This one is called Bopha, and it's huge.

这个飓风被称为宝霞，而且它来势迅猛。

Bopha roared over the Philippines on December 4th and stalled over the South China Sea.

“宝霞”于12月4日登陆菲律宾，并影响了南海海域。

Officials in the Philippines say the death toll from this month's Typhoon Bopha has soared to more than 1,000 people.

这个月，台风“宝霞”袭击菲律宾，菲方官员称，台风已造成1000多人死亡。

A lot of the communities in Bopha's path weren't prepared for it before the typhoon hit.

而在宝霞肆虐经过的很多社区并没有未雨绸缪。

Typhoons are the same kinds of storms as hurricanes and Typhoon Bopha was the strongest wind that hid the Philippines this year.

台风和飓风一样是同一种类的暴风, 而台风宝霞是今年登陆菲律宾最强的台风。

Typhoon Bopha triggered landslides and flash floods as it cut a swath of devastation east to west across the large southern island of Mindanao.

台风宝霞造成滑坡和洪水灾害为菲律宾南岛的棉兰老岛（菲律宾东南部第二大岛）造成严重灾害。