美國國土安全部長將赴龍捲風災區視察

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano travels to Oklahoma on Wednesday to assess recovery efforts in the city of Moore, where a devastating tornado killed at least 24 people and injured 240 others.

Napolitano's department includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has teams helping with search and recovery operations, damage assessments and providing federal aid to people affected by Monday's tornado.

The storm destroyed large parts of the central U.S. city with what weather officials say were winds of at least 322 kilometers per hour.

The town's fire chief says emergency workers will not stop searching for survivors and plan to go through the rubble of each building at least three times.

President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma. He says the people of Moore are not standing alone, as they recover and rebuild.美國國土安全部長納波利塔諾星期三將前往俄克拉荷馬州，對穆爾鎮的恢復工作進行評估。一場毀滅性的龍捲風在穆爾鎮至少導致24人死亡，240人受傷。

國土安全部的下屬機構聯邦緊急事務管理局派出工作隊，協助搜尋、恢復和評估等工作，併爲受到星期一龍捲風影響的人們提供聯邦救援。

這場龍捲風摧毀了美國中部這座城鎮的大部分地區，氣象機構官員說，龍捲風的風速至少達到每小時322公里。

穆爾鎮的消防隊長說，緊急救援人員不會停止搜救倖存者的行動，計劃在每座建築的廢墟中至少搜尋3遍。

奧巴馬總統宣佈俄克拉荷馬州的風災爲重大災害。他說，穆爾居民在恢復與重建過程中不是孤立無援的。