飓风暴露纽约基础建设缺陷 (1/2)

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概述： 由于飓风Sandy，纽约供电受到了影响。
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本期材料发音模仿地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/694128/Hundreds of thousands of people were without electricity last week in the northeastern United States. They lost power when Superstorm Sandy hit the area in late October. Last week, another storm brought more high winds and dropped snow on the already troubled New York City area.
Officials are blaming Sandy for more than 100 deaths and more than $50 billion in property damage. The storm left about 8 million people without power for days. This included nearly 5 million people in New York State and New Jersey.
Sandy flooded parts of New York City's subway system and affected other transportation. It delayed movement of trucks carrying fuel to gasoline stations, resulting in long lines at gas pumps.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke about the problems at a press conference last week.上周，美国东北部地区成千上万的居民无电可用。十月底，飓风桑迪来袭，他们的电力因此而中断。上周，另一股飓风袭来，狂风暴雪肆虐，使饱受摧残的纽约地区情况更加恶劣。
官员表示，飓风桑迪已经导致100多人丧生，并且造成超过500亿美元的财产损失。它还使大约800万人在好几天内没有得到电力供应，其中包括纽约和新泽西的将近500万居民。
飓风桑迪不但淹没了纽约市的部分地铁系统，而且影响了其他的交通系统。它还延误了向加油站运输燃料的车队行程，使加油泵前排起了长队。
纽约州的州长安德鲁·库奥默在上周的一次新闻发布会上谈到了这些问题。