双语新闻：冬季风暴抵达美国东北部 Massive Winter Storm Reaches Northeastern United States &8232;&8232;

美国东南部地区星期三被冰雪覆盖。反常的冬季风暴在向大西洋沿岸中部地区和东北部移动期间，在东南部地区造成人员死亡，并使30多万人失去电力。

在相邻的北卡罗莱纳州和南卡罗莱纳州，风暴使大小公路无法通行，很多驾车人被迫弃车而去。天气预报说，南北卡罗莱纳到星期四早晨预计会有超过20厘米的冰雪。

出入该地区的数千航班被取消，不少乘客困在机场。

预计这场风暴将给首都华盛顿各地带来超过30厘米的降雪。联邦政府关闭，几十个地方政府机构和学区也被迫关门。

在美国东南部地区，至少有十余人的死亡据信与冬季风暴有关，其中有三人因一辆救护车在德克萨斯州一段结冰的路上滑出路面而丧生。

More than 300,000 people across the southeastern United States are without power after deadly and unusual winter storm that coated the region with ice and snow Wednesday as it made its way to the mid-Atlantic and northeastern parts of the nation.  

In the neighboring states of North and South Carolina, the storm made roads and major highways impassible, forcing many drivers to abandon their vehicles.

Forecasters said the Carolinas were expected to receive over 20 centimeters of ice and snow through Thursday morning.

  Thousands of flights in and out of the region have been cancelled, stranding scores of passengers at airports.

  The storm is expected to dump more than 30 centimeters of snow across the Washington, D.C. region Thursday. The federal government is closed, along with dozens of local government offices and school districts.

  At least a dozens deaths in the southeastern U.S. have been blamed on the storm, including three people killed when an ambulance skidded off an icy road in Texas.