一个多月以后,一场毁灭性台风袭击了这个地区,彻底摧毁了还在运营的道路和桥梁,杀死三千多人。
A little more than one month later, a devastating typhoon hitthe area, wiping out what few roads and bridges were still in operationand killing more than 3, 000 people.
正如菲律宾最近的台风灾害所表明的那样,虽然强风和地震往往会占据新闻头条,但频繁带来破坏性后果的则是水灾。
While high winds and earthquakes tend to grab the headlines, it is flooding that most frequently devastates, as has been demonstrated by the recent typhoon in the Philippines.
紧随这场灾难而来的由台风助燃的风暴性大火肆虐,导致这座城市大部分建筑的毁灭。
Much of the damage to the city's structures resultedfrom typhoon-fueled firestorms that raged in the wake of the disaster.
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