飓风“德尔塔”即将成为一场大风暴；风速已经达到每小时110英里

Hurricane Delta will pass over part of the Yucatan peninsula before heading toward the Gulf Coast, where it's forecast to make landfall on the Louisiana coast late this week.

飓风“德尔塔”将经过尤卡坦半岛的部分地区，然后前往墨西哥湾沿岸，预计本周晚些时候将在路易斯安那州海岸登陆。

Hurricane Delta is now on the verge of becoming a major storm, after rapidly intensifying in the Caribbean. The hurricane has sustained winds up to 110 mph; it's heading toward the northern Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center says. Its winds could soon top 130 mph.

飓风“德尔塔”在加勒比地区迅速增强后，现在即将成为一场大风暴。飓风持续风速达到每小时110英里;国家飓风中心表示，飓风正向墨西哥湾北部海岸移动。它的风速很快就会达到每小时130英里。

"The hurricane is in the midst of a very impressive rapid intensification episode, having strengthened over 50 [knots] during the past 24 hours," NHC senior hurricane specialist Eric Blake said in an advisory early Tuesday.

国家飓风中心的高级飓风专家埃里克·布莱克在周二早些时候的一份报告中说:“飓风正处于一个非常令人印象深刻的快速增强阶段，在过去24小时内强度超过50海里/小时。”

Delta is now at the upper limit of a Category 2 storm; it's forecast to grow into a Category 3 or even Category 4 storm in the Gulf of Mexico.

德尔塔目前处于2级风暴的上限；据预测，它将在墨西哥湾发展为3级甚至4级风暴。

While the storm is expected to strengthen, cooler off-shore waters and other conditions could weaken Delta slightly before it makes landfall on the U.S. late this week.

尽管风暴预计会加强，但较冷的近海水域和其他条件可能会使德尔塔在本周晚些时候登陆美国之前略微减弱。

For now, Delta poses the most immediate threat to the Yucatan peninsula, where resort spots such as Tulum and Cozumel are under a hurricane warning as the area awaits the storm center's arrival early Wednesday.

目前，“德尔塔”对尤卡坦半岛构成了最直接的威胁，该地区的旅游胜地图鲁姆和科祖梅尔目前正处于飓风警报之中，都在等待风暴中心周三早些时候的到来。

"An extremely dangerous storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 6 to 9 feet above normal tide levels" in parts of the peninsula, along with large waves, the hurricane center says.

飓风中心说，“一股极其危险的风暴潮将使半岛部分地区的水位比正常潮位高出6到9英尺”，并伴有巨浪。

Delta is 370 miles east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving west-northwest at 15 mph, the hurricane center said in its 8 a.m. ET update.

飓风中心在美国东部时间早上8点更新飓风数据时表示，德尔塔位于墨西哥科苏梅尔东南偏东370英里处，以每小时15英里的速度向西北偏西方向移动。

The storm is predicted to take a slightly more westward path than forecasters had been predicting on Monday. But it's then seen curling toward the north and northeast, and its potential landfall remains on the Louisiana coast – raising concern in a region that has already seen flooding and power outages from storms over the summer.

据预测，这场风暴将比气象预报员在周一预测的略微偏向西一些。但它随后向北部和东北部蜿蜒移动，其潜在的登陆点仍在路易斯安那州海岸，这引起了该地区的担忧，该地区今年夏天已经发生了洪水和暴风雨造成的电力中断。

Delta raises the very likely prospect that the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which has already set records for its fast-paced activity, will now see more U.S. landfalls by named storms than any other recorded year.

“德尔塔”引起了一种很有可能的预期，即2020年大西洋飓风季已经创下了快节奏飓风活动的记录，现在将会有更多的被命名的风暴登陆美国，这比任何有记录的年份都多。