六名儿童在洪都拉斯滑坡中丧生

 　　TEGUCIGALPA, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Six children, five of them brothers and sisters, were killed in northern Honduras Thursday when a landslide¹ buried two homes under a ton of soil.

　　The landslide hit the village of El Balin in Santa Cruz de Yojoa just past midnight Wednesday, when the children were sleeping, the Fire Department said in a statement.

　　Two sisters survived the landslide and were taken to a public hospital in San Pedro Sula, 240 km north of the capital Tegucigalpa, for treatment of injuries, the department said.

　　The landslide was caused by a two-hour downpour in the area, according to the statement.

　　Also Thursday, the Honduran Permanent Emergency Committee announced a 48-hour green alert² in northern Honduras due to the heavy rains.

　　On July 14, two people were killed and five other injured in a landslide in eastern Tegucigalpa.

1 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

2 alert   

adj.机警的，活泼的，机灵的；vt.使...警觉

参考例句：

• Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals.驾驶员必须密切注意交通信号。
• The rabbIt'seems to be very alert all its life.兔子似乎一生都小心翼翼，十分警觉。