“全球最热”的撒哈拉沙漠下雪了，积雪厚度近半米
<p>有撒哈拉“沙漠之门”之称的艾因塞夫拉小镇近日迎来一场降雪。厚度近半米的白雪覆盖在延绵不尽的红色沙丘上，景色格外壮观。</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="coincides">coincides</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p>这场降雪恰逢世界其他地区也出现极端天气。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brutally">brutally</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="winter">winter</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="Grayson">Grayson</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Sydney">Sydney</span>, <span word="Australia">Australia</span> <span word="swelters">swelters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hottest">hottest</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 80 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="at">at</span> 116.6 <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="Farenheight">Farenheight</span>.</p><p>美国东海岸持续受到冬季超强风暴格雷森的影响，而澳大利亚悉尼经历了近80年来最炎热的天气，气温高达47摄氏度。</p><p><span word="High">High</span> <span word="pressures">pressures</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sahara">Sahara</span> <span word="Desert">Desert</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> 3,280 <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elevation">elevation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ain">Ain</span> <span word="Sefra">Sefra</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="surrounded">surrounded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlas">Atlas</span> <span word="Mountains">Mountains</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>.</p><p>欧洲上空的高压将冷空气推进到北非和撒哈拉沙漠。艾因塞夫拉海拔近1000米，处于阿特拉斯山脉的环绕之中。这团冷空气上升到这一高度，并在8日清晨带来降雪。</p><p><span word="Ain">Ain</span> <span word="Sefra">Sefra</span>, <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="gateway">gateway</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="desert">desert</span>" <span word="has">has</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="of">of</span> 99.7°<span word="F">F</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="July">July</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="locals">locals</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="accustomed">accustomed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="managing">managing</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="snow">snow</span>. <span word="Unequipped">Unequipped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="manage">manage</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="roads">roads</span>, <span word="cars">cars</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="buses">buses</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="stranded">stranded</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="icy">icy</span>.</p>
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