美国有线新闻 CNN 飓风艾达余波侵袭美国东北部

One thing many Americans didn't expect after a hurricane made landfall in the U.S. south was that a few days later it would cause states of emergency in the U.S. northeast.

飓风登陆美国南部后，许多美国人没有预料到的一件事是，这场飓风会在几天后导致美国东北部进入紧急状态。

Those have been declared in Connecticut, New Jersey¹ and New York

康涅狄格州、新泽西州和纽约州已宣布进入紧急状态，

to speed up help to areas that have been dealing² with record amounts of rain and flooding, and that was brought to the region³ by what remained of Hurricane Ida.

以加快对灾区的援助，这些地区遭受了飓风“艾达”的余波带来的创纪录降雨和洪水。

The storm carried moisture⁴ from the Gulf⁵ of Mexico, over the eastern United States and up north to places like New York City,

这场风暴将湿气从墨西哥湾带到美国东部，并继续向北抵达纽约市等地，

which for the first time was the scene of a flood emergency as declared by the National Weather Service.

美国国家气象局因此宣布纽约首次进入洪水紧急状态。

Forecasters had warned that flash flooding, when waters rise rapidly, was possible in this area,

天气预报员警告称，当水位迅速上涨时，这一地区可能会发生山洪暴发，

what surprised even some meteorologists was how quickly and how severely⁶ the flooding would hit.

洪水侵袭的速度和程度甚至令一些气象学家都感到惊讶。

More than seven inches of rain fell on Central Park Wednesday, most of that in a matter of hours.

周三，中央公园的降雨量超过7英寸，大部分降雨集中在几个小时内。

It wasn't the most rain that part of New York had ever seen, but it was in Newark, New Jersey where almost eight and a half inches fell.

这并不是纽约州有史以来降雨量最大的一次，但在新泽西州纽瓦克市，降雨量达到了近8.5英寸。

That's the highest amount on record since officials started keeping track in 1889. Some homes in Connecticut were 3/4 under water on Thursday.

这是自1889年官方开始记录以来的最高记录。周四，康涅狄格州的一些房屋有四分之三被水淹没。

Emergency workers in Pennsylvania estimate⁷ there've been thousands of water rescues as torrential rain caused extreme flooding there.

宾夕法尼亚州的紧急救援人员估计，由于暴雨在该地区引发严重洪灾，目前已进行了数千次水上救援。

And state officials across Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania say at least 26 deaths have been blamed on the storm and the flooding it caused.

马里兰州、新泽西州、纽约州和宾夕法尼亚州的官员表示，这场风暴及其引发的洪水造成至少26人死亡。

That's in addition to at least five deaths reported in Louisiana and Mississippi after Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday.

此外，据报道，“艾达”周日以4级飓风的强度登陆路易斯安那州后，路易斯安那州和密西西比州至少有5人死亡。

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

3 region   

n.地区，地带，区域；范围，幅度

参考例句：

• The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
• It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。

4 moisture   

n.水分；降雨量；水气；湿气

参考例句：

• This tree drank up more moisture than that one.这棵树吸收的水分比那棵树多。
• The moisture in the air makes it humid today.今天空气中水气大，天气很潮湿。

5 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

7 estimate   

n.估计，估量；评价，看法；vt.估计，估量

参考例句：

• We estimate the cost to be five thousand dollars.我们估计费用为5000美元。
• The lowest estimate would put the worth of the jewel at ＄200.按最低的评估这块宝石也值200美元。