美国有线新闻 CNN 暴风雨袭击美国西北地区 导致数万家庭企业断电

We mentioned yesterday how flooding in part of California had worsen the state's high gasoline prices.

我们昨天提到了加利福尼亚州部分地区的洪水如何加剧了该州汽油价格高昂。

Across California's northern border, that flooding has washed out roads, triggered evacuations and closed state parks in Oregon,

在加州北部边境，洪水冲毁了道路，引发撤离，俄勒冈州的州立公园关闭，

and across Oregon's northern border days of heavy rain and wind have caused a state of emergency in Washington.

在俄勒冈州北部边境，连日来的暴雨和大风导致华盛顿进入紧急状态。

There's been flooding all over the western part of the state.

整个州的西部洪水泛滥。

Mudslides triggered the closure of the section of Interstate 5, a major road that runs from Canada to Mexico, and officials have quickly set up shelters for the hundreds of people who had to leave their homes.

泥石流导致5号州际公路路段关闭，这是一条从加拿大通往墨西哥的主干道，官员们迅速为数百名被迫离开家园的人搭建了避难所。

Coast Guard helicopters are helping¹ out with the rescue effort.

海岸警卫队直升机正在协助救援工作。

Officials have needed to use boats where cars typically drive, the power has gone out for tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and in some areas the water's been too high for utility workers to restore electricity.

官员们需要在通常是汽车行驶的地方使用船只，成千上万的家庭和企业已经断电，在一些地区，水位太高，公用事业人员无法恢复供电。

At one point, record flooding was expected along the banks of the Skagit River, but on Tuesday its waters in the city of Mt.Vernon appeared to top out at just over 35 feet.

斯卡吉特河沿岸一度预计会出现创纪录的洪水，但周二，弗农山的河水似乎达到了略高于35英尺的高度。

That we two feet shorter than the record flood stage it reached in 1990.

比1990年达到的创纪录的洪水水位低了两英尺。

The city advised its 35,000 residents to evacuate² or take steps to protect their families, homes and property from flood waters.

该市建议3.5万名居民撤离，或采取措施保护家人、房屋和财产免受洪水侵袭。

In another county nearby, one resident said she and others had set up sandbags to do that, but that those were pushed away from people's houses and down a nearby river.

在附近的另一个县，一位居民说，她和其他人已经设置了沙袋来做这件事，但这些沙袋被冲离了人们的房子，沿着附近的一条河顺流而下。

With more rain expected over the next few days, parts of Washington will stay under a flood warning until at least Wednesday afternoon,

预计未来几天还会有更多降雨，华盛顿部分地区的洪水警报将至少持续到周三下午，

what the state of emergency there and in 14 counties will do is speed up government aid to those who were affected³.

那里和14个县的紧急状态将加快政府对受灾民众的援助。

1 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。

2 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

3 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。