每天读一篇英语小故事：LA Radio News
This news report is sponsored by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. There's someserious problems in Arkansas. High winds and a tornado have sliced through
portions of southern Arkansas. People have been injured and some residents are
still unaccounted for. Emergency coordinator Bob Holly says rescue workers are
on the case: "We had two ambulances set out first, and then when they saw the
damage, that's when they called in the troops." Homes and businesses have been
destroyed near a major highway at Dumas. A massive winter storm is sweeping
through the Plains and upper Midwest. It's dumped more than a foot of snow in
northern Wisconsin. Seven people were killed on slippery roads. And 100,000
customers have no power in Iowa, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
Locally, police are trying to find a man who sexually assaulted a woman in
Alhambra. She described the suspect as about 5'11", medium build, wearing blue
jeans, a black jacket, black gloves, brown shoes, and a dark-colored ski mask
covering his face. The woman was waiting for friends inside an apartment when
the man entered through an unlocked door. He had a gun, sexually assaulted her,
and then took her cell phone and left. The woman is in a local hospital. If you
have seen this man, please call the Alhambra police.
Finally, one person was killed when a high-speed train derailed near
London. The cause is being investigated.
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