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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A train stood in the station, empty and without any of the passengers who regularly travelled to London.

一辆火车停在站里，车厢是空的，没有任何定期前往伦敦的乘客。

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I poked my head around the doorframe to see if anyone was in the nurses' station, but it was empty, and I guess I kind of assumed someone had gone downstairs for something and made a mess.

我从休息室门口探出头看去，看是否有人在护士站，可是那里一个人也没有。

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Nearby, the Battersea power station stood empty for 30 years.

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The airspace was empty and trains left idle in station sidings.

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Such materials could be used to make hydrogen cartridges that would slot into fuel-cell cars, making refuelling as simple as pulling into a filling station and swapping an empty cartridge for a full one.

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