CNN News:疫情肆虐的美国又遭40场龙卷风袭击

CARL AZUZ, cnn 10 ANCHOR: Forty tornadoes, that's at least how many were reported from the weekend through Monday, and that's where we begin today's edition of cnn 10. I'm Carl Azuz. This all started on Saturday when a storm system hit Texas and then began driving east.
According to the weather channel, every state from Texas to the Mid- Atlantic was affected. The storms spawned dozens of tornadoes, knocked down trees, cut off electricity for hundreds of thousands and killed at least 18 people. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We heard the rumble. And we started looking and we saw the tornado. We could tell it was going to be about a mile or so south of us. But you could hear it and we know that it was going to be bad.

AZUZ: And the system was still threatening Americans when we produced this show. It was moving northeast toward Virginia and even threatening New York with strong winds and heavy rain. 39 million people in 11 states faced the possibility of severe weather on Monday.
It was an emergency on top of an emergency. It brought new challenges to state governments, which were trying to find a balance between keeping people safe from the storms and keeping people safe from coronavirus.
As severe weather approached Mississippi, government officials said finding shelter was more important than social distancing. They said if people went to a public shelter they should keep their noses and mouths covered.
Louisiana's governor asked some hotels to provide rooms for people who lost their homes so they wouldn't have to risk catching coronavirus at a public shelter. Hot lines were setup to help them find a place to stay and states of emergency have been declared to speed up help to those who need it