on whether the government would be able to implement a cut in electricity tariffs, which will lower prices for consumers by as much as 16 per cent, said Capital Economics.

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More than 220 villages and towns in Bulgaria were left without electricity, and toppled trees cut power in several mountainous suburbs in the capital Sofia.

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