教堂敲鐘紀念卡特里娜颶風10週年

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote address Saturday at an evening event in the southern city of New Orleans commemorating the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

He said residents of New Orleans have much to be proud of in their achievements since the devastation of Katrina, but should now rededicate themselves to eradicating the disparities of income, education and health.

Church bells tolled Saturday in New Orleans and across large swaths of the Gulf coast, as residents marked the 10th anniversary of the moment the deadly hurricane made landfall.

Dignitaries in the hard-hit city laid wreaths and eulogized the storm's 1,800 dead, while celebrating the recovery of the city and the resiliency of its inhabitants.美國前總統比爾·克林頓星期六晚上在南部城市新奧爾良紀念卡特里娜颶風10週年活動中發表了主題演講。

他說，在毀滅性的卡特里娜颶風以來，新奧爾良的居民取得了很多可以引以爲豪的成就，但現在他們應該把焦點轉向消除收入、教育和衛生等方面的差距。

教堂的鐘聲週六在新奧爾良和整個墨西哥灣沿岸的大片地區敲響，紀念造成巨大傷亡的颶風登陸10週年。

一些政要名流在受災嚴重的城市新奧爾良獻了花圈並謳歌1800多名颶風遇難者。他們同時慶賀城市的復甦和居民的堅韌意志。