CNN News:美国中南部地区遭遇洪水袭击

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Returning from the Memorial Day weekend, we`ll recap the holiday for you today on CNN STUDENT NEWS.

结束了纪念日，在今天CNN学生新闻中我们会向大家做简要介绍。

First up, wide areas of the South Central U.S. were under a flood watch or warning last night. After tremendous amounts of rain over the weekend, 24 counties in Texas were declared emergency disaster areas. That helps fast track money and recovery resources to affected areas, places like Hays County near Austin.

首先，美国中南部平原地区昨晚出现洪水警告。在经过周末大量降水过程后，德克萨斯24个地区宣布进入紧急状态。这有助于迅速筹集资金和物资帮助受影响地区，例如奥斯汀附近的海斯地区。

As many as 400 homes there were washed away. In some cases, only the slabs they were built on were left. Two main bridges were lost, more than 1,000 homes were damaged. In hours, the Blanco River went from being about five feet deep to more than 40. It was one of several rivers to overflow.

洪水袭来有大约400所房屋被冲毁。在一些地方，只能见到墙面。两个主要的大桥也被冲毁，1000多所房屋受损。在几小时之内，布兰科河从五英尺深涨到了40多英尺。这是几条主要溢流河流之一。

During severe weather, officials warn people not to drive on to a flooded roadway or through flowing water. This is why -- fortunately, the man whose car got caught in this survived.

发生极端天气时，政府人员警告当地群众称不要开车经过被洪水淹没道路或者经过水域路面。因为有人的车就被困在了这里，不过庆幸的是这个人被救了出来。

Parts of Oklahoma also flooded. Oklahoma City set an all-time rainfall record for a single month. More severe weather is in this week`s forecast for the region.

奥克拉荷马州的部分地区也发生了洪水。奥克拉荷马在仅仅一个月的时间里就创下了全天候降雨最高纪录。预计在该地区本星期还会有极端天气发生。