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This is AP News Minute.

A massive explosion was reported early Wednesday at a chemical plant in east Texas. Evacuations were ordered around the plant. Windows were blown out miles away.

More than two dozen people are now known dead from the earthouake that struck Albania on Tuesday morning. More than 600 people were injured. Rescue crews are searching through collapsed1 buildings for survivors2.

Southern California firefighters are hoping rain will help to douse3 flames in foothills around Santa Barbara. Fire is threatening more than 2,000 homes and burned close to 7 souare miles by Tuesday night.

Two fierce winter storms are expected to disrupt Thanksgiving travel across much of the U.S. One storm is dropping snow from Rockies to Upper Midwest. The other is bringing snow to California and Oregon.


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1 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
2 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 douse Dkdzf     
v.把…浸入水中，用水泼；n.泼洒
参考例句：
  • Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.人们提来一桶桶水灭火。
  • He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.他用灭火器把火焰扑灭。

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