国际英语资讯:Debris cleanup after Harvey in progress: Texas governor
<p><span word="HOUSTON">HOUSTON</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 20-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Texas">Texas</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="Governor">Governor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="approximately">approximately</span> 432,000 <span word="cubic">cubic</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> (12,233 <span word="cubic">cubic</span> <span word="meters">meters</span>) <span word="of">of</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="county">county</span> <span word="roadways">roadways</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aftermath">aftermath</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hurricane">Hurricane</span> <span word="Harvey">Harvey</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Removing">Removing</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Hurricane">Hurricane</span> <span word="Harvey">Harvey</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="priority">priority</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Governor">Governor</span> <span word="Greg">Greg</span> <span word="Abbott">Abbott</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Governor">Governor</span> <span word="Office">Office</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="governor">governor</span> <span word="praised">praised</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="removal">removal</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Texas">Texas</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Transportation">Transportation</span> (<span word="TxDOT">TxDOT</span>).</p><p>"<span word="TxDOT">TxDOT</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="meaningful">meaningful</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="Texans">Texans</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="normalcy">normalcy</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="possible">possible</span>."</p><p><span word="Currently">Currently</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 400 <span word="employees">employees</span> <span word="from">from</span> 21 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="TxDOT">TxDOT</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 25 <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="removal">removal</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="county">county</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="impacted">impacted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Hurricane">Hurricane</span> <span word="Harvey">Harvey</span>.</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="progress">progress</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="cleanup">cleanup</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>, 12,233 <span word="cubic">cubic</span> <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="occupy">occupy</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="football">football</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="debris">debris</span> <span word="piled">piled</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="streets">streets</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Houston">Houston</span> <span word="area">area</span>, <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="cleared">cleared</span>.</p><p><span word="Headquartered">Headquartered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Austin">Austin</span>, <span word="TxDOT">TxDOT</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="administration">administration</span>, <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="divisions">divisions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="workforce">workforce</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="engineers">engineers</span>, <span word="administrators">administrators</span>, <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="experts">experts</span>, <span word="designers">designers</span>, <span word="architects">architects</span>, <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="makers">makers</span>, <span word="accountants">accountants</span>, <span word="purchasers">purchasers</span>, <span word="maintenance">maintenance</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="counselors">counselors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="professions">professions</span>.</p><p><span word="Harvey">Harvey</span> <span word="blew">blew</span> <span word="ashore">ashore</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 25 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="hurricane">hurricane</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="Texas">Texas</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="displacing">displacing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="some">some</span> 200,000 <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="path">path</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="destruction">destruction</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="stretches">stretches</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 480 <span word="km">km</span>.</p>
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