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1. Some relief for firefighters in the west battling wildfires - rain in the form of strong thunderstorms. In Colorado, that fire that ravaged¹ neighborhoods near Colorado Springs is nearly contained.

2. Six days after violent storms knocked out power in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic for two million people, some half a million remain in the dark, most in West Virginia. The state's hilly terrain² slowing repair crews.

3. A yacht full of revelers capsizes on the Fourth of July in New York, 27 on board, three children died. The man operating the yacht says it was hit by a rogue³ wave.

4. In Mexico, a giant panda will be artificially inseminated next year in hopes the 22-year-old female will add to the panda family in Mexico City. No panda has been born here since Xin Xin, the female in 1990.

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1 ravaged
毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )；蹂躏；劫掠；抢劫
参考例句：
a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家 The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。

2 terrain
n.地面，地形，地图
参考例句：
He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。 He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。

3 rogue
n.流氓；v.游手好闲
参考例句：
The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。 They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。