宾夕法尼亚州的哈莫尼市变成一片汪洋。

飓风“伊万”周五猛烈袭击了美国东部大片地区，致使从佐治亚州到俄亥俄州的地区遭遇洪灾，数十所房屋被雨水冲走，汽车被冲下公路，一所小学的100多名学生遭困。

此次飓风已在加勒比地区造成70人死亡，在美国致使至少38人丧命。即便其风速有所减弱，它仍具有毁灭性的威力。

一些地区多达8英寸的降雨量诱发了致命的洪水，数十万人供电中断。

在位于北卡罗莱纳州西南端、地处南塔哈拉国家森林公园的山谷小镇库拉萨贾，有4人遇难，30所房屋被毁。

俄亥俄州东南部一所小学的150名学生和工作人员被大雨围困，但负责紧急救援的官员们说学校地势高，不会有危险。

　　关键词：swath长而宽的地带drench使浸透

Hurricane Ivan Slams Eastern America
    Hurricane Ivan pounded a large swath of the eastern United States on Friday, drenching an area from Georgia to Ohio, washing out dozens of homes, sweeping cars down roadways and trapping more than 100 students at an elementary school.
    The storm, which has killed 70 people in the Caribbean and at least 38 in the United States, retained its destructive power over land even as its wind speed dropped.
    More than 8 inches of rain in some areas triggered deadly floods,hundreds of thousands of people were without power.
    In the southwestern cor-ner of North Carolina, four people were killed and as many as 30 homes de-stroyed in Cullasaja, a tiny mountain valley town in the Nantahala National Forest.
    Heavy rain stranded about 150 students and employees at a southea stern Ohio ele-mentary school, although e-mergency officials said the building was on high ground and out of danger.

　　（编辑：林湄）