The terrible storms wreaked havoc with electricity supplies, because so many power lines were down.

猛烈的暴风雨吹断了很多输线，力供应遭到严重破坏。

Sir Richard Doll, the epidemiologist who discovered the link between smoking and lung cancer in the 1960s, will this week warn that children living near electricity power lines are at an increased risk from leukaemia.

流行病学专家里查德·多尔爵士20世纪60年代发现了吸烟与肺癌之间的联系。本周，他警告说，住高压线附近的孩子得白血病的危险更大。