Maritime officials in Pare-Pare said the vessel ran into heavy seas and waves of up to six metres generated by the tropical cyclone.
Pare-Pare港海事官员称，渡轮撞上了热带风暴带来的高达6米的汹涌大浪。A lot of them probably have lost their lives since the cyclone because aid has not been able to be distributed.
很多人在强热带风暴袭击之后可能因为救援物资无法分配到他们手里而已经死亡。The distribution of hurricane and tropical storm force winds in this tropical cyclone can be seen in the Wind History graphic linked above.
分布飓风和热带风暴，风力在这热带气旋可以看出，在风中的历史联系在一起的图形以上。Tropical storm Isaac moved across the Caribbean over the weekend, one of the countries it hit there was Haiti.
而上周末热带风暴艾萨克穿过加勒比海，最早登陆的国家之一是海地。U. S. President Barack Obama is warning that the impact of Tropical Storm Irene is just beginning to be felt.
美国总统奥巴马警告说，正在刚刚开始感受到热带风暴艾琳带来的影响。Tropical Storm Cristobal is dumping heavy rain on the North Carolina coast. It's expected to leave behind several inches of rain.
热带风暴Cristobal在加州北部沿海一带导致了倾盆大雨，预计降雨量将达到几英尺深。He said there were "powerful" tropical storms in the area where the airliner disappeared from radar screens.
他说，飞机失去联系时所处的位置有着“强大的”热带风暴。It weakened into a severe tropical storm and subsequently became an extratropical cyclone over the seas east of Japan two days later.
两日后它在日本以东海面减弱为一强烈热带风暴，接著变成温带气旋。Early indications pointed to the jet being caught up in a violent tropical storm.
初步迹象指出飞机是被一股强热带风暴困住。