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Polar Vortex Relaxes Its Icy Grip in the US
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  • Ice covers power lines and the street after a high pressure water main broke in the sub-freezing winter weather in Dunwoody, Georgia, USA, 08 January 2014. Arctic air settled over the eastern two-thirds of the USA, setting numerous record low temperatures, forcing school closings and disrupting transportation amid safety concerns across the region. Wind chill warnings were in effect from the northern Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard with wind chill factors - air temperature compounded by wind speed - estimated as low as -29 Celsius1 to -45 Celsius, the National Weather Service said.

    An arctic blast is slowly easing its grip on much of the United States, forecasters said on Wednesday.

    Winds are calming and the weather is warming slightly a day after temperature records - some more than a century old - were shattered up and down the Eastern seaboard.

    Many schools were closed for a second day in western New York, or are opening two hours late.

    The National Weather Service's first extended blizzard2 warning for the Buffalo3 area in 20 years was lifted at 6 a.m. (1100 GMT) on Wednesday, two days after the storm barrelled in with snow and high winds that impacted an area from the state's southwest corner to the Canadian border in northern New York.

    The weather service says the storm dumped up to 18 inches (46 centimetres) in the Buffalo area and 27 inches (69 centimetres) east of Lake Ontario.

    The plunge4 in temperatures led to a water main leak in Brooklyn, flooding some residents' homes.

    "At five in the morning we heard fire trucks out here. The water was shooting up in the street. The guy downstairs screamed that there was water in the basement, water was pouring through the basement walls," recounted resident Todd Jacobs.

    "We had about six inches, eight inches (15-20 centimetres) of water in the basement," he said.

    In Washington commuters also braved frigid5 temperatures for a second day, with one woman describing conditions as "cold to the bone".

    Meanwhile, temperatures finally climbed above freezing across much of Georgia in the southeastern United States.

    The cold weather continued to pose infrastructure6 issues from frozen water pipes to water main leaks.

    One such leak, in the city of Dunwoody, spewed thousands of gallons (litres) of water high into the air for several hours on Wednesday morning.

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    1 Celsius [ˈselsiəs] AXRzl   第10级
    adj.摄氏温度计的,摄氏的
    参考例句:
    • The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius. 今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
    • The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius. 七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。
    2 blizzard [ˈblɪzəd] 0Rgyc   第10级
    n.暴风雪
    参考例句:
    • The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain. 我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
    • You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off. 你得等暴风雪停了再走。
    3 buffalo [ˈbʌfələʊ] 1Sby4   第7级
    n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
    参考例句:
    • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
    • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
    4 plunge [plʌndʒ] 228zO   第7级
    vt.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲;vi.突然地下降;投入;陷入;跳进;n.投入;跳进
    参考例句:
    • Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in. 在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
    • That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries. 那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
    5 frigid [ˈfrɪdʒɪd] TfBzl   第9级
    adj.寒冷的,凛冽的;冷淡的;拘禁的
    参考例句:
    • The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long. 水冰冷彻骨,他在下面呆不了太长时间。
    • She returned his smile with a frigid glance. 对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。
    6 infrastructure [ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)] UbBz5   第7级
    n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
    参考例句:
    • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research. 加强科学基础设施建设。
    • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture. 加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。

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