阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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At least 32 people were killed on February 20th as cars and houses were swept away during flooding and mudslides (泥石流) caused by a violent storm on the Portuguese island
of Madeira.
Emergency services struggled to manage as roads were blocked by fallen trees and bridg-
es fell down, separating parts of the popular tourist destination, which lies about 560 miles off the southwest coast of Portugal.
As flood waters rose, people fled from low—lying areas of the main city, where 69 injured people were taken to hospital.
