A flash storm that followed tornado warnings in several boroughs powered through New York City Thursday evening, killing at least one person as winds of up to 70 mph knocked down trees, damaged homes and crushed cars, authorities said.
有关部门说，在多个城市发布龙卷风预警后，当地时间周四傍晚，纽约城遭遇雷暴，至少一人死亡；最高时速达70英里的大风造成树木折断、房屋和车辆受损。
Fallen tree limbs also snarled mass transit during the evening commute, shutting down Long Island Rail Road service west of Jamaica for a time, while the entire no. 7 subway line stopped rolling for several hours and New Jersey Transit suspended service on some lines. Some roadways were closed to traffic because of debris, and a woman was killed when a tree toppled onto her vehicle at the Grand Central Parkway near Jewel Avenue in Queens, authorities said.
掉落的树枝扰乱了下班高峰期的交通，造成牙买加 (Jamaica) 站以西的长岛铁路(Long Island Rail Road)一度中断，七号地铁全线停运数小时，通往新泽西的数条New Jersey Transit铁路暂停营运。有关部门说，部分道路因有堆积物而关闭，在Grand Central Parkway大道离皇后区宝石街(Jewel Avenue)不远的路段，一名妇女因一棵树砸中所乘车辆而死亡。
The storm also knocked out power to more than 24,000 customers in Queens and 5,100 in Staten Island, said Con Edison. More than 570 costumers were without power in Brooklyn.
据电力公司Con Edison数据，雷暴还造成皇后区2.4万家用户、史坦顿岛(Staten Island)5,100家用户停电。布鲁克林区(Brooklyn)570余户停电。
The city's 911 switchboards were inundated with calls of injuries, but it was unclear just how many were considered serious, a spokesman for the Fire Department said. The spokesman said several firefighters responded to scenes in Queens and Brooklyn where motorists were stuck in their vehicles after having trees fall on them.
纽约消防局(Fire Department)一位发言人说，受伤救助电话让911电话应接不暇，但还不清楚有多少人被认定为重伤。发言人说，在皇后区和布鲁克林区，消防员到达的多个现场都是树木砸中汽车，司机卡在里面出不来。
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