[ABC] HEATING UP: RECORD HEAT

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HEATING UP: RECORD HEAT

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(VO): And now, we want to examine more about [1]the long-term effects of this record heat, [2]stretching across two-thirds of the country, [3]temperatures as much as 35 degrees above normal.  And ABC's Sam Champion is going to explain what [4]this heat wave means for health.

SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)(VO): Again today, stunningly high temperatures across the country.

SAM CHAMPION : Sioux City, Iowa, a record high near 80 degrees.  In Kansas City, [5]another broken record, [6]the mercury climbing to over 80.  And [7]the thermometer topped 80 in Pierre, South Dakota.  South Dakota.  But Americans seem to be welcoming the warmth.

PEDESTRIAN (MALE): March, I never expected anything like this.  So just get out and enjoy it.

SAM CHAMPION : [8]This unusually warm spell is caused by [9]the jet stream stuck to the north of the nation, [10]keeping the cold, arctic air out of reach.  This warmth is expected to last for the next few weeks.  But [11]it's confusing Mother Nature and [12]concerning farmers tonight, especially those with fields of winter wheat and [13]orchards of apples, who worry that [14]their crops would be damaged if we get [15]a late frost now.  "World News" watchers are curious, too, [16]documenting many early blooms, [17]azaleas in Louisiana in January, sunflowers in February and in Wisconsin, [18]crocuses growing in ground that's [19]normally frozen in March.

SAM CHAMPION: From all over the country, people are tweeting us [20]pictures of their early blooming trees like this [21]magnolia in southern Illinois.  Here in the northeast, it's the [22]juniper, [23]the box elder and [24]the maple that are throwing their pollen out early.

SAM CHAMPION: You can't see it.  But [25]we're getting readings two to four weeks earlier than normal.

SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)(OC): And that's a real problem for the 30% of adults and 40% of children that suffer from [26]seasonal allergies.

SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)(VO): Sandra Holmes of Atlanta is already [27]suffering mightily from seasonal allergies that she says have [28]arrived a full month early.

SANDRA HOLMES (ALLERGY SUFFERER): You're [29]so stuffed up you can't breathe, so you never really get any rest.  I'm tired all of the time.

SAM CHAMPION: And along with all the other concerns, there is [30]the looming spring storm season for 2012.  [31]Long-range forecasters are expecting a warmer than normal spring to continue this trend.  We've already seen severe storms in February.  And the peak of the tornado season, Diane, isn't usually until May.

DIANE SAWYER: Sam Champion, out in his white coat, in this time of year.  Thank you so much, Sam.

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[1] 이 역대 최고 기온이 미치는 장기적인 영향

[2] 전국 3분의 2지역에 걸친

[3] 예년보다 무려 35도나 높은 기온

[4] 이 고온 현상이 건강에 미치는 영향

[5] 또 깨진 기록

[6] 수은주가 80도 이상으로 올라가다

[7] 온도계가 80을 넘어섰다

[8] 이 이상 고온 현상

[9] 우리 나라 북부 지역에서 꼼짝 않고 있는 제트 기류

[10] 차가운 북극 공기가 다가오지 못하도록 하고 있다

[11] 자연계를 혼란스럽게 하다

[12] 농사짓는 사람들을 우려하게 하다

[13] 사과 농장들

[14] 그들이 재배하는 것들이 피해를 입게 될 것이다

[15] 늦은 냉해가 찾아오면

[16] 일찌감치 개화하는 곳이 많다고 보고하다

[17] 서양 철쭉

[18] 땅 속에서 자라는 크로커스(붓꽃과)

[19] 정상적인 경우 3월에는 얼어있는

[20] 조기 개화하고 있는 나무 사진들

[21] 목련

[22] 향나무

[23] 네군도단풍나무

[24] 일찌감치 꽃가루를 뿌리고 있는 단풍나무

[25] 예년보다 2주에서 4주 정도 더 빨리 상황이 나타나고 있다

[26] 계절성 알레르기

[27] 계절성 알레르기를 심하게 앓고 있는

[28] 만 한 달 일찍 도착했다

[29] 너무 답답해서

[30] 다가오는 봄 폭풍철

[31] 장기 기상 전문가들이 예년보다 따뜻한 봄을 예상하고 있다