PBS高端访谈:美国暴雨洪水灾情持续

We begin with William Brangham on the situation after the storm.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: All across Eastern North Carolina, water has drowned out roads, more than 1,500 of them. The flooding has steadily¹ worsened since the storm made landfall near Wilmington early Friday. Over the weekend, this riverfront city home to 120,000 people was completely cut off by land. Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said crews managed to open a single supply route. But he warned evacuees² against using it to return because the water keeps rising.

GOV. ROY COOPER (D), North Carolina: We have got one limited route into Wilmington, and it's being used for supplies and necessary emergency material and utility workers and law enforcement. And we don't need people going back right now, particularly when this route may disappear tonight.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Inside the city, people waiting in lines today for ice gas, food and other supplies.

LOUIS BUCK³, North Carolina: We were able to go and get groceries, so we have food, but we have no power. So we have to be able to keep the food cold. And we have had to throw out a lot of food, so we're trying to keep what we have left.

LAWRENCE BROWN, North Carolina: Hoping I can get some gas. Then we're running out of ice at home. Been out of electric about four days now.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Over two-thirds of the city's customers lost power and utility companies are working to restore it. Jeff Brooks⁴ is with Duke Energy. He spoke⁵ to the NewsHour from Wilmington.

JEFF BROOKS, Duke Energy Spokesman: Since storm, we have moved in additional reinforcements into the area from as far away as Ohio and Kentucky and Indiana. And about 1,100 of those line crews from the Midwest came down just as the storm was clearing the area and have been working here on the ground ever since. We can't even get to assess the damage in some areas. We're flying helicopters today to begin looking at some of the damage in the hardest-hit areas that we can't access by vehicle.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Fifty miles to the north, Jacksonville, North Carolina, is also hard-hit. The New River burst its banks over the weekend. Jason Padilla paddled in a canoe through what had been streets.

JASON PADILLA, North Carolina: This has been, it's been surreal, man. You only see this in TV. I never thought I would see this for real.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: And it's expected to get even worse. Forecasts show heavy flooding could reach 250 miles inland in North Carolina and with it tragedy. Today, 170 miles west of the coast, In New Salem, police found the body of a 1-year-old boy. The child was swept away in floodwaters on Sunday when his mother lost her grip on him.

EDDIE CATHEY, Union County Sheriff: They searched and searched and searched for the child, and the child was found this morning.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: In another inland city, Fayetteville, 100 miles from the coast, the downtown is largely underwater. Officials have ordered new evacuations, worried the Cape⁶ Fear River will go higher still.

WOMAN: Basically, I just stacked up the chairs because I was thinking, maybe if we did flood, it would probably just come up to here, just to save a little bit of what I have.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Wahida Reese and her daughter Anisa rode out the storm initially⁷, but by Sunday, they were forced to pack up and leave. There could be environmental damage as well with word that several large hog⁸ waste lagoons⁹ in the North Carolina countryside have failed and are spilling pollution. And a coal ash landfill owned by Duke Energy has also been breached¹⁰. Meanwhile, officials in South Carolina are also warning of flash flooding after a long weekend of heavy rain from Florence. Similar warnings have gone out in West Virginia and Virginia, as the storm's remnants begin curving back to the north and to the east. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm William Brangham.

JUDY WOODRUFF: This evening, authorities in Virginia reported one person killed in an apparent tornado¹¹ spawned¹² by Florence. We will take a closer look at another part of North Carolina's suffering in the wake of the storm. And that's later in the program.

关于暴风雨后的情况，让我们先听听我台记者威廉·布朗汉姆的报道。

威廉·布朗汉姆：整个北卡罗来纳州东部都水漫金山，1500多条道路被淹。自从周五早上暴风雨在威明顿市附近着陆后，洪灾的情况就一直在逐步恶化。周末过去之后，这座人口12万的河滨城市彻底成了水上小岛。今天，北卡罗来纳州州长罗伊·库伯表示，工作人员通过努力终于开通了一条单电源供电线路。但他也发出警示，建议疏散人员单程使用，因为水位一直在上涨。

罗伊·库伯北卡罗来纳州：我们通往威明顿市的路很有限，只有一条。我们通过这条路线来运输供给品和必要的应急物料，将工人们和执法人员带往现场。目前，我们暂时不需要送人回来，因为这条线路今晚可能会消失。

威廉·布朗汉姆：今天，市民们排起了长队，等候领取冰气、食物等供给品。

路易斯·布克，北卡罗来纳州：我们可以去取生活用品，这样就不愁吃了，但电力还是没有恢复。所以我们必须要保证食物的保存温度。而且还要扔掉很多食物，所以我们正在想办法保存剩下的事物。

劳伦斯·布朗，北卡罗来纳州：希望我能得到一些冰气。我们家里的冰用完了。现在已经断电4天了。

威廉·布朗汉姆：本市2/3的用户都断电了，公用事业公司正在努力修复供电问题。杰夫·布鲁克斯来自杜克能源。他在威明顿市接收了《新闻一小时》的采访。

杰夫·布鲁克斯，杜克能源发言人：暴风雨发生后，我们从遥远的俄亥俄州、肯塔基州和印第安纳州向本市引入了附加钢筋。大概1100名外场维护人员都来自中西部，当时暴风雨还没有离开本市。外场维护人员抵达后，就一直在路面上工作。有的受灾地区，我们连进都进不去。今天，我们放出了几架直升机，去一些受灾严重的地区勘察受损情况，这些地方都是驱车无法进入的。

威廉·布朗汉姆：从这里往北走50英里就是北卡罗来纳州的杰克逊维尔，这里受灾情况也十分严重。纽河的河堤已经在周末的时候淹没。詹森·帕迪利亚只得乘小舟穿过了这些街道。

詹森·帕迪利亚，北卡罗来纳州：这简直就是魔幻主义的场景啊，以前都在电视上才看得到。我从来没想过能亲眼见到。

威廉·布朗汉姆：这种情况只会更加严重。预测称，巨大洪涝将抵达北卡罗来纳州内陆250英里的地方，引发悲剧。今天，在海岸西部170英里的地方，新塞勒姆警方发现了一名1岁男孩的尸体。周日，这名男孩被洪水冲走，母亲没能抓住他。

埃迪·凯蒂：犹尼昂县警长：他们一遍又一遍地寻找这个孩子，今天早上终于找到了。

威廉·布朗汉姆：离海岸100英里的地方是内陆城市费耶特维尔，其市中心已经成了水上城。工作人员下发了新一轮疏散令，他们担心开普菲尔河的水位会进一步升高。

女性市民：我把椅子叠在了一起，因为我想着，假如洪水来的话，可能摞起来的椅子能帮我撑一段时间。

威廉·布朗汉姆：里斯和女儿阿尼萨挺过了暴风雨的第一轮冲击，但周日的时候，他们被迫收拾行李离开这里。可能会有环境危害产生，还有消息说北卡罗来纳州一些大型的废弃泻湖可能无法继续蓄水，污染物正在不断排出。杜克能源旗下的一处煤灰垃圾堆也已经遭到了破坏。与此同时，北卡罗来纳州的一些工作人员警示称，飓风佛罗伦萨带来了一个周末的暴雨，可能会引发洪灾。西弗吉尼亚州和弗吉尼亚州也发出了类似的信号，因为暴风雨的残余物开始向北部和东部迂回流动。这里是威廉·布朗汉姆为您发回的《新闻一小时》报道。

朱迪·伍德拉夫：今晚，弗吉尼亚当局称，一人在飓风佛罗伦萨引发的旋风中死亡。我们会紧密观望暴风雨过后北卡罗来纳州其他的受灾情况。节目后续，我们会进行报道。

1 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

2 evacuees   

n.被疏散者( evacuee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Moreover, for multi-exits, evacuees select a exit based on game theory. 在有多个出口时，疏散人员根据对策论选择出口。 来自互联网
• Evacuees wade through flooded area following heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar on Saturday, July 31, 2010. 撤离灾区涉水通过后在白沙瓦沉重的季风降雨在周六，2010年7月31日。 来自互联网

3 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

4 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

7 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

8 hog   

n.猪；馋嘴贪吃的人；vt.把…占为己有，独占

参考例句：

• He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
• Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。

9 lagoons   

n.污水池( lagoon的名词复数 )；潟湖；（大湖或江河附近的）小而浅的淡水湖；温泉形成的池塘

参考例句：

• The Islands are by shallow crystal clear lagoons enclosed by coral reefs. 该群岛包围由珊瑚礁封闭的浅水清澈泻湖。 来自互联网
• It is deposited in low-energy environments in lakes, estuaries and lagoons. 它沉淀于湖泊、河口和礁湖的低能量环境中，也可于沉淀于深海环境。 来自互联网

10 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

11 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

12 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。