CCTV9英语新闻：台风肆虐香港

（单词翻译:单击）

The Hong Kong Observatory¹ has lowered the storm signal from No 8 to 3 this afternoon as Typhoon Utor started to move away from the city.
 肆虐香港的台风——尤特今天下午开始从香港撤离，气象局已经将风暴警报从8级降低到3级。
 
Strong winds and heavy downpours lashed² Hong Kong overnight.
 强风和暴雨肆虐了香港一整晚。
 After ravaging³ through the Philippines and displacing thousands of residents, Typhoon Utor turned towards Hong Kong Wednesday morning.
 台风一路鞭挞了菲律宾并导致那里千余人不得不离家出走躲避台风，进而于周三早上朝着香港方向进发。
 
According to the forecast, Utor will be closest to the city during the day, skirting around 250 kilometres to the south-west of Hong Kong.
 根据天气预报，台风--尤特当天对香港西南方向近250公里范围内的地方进行了侵袭。
 
Businesses and non-essential government services have closed. Classes in all schools and kindergartens were cancelled today. Trading on the stock exchange was also temporarily closed and is expected to resume in the afternoon.
 企业和非必要政府部门已经关闭。当天所有学校幼儿园放假。证劵交易也暂时关闭并预计将于下午重新开始交易。
 
Hundreds of flights have already been delayed or cancelled due to the storm.
 暴风雨导致近百航班被延误或取消。
 
Utor is the fifth tropical cyclone⁴ of the year that has required a typhoon signal to be raised. It is also the first severe typhoon to approach in 13 months.台风--尤特是今年出现的第五个需要进行台风警报的热带气旋。也是13个月以来登陆的首个强台风。