🇺🇸 영어 원문
Howling winds and lashing rains are battering Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as super typhoon Bavi makes landfall.
Packing winds of nearly 290km/h (180mph) and gusts of 350km/h, the western eyeball of Bavi is moving over the Pacific islands, according to the US National Weather Serivce (NWS).
The NWS warned the "very dangerous" storm could cause "catastrophic" damage, with waves potentially nearly 11m (35ft) high.
The western Pacific region is particularly prone to tropical cyclones. While storms of this strength are unusual for the US islands, scientists say climate change is making powerful typhoons more common.
Residents in the region have been moving to emergency shelters and making last-minute preparations before the arrival of the super typhoon.
In the Northern Mariana Islands, Rota – the southernmost inhabited island, about 50km north-east of Guam – is taking a direct hit, according to the NWS.
The mayor's office has published an advisory urging residents to prepare for "destructive winds", adding that "conditions are expected to deteriorate rapidly, making it unsafe to be outdoors".
The NWS also warned that winds are not forecast to fall below typhoon force until early afternoon on Monday, and below tropical storm force until after midnight.
Guam, usually a sun-soaked tourist destination with a population of about 170,000, has opened five evacuation centres in its schools. These sites have a maximum capacity of around 1,700 and are primarily intended for vulnerable people.
The island's civil defence office said at 13:00 local time on Sunday that one of the evacuation sites had already reached maximum capacity and that people were being redirected to another site.
Bavi has been classified as a super typhoon by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), a part of the US military responsible for monitoring tropical storms in the western Pacific.
A super typhoon has winds in excess of 240km/h. The NWS considers super typhoons to have the equivalent destructive potential as a category four or five hurricane.
Pinky Cubacub, 55, told news agency AFP that she had been boarding up the windows of her eatery in Guam with $500 (£373) worth of plywood.
"I cannot afford to lose so many days. It hurts," she said. "Because I just started, whatever we're making right now is just for rent, utilities, and my people, and supplies. I don't even pay myself yet."
Japanese tourist Miku Sakurai, 25, told AFP that her return flight to Tokyo was cancelled due to the storm.
🇰🇷 한국어 요약
태풍 바비가 괌과 북마리아나 제도 등 미국 태평양 섬 지역에 상륙하면서 엄청난 강풍과 폭우가 몰아치고 있습니다. 최대 풍속이 시속 290km 에 달하는 이 태풍은 "매우 위험"하며 파도 높이가 11m 에 달할 수 있다고 미국 국립기상청(NWS) 은 경고했습니다. 기후 변화로 인해 강력한 태풍이 더 자주 발생하고 있으며, 주민들은 대피소로 이동하거나 가게 창문을 보강하는 등 비상 준비에 한창입니다. 괌 섬에서는 대피소가 이미 수용 한도에 도달하기도 했습니다.
🔑 핵심 단어 (Vocabulary)
- Landfall – (태풍 등이) 상륙하다 – Super typhoon Bavi makes landfall on US Pacific islands.
- Gusts – 돌풍, 순간 강풍 – Packing winds of nearly 290km/h and gusts of 350km/h.
- Catastrophic – 재앙적인, 참사적인 – The storm could cause catastrophic damage.
- Prone – ~하기 쉬운, 경향이 있는 – The western Pacific region is particularly prone to tropical cyclones.
- Evacuation – 대피, 철수 – Guam has opened five evacuation centres in its schools.
- Destructive – 파괴적인 – The mayor's office urged residents to prepare for destructive winds.
- Classified – 분류되다, 등급이 매겨지다 – Bavi has been classified as a super typhoon.
- Vulnerable – 취약한, 약한 – Evacuation sites are primarily intended for vulnerable people.
- Deteriorate – 악화되다, 나빠지다 – Conditions are expected to deteriorate rapidly.
- Potential – 잠재력, 가능성 – Super typhoons have the equivalent destructive potential as a category four hurricane.
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