乌干达应对最严重的洪灾

 　　The weather department predicts the El Nino weather system will last until February 2016.

　　Uganda's Disaster minister Musa Ecweru warns the rains will cause destruction along its path...

　　"This is considered to be one of the strongest since 1995, it’s going to be worse than that and it means the consequences are going to be more grave."

　　The hilly western and eastern parts of the country have already started experiencing mudslides.

　　Gardens have been washed away and homes destroyed leaving many people homeless.

　　乌干达应对最严重的洪灾

　　In Kampala drainages are clogged¹ leaving many parts of the capital flooded.

　　Mariam Nalubowa lives in one of the affected² slums in Kampala.

　　"When it rains during the night or day time, the first thing I do is wake up and put my children up on a double-decker bed because it floods."

　　The government has earmarked 10 million US dollars but says it could launch an appeal if disaster strikes.

　　Uganda's disaster minister Musa Ecweru warns the money available may not be enough.

　　"Partners are willing to support the government of Uganda because they know the so many challenges that we are going through. They know we are doing so many things at the same time and all those things are competing for our limited resource envelop³."

　　People living in high risk areas like slopes of hills or swampy⁴ places have been advised to relocate to safe places.

　　The ministry⁵ of health is also preparing to d dispatch drugs to health facilities across the country incase sanitation⁶ breaks down.

　　The UN warns the rainstorms could impact on a bigger part of the African continent.

　　Isabel Nakirya CRI, in Kampala.

1 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 envelop   

vt.包，封，遮盖；包围

参考例句：

• All combine to form a layer of mist to envelop this region.织成一层烟雾又笼罩着这个地区。
• The dust cloud will envelop the planet within weeks.产生的尘云将会笼罩整个星球长达几周。

4 swampy   

adj.沼泽的，湿地的

参考例句：

• Malaria is still rampant in some swampy regions.疟疾在一些沼泽地区仍很猖獗。
• An ox as grazing in a swampy meadow.一头牛在一块泥泞的草地上吃草。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。