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A |     美国加州近期大火持续肆虐，火势已摧毁多个社区。    JERUSALEM -- It's a far cry from the usual hustle and bustle, so typical of Jerusalem's Old City.The steps of the Damascus Gate have been cleared out. Gone are the fruit and sumac vendors. And inside the Old City: rows and rows of shops have shut down."This is the worst days we've ever seen in our lives. Even when the corona[virus] was here it was better than this," said Adnan Jaffa, who runs the Jaffar Sweets shop. "Because of the war ... the situation. In five minutes we're going to close because there is nothing to do."For those who know the Old City, it's an eerie place to be. Even the Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- where Christ is believed to have been buried and resurrected -- was empty on Sunday but for a handful of worshippers. It felt like we were being given a private tour of one of the world's holiest and most visited sites.Ehab Barakat, who was cycling through the deserted Old City, was one of the few customers out there on the city's streets.Asked about the increasing tensions, he said: "We hope it will be quiet."He added, "This is the time to be united. One."But the latest cycle of violence has come has no surprise, he said."The new government of Israel … you would be stupid if you would not guess what is going to happen. And we are not stupid. We were just waiting for the time.""The people get so tied … like a balloon. With a lot of air inside. And then it will…"His English may have failed him -- but it seemed clear what he meant.Israeli police now stand at the entrance to the Damascus Gate, occasionally searching young men. Orthodox Jews occasionally wander through the Old City to worship at the Western Wall. But there is none of the fervour which people associate with Jerusalem. It's been replaced by a strange quiet.In the words of Abushadi Sinjlawi, another shopkeeper we found closing early for the day, "The city is under lockdown."But away from the eerie quiet and melancholy atmosphere in the Old City, the situation is tense. Jerusalem is said to be the most heavily policed city in the country, and that will likely remain the case as the war in the south rages on.Checkpoints have been set up across East Jerusalem. And videos are spreading online appearing to show the harassment of Palestinians at the hands of the police. Cars are being stopped and searched. There are videos of apparent police beatings. In sporadic, individual incidents where locals have clashed with police, the response appears to have been brute force.Already at least 50 Palestinians have been killed in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the war broke out -- that's more than the highest ever monthly total since the UN began keeping records in 2005.。美国国家气象局预测，本周洛杉矶县和文图拉县将再次刮起危险的圣安娜风，并发布了最严重的野火红色警报，火灾风险进一步加剧。视频加载中...文图拉县紧邻灾情严重的洛杉矶县，目前，居住在文图拉县的人们也做好了随时撤离的准备。

B | 美国国家气象局表示，强风将持续至15日，这将对灭火行动造成更大挑战，同时提醒民众务必提高警惕，做好撤离准备。文图拉县附近9日曾爆发肯尼斯山火，文图拉县居民也在密切关注火灾动态，并为可能的撤离做好准备。文图拉县居民 吉姆·凯勒：今天早上我收拾了一个应急包，其实收拾得有点晚了，我妻子上周就准备好了。并且我们一直关注着加州消防局的火灾地图，同时留意有没有哪里冒烟。

C | 我们十分担心野火红色警报，每天都通过加州消防局的火灾地图，关注风速风向，关注火情，评估当天会不会发生特别的危险。责任编辑：章文君。

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