7月1日CNN聽力：加拿大麥克默裏堡遭受史上最緊張火警 奧巴馬親飲過濾水撫慰市民
AZUZ: Staying in the Western Hemisphere, andjumping to Northern Canada. An entire city in theprovince of Alberta has been evacuated. Eighty-eightthousand people have been told to leave their homesand whole neighborhoods have been scorched by anexplosive wildfire.
The city of Fort McMurray has been the hardest hit.Officials don't know yet what started the fire. But they know what's made it worse, extremetemperatures exceeding 90 degrees Fahrenheit, bone dry conditions and high winds. Seventy-four hundred acres and 1,600 buildings and houses have been destroyed. But there had beenno reports of deaths or no injuries, and cooler weather in the 60s later this week should helpfirefighters.
U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Flint, Michigan, yesterday and took a sip of filteredwater. His aim: to reassure residents that the federal government isn't ignoring them.
The city's had a water crisis since its supply was switched two years ago to the polluted FlintRiver. It wasn't treated properly and caused lead, a dangerous toxic metal, to seep into Flint'swater supply. It's been switched back but problems continue. Residents blamed local and stateofficials for causing them and a complaint was filed against the Obama administration last weeksaying the Environmental Protection Agency knew about the lead poisoning months beforeresidents were notified.
President Obama called on Congress to pass emergency funding to help the city. U.S.lawmakers are debating a package worth $150 million for water system repairs and health careassistance.
AZUZ: A couple of weeks ago, we showed you a type of hoverboard apparently powered by ajet turbine engine. Its inventor, Franky Zapata, just set a Guinness World Record on it for thefurthest flight on a hoverboard. He was off the coast of Southern France. He had to fly fartherthan 905 feet, the previous record, and he did it. Zapata flew almost 1 1/2 miles.
The board is still a prototype. You can't buy one. But if it hits the market, it's the board toboard if you're bored with the boards that board on water, board on land, board on asphalt,board on sand, but leave you gasping for air, wishing you'd soared with the board that hoversaboarding the gravity that holds down others.
That's all I got today. I'm Carl Azuz. We'll see you Friday.
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