美国数百万人断电民众受困于黑暗和寒冷_时事

美国数百万人断电民众受困于黑暗和寒冷

The death toll attributed to Sandy reached 90, authorities said Thursday. Transit bottlenecks began to ease in New York City with the reopening of some subways, but in New Jersey and elsewhere lines stretched long from gas stations lucky enough to have both electricity and gasoline. Amtrak said it would resume southbound train service from Pennsylvania Station on Thursday evening, and limited service to Boston on Friday. But NJTransit trains remained largely out of service.

政府部门周四说，因“桑迪死亡的人数已经上升到90人。随着一些地铁线路重新开放，纽约市阻塞的交通已经开始有所缓解，但在新泽西州和其他地区的那些电力和汽油都没有中断的幸运的加油站，人们排起了长长的队伍。美铁公司(Amtrak)说，将于周四晚间恢复从宾夕法尼亚车站向南的列车，周五恢复通往波士顿的部分线路。但是新泽西州捷运局(NJTransit)的火车大部分仍然停运。

U.S. Air Force cargo planes were flying utility crews and 636 tons of equipment, including electric company bucket trucks, to speed power restoration.

为了加速电力恢复，美国空军的货机一直在运送公用事业工作人员，并运送了636吨的设备，包括电力公司的起重机车。

Long-standing mutual-aid pacts, activated days before Sandy hit, drew an emergency team of more than 64,000 workers from 82 utility companies across the U.S., including a crew from San Diego Gas & Electric that arrived Thursday.