As it crashed down the steep mountainside like a gigantic snowplough, it swept up trees, boulders and tons of topsoil, and completely crushed and destroyed the six villages that lay in its path.
它像一台巨大的扫雪机一样冲下陡峭的山坡,卷走了树木、巨石和成吨的表土,将沿途的六个村庄彻底摧毁。
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Cyclone Nargis on 2008 damaged more than half of all the treatment centres in its path as it swept across Burma, and destroyed one hospital in five.
2008年的纳尔·吉斯飓风席卷缅甸,一路上摧毁了一半以上的医疗中心,摧毁了五分之一医院。
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Viewing for many was marred by heavy clouds and rain, but the drama of the total eclipse - as darkness swept a narrow path across the continent - was unmistakable.