Saturday, May 31, 2008

默哀五月 Moment of silence in May

5月2日,以速超过190公里的热带风暴登陆缅甸已造成至少1.5万人死亡。
(On May 2nd, the Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar with the force equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. It caused at least 150 thousand people death.)

5月3日,休眠了9000至10000年的柴滕火山爆发。它位于智利南方,喷发出的大量火山灰覆盖到周围的城镇。同时还引发数十次小规模地震,紧急疏散了数千名附近居民。
(On May 3rd, the eruption of Chaiten volcano in Chile.)

5月12日,中国四川8级地震已吞没了近7万人的性命。
(On May 12th, Sichuan, China's happened 8 magnitude earthquake took away more than 70 thousand people’s lives.)

5月里,菲律宾多次遭受台风袭击,导致人财两失。
(In May, Typhoons attacked Philippines.)

5月里,多股龙卷风袭击美国中西部,导致多处损失惨重,多人伤亡,无家可归。
(In May, few powerful tornados attacked Middle West of United State.)