Seeing category five hurricane winds from literal feet away was pretty awesome.

在仅有一步之遥的地方看五级飓风真的非常棒。

This means the hurricane's maximum sustained winds could reach 130 miles an hour.

这意味着飓风的最大持续风速可能达到每小时130英里。

The warm air is then converted into energy that powers the hurricane's circular winds.

然后，温暖的空气转化为能量，为飓风提供动力。

The warmer the ocean water gets the stronger that a hurricane's winds can become.

海洋的温度越高，飓风的风力就越强。

A lot of the damage appeared to have been caused by the hurricane's powerful winds.

劳拉的强风造成的损失不计其数。

And that's in addition to flooding from the storm surge - the rise in sea water pushed ashore by hurricane winds.

除此之外，风暴潮还会引发洪水，风暴潮指飓风将上升的海水推上海岸的现象。

Hurricane winds blow in a large spiral around a relative calm center known as the " eye" .

飓风围绕着一个相对平静的中心，形成一个巨大的螺旋，这个中心被称为" 眼睛" 。

Ranking storm sustained wind speeds in categories from one to five, the Saffir-Simon hurricane wind scale is the measure for hurricanes.

Saffir-Simon 飓风风级将风暴持续风速分为一到五级，是衡量飓风的标准。

Forecasters said 24 to 30 inches of rain was possible in some parts of the Bahamas and that's in addition to flooding from the storm surge, the rise in sea water pushed ashore by hurricane winds.

气象预报员说，巴哈马部分地区可能会有24到30英寸的降雨，这还不包括风暴潮引发的洪水，被飓风推上岸的上升的海平面。

Because in addition to sustained hurricane winds and storm surges, Florence could bring as much as 40 inches of rain to these areas and that could cause catastrophic flooding to the Carolinas that could last into next week.

因为除了连续大风和巨浪外，飓风“弗洛伦斯”还可能在这些区域带来超过40英寸的降雨，这会造成南北卡罗莱纳州连续两周的灾难性洪涝。