Instruments onboard the WB-57 include HIRAD, the hurricane Imaging Radiometer, which will help determine the strength and structure of hurricanes by looking at wind speeds deep within the storm.

WB - 57上装配了飓风成像辐射计(Hurricane Imaging Radiometer, HIRAD)，这种仪器可以通过观察风暴中心处的风速来确定飓风的强度和结构。

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This storm was only the second hurricane to reach Category 5 strength in the Atlantic Basin at the time of its landfall.

登陆时，这场风暴只是大西洋流域达到5级强度位居第二的飓风。

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A massive storm system is gathering strength in the region and is expected to dump heavy rains on the cyclone-hit areas in coming days.

眼下﹐受灾地区正有一股大规模风暴在集聚﹐预计未来几天受热带风暴袭击地区将有大量降雨。

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That the storm gathered strength in the Gulf over the weekend and hit the coast early on Monday could also have limited trading activity--there might have been more trading had the storm gathered strength and remained headed in an uncertain direction during trading hours.

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West Bengal's Fisheries Minister Kiranmoy Nanda told the BBC that at least 60 trawlers had been out at sea when the storm picked up strength in the Bay of Bengal.

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