NBC晚间新闻 拉诺河水位急剧上涨

In just 24 hours, the Llano River rose an incredible 35 plus feet. That's more than three stories up. When the Llano River crests¹ at 32 feet, the National Weather Service classifies the impact a disaster. Tonight it's seven feet above that: a catastrophe².

After more than 10 inches of rain in 36 hours, the flash floods washing out bridges and roads, submerging homes and businesses. In some cases motorists caught off guard, swept downriver in their cars. Residents a quarter mile from the banks of the rivers urged to evacuate³ if they haven't already as the flood waters are forecast to rise even more tomorrow.

仅在24小时内，拉诺河就涨到35英尺多。那已经超过三层楼的高度了。当拉诺河水位达到32英尺时，国家气象局将其归类为不幸。今晚的水位比这还高出七英尺：一场灾难。36小时内降雨量超过10英寸，洪水冲毁了桥梁和道路，淹没了居民区和商家。在某些地方，驾车者猝不及防，开车顺流而下。政府敦促距离河岸0.25英里内且还没有撤离的居民尽快撤离，因为预计明天洪水还会上涨更多。

1 crests   

v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的第三人称单数 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• The surfers were riding in towards the beach on the crests of the waves. 冲浪者们顺着浪头冲向岸边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The correspondent aroused, heard the crash of the toppled crests. 记者醒了，他听见了浪头倒塌下来的轰隆轰隆声。 来自辞典例句

2 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

3 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。