The Northwest braced for blizzards Friday night.
星期五晚上西北地區遭遇暴風雪。
Icy roads created from storms this week paralyzed much of the greater Seattle, Washington area, where schools were closed and bus routes were suspended Friday as roads were too icy to navigate.
本周暴風雨造成華盛頓州大西雅圖地區大部分地區的道路結冰,陷入癱瘓。由于路面結冰嚴重,周五學校停課,公交暫時停運。
Two charter buses carrying 80 people that collided and skidded off a road were pulled to safety.
兩輛載有80人的包租巴士相撞并滑出公路,目前已安全撤離。
The buses crashed through a metal railing and hung precariously over Interstate 5 for several hours before tow trucks pulled them back on the road.
兩輛公共汽車撞穿了一根金屬欄桿,搖搖欲墜地懸掛在5號州際公路上,幾個小時后,拖車將它們拖回公路。
The snowfall closed the airport for several hours and cut into local business hours for retail shops during the busiest shopping season of the year.
受大雪影響,機場關閉了幾個小時;目前正是一年中最繁忙的購物季節,當地零售商店的營業時間被迫縮減。