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Communities along the Yellowstone River are digging out from mud and debris¹

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Gateway³ towns to Yellowstone National Park have been devastated⁴ by flooding. Some residents worry the high water will wash away the summer tourist season.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

President Biden has approved a major flood disaster declaration for parts of Montana near Yellowstone National Park. Communities along a 200-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River are digging out from under mountains of mud and debris, and some worry that damage will rob them of a summer tourist season. Yellowstone Public Radio's Kayla Desroches reports.

KAYLA DESROCHES, BYLINE⁵: Red Lodge⁶ sits at the foot of the towering Beartooth mountain range. A popular scenic⁷ highway route to Yellowstone starts here. Snowmelt from the mountains feeds Rock Creek⁸, which flows through town. This week, though, it swelled⁹ up and gushed¹⁰ down main street.

AMY HYFIELD: They've done a lot of work to pile up a lot of rocks and things there so they can try and get that water back into the regular channel.

DESROCHES: Fire Rescue spokesperson Amy Hyfield stands back from a jagged ledge¹¹ of pavement suspended over rushing water, showing where the creek has now been rerouted. Officials say around 300 homes in and around Red Lodge were damaged by flooding. Detailed¹² damage assessments¹³ aren't in yet, but the creek, swollen¹⁴ with rain and snowmelt, filled basements and cut off water and sewer¹⁵ lines.

(CROSSTALK)

DESROCHES: Scores of people came to the high school gym Tuesday night for information about disaster response.

TOM KUNTZ: Right now Red Lodge should not be open for business.

DESROCHES: Local incident commander Tom Kuntz said Red Lodge should not open for business and that people should not come from Billings because there's no place for them to go. Billings is the city nearby where a lot of visitors to Yellowstone National Park start their trips. State figures show they spend about $68 million a year in the Red Lodge area. Jenn Capp's company manages 35 rental¹⁶ homes here.

JENN CAPP: It's going to be a rough ride.

DESROCHES: Capp says the company lost four houses to the flood. Their reservations for the next week canceled. Yellowstone National Park says some entrances could reopen as soon as Monday, but not the ones near Red Lodge. Park officials say the north end of the park probably won't reopen this summer.

CAPP: We're all actively¹⁷ discussing as a team how to tackle this.

DESROCHES: Randi Kapor works the front desk at The Yodeler, the longest-running motel in Red Lodge.

RANDI KAPOR: It caught water. The entire downstairs flooded. So we lost 10 rooms and an apartment.

DESROCHES: Kapor says she's been helping¹⁸ the owners dig through wreckage¹⁹.

KAPOR: The downstairs is totaled. We'll have to totally gut²⁰ it out - walls, carpet, everything.

DESROCHES: Yodeler owner Tulsa Dean says the business makes 60% of its income from June through September. That's about $270,000. She says insurance won't cover flood damage, and she's not sure the business will last the summer if they don't receive federal assistance. In a briefing for Montana's lieutenant²¹ governor, Red Lodge Fire Chief Tom Kuntz said the flood came at a very bad time.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

KUNTZ: We're a tourist community. That's where we make our money, and that's the lifeblood of, you know, a lot of Montana this time of year. But it's especially true in Red Lodge. You know, most of our business happens in July and August.

DESROCHES: After the community meeting, Kuntz said warm weather and more rain are in the forecast, so things might not be over yet.

KUNTZ: We may see increased erosion in places because there's already erosion. So just because it doesn't get as high as it did before doesn't mean we aren't going to see, you know, increasing damage.

DESROCHES: Authorities say it might take years for Red Lodge to recover. Some businesses worry they won't survive the summer.

For NPR News, I'm Kayla Desroches in Billings.

1 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 gateway   

n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法

参考例句：

• Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
• A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

4 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。

7 scenic   

adj.自然景色的，景色优美的

参考例句：

• The scenic beauty of the place entranced the visitors.这里的美丽风光把游客们迷住了。
• The scenic spot is on northwestern outskirts of Beijing.这个风景区位于北京的西北远郊。

8 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

9 swelled   

增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
• After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。

10 gushed   

v.喷，涌( gush的过去式和过去分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• Oil gushed from the well. 石油从井口喷了出来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Clear water gushed into the irrigational channel. 清澈的水涌进了灌溉渠道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 ledge   

n.壁架，架状突出物；岩架，岩礁

参考例句：

• They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
• Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。

12 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

13 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

14 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

15 sewer   

n.排水沟，下水道

参考例句：

• They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。
• The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。

16 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

17 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

18 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

19 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

20 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

21 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。