圣帕特里克节快乐!

I`m Carl Azuz.

我是Carl Azuz。

CNN STUDENT NEWS is kicking off another 10 minutes of commercial-free coverage.

这里是十分钟不含商业广告的CNN时事新闻。

Authorities are slowly combing over the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It has 83 small island. About 65 of them are inhibited and it just suffered one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfill.

当局正在对这个南太平洋国家瓦努阿图慢慢展开梳理工作，这是一个拥有83个小岛的国家，大约65个小岛受压制，并且刚刚经历了一次强风暴袭击甚至淹没了岛屿。

Tropical Cyclone Pam was a category five storm. At one point, it had sustained wind speeds of 165 miles per hour.

此次袭击的“帕姆”气旋是一种五级风暴，从一点来说，这个风暴时速可达165英里每小时。

It raked over Vanuatu for 24 hours last weekend. At least 24 lives were lost, but officials don`t know yet the full extent of the damage. They think this could be one of the worst disasters ever seen in the Pacific.

上周的时候它对瓦努阿图发起了24小时的疯狂袭击，至少24人死亡，但是目前官方尚不清楚受损情况。他们认为这可能是太平洋史上从未有过的最严重的灾害袭击。

International aid is coming in slowly, but it`s hard to get to the islands. The fact that radio and phone communications have been knocked out is just one of the problems hampering recovery efforts.

国际救援工作正在缓慢展开，但是想要到达该岛屿非常困难。事实上广播和电话通讯已经中断，而这只是阻碍灾后恢复工作其中一个问题。

CARL AZUZ, HOST: Happy Saint Patrick`s Day.

I`m Carl Azuz.

CNN STUDENT NEWS is kicking off another 10 minutes of commercial-free coverage.

Authorities are slowly combing over the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It has 83 small island. About 65 of them are inhibited and it just suffered one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfill.

Tropical Cyclone Pam was a category five storm. At one point, it had sustained wind speeds of 165 miles per hour.

It raked over Vanuatu for 24 hours last weekend. At least 24 lives were lost, but officials don`t know yet the full extent of the damage. They think this could be one of the worst disasters ever seen in the Pacific.

International aid is coming in slowly, but it`s hard to get to the islands. The fact that radio and phone communications have been knocked out is just one of the problems hampering recovery efforts.