<p>要点：</p>
<ul>
<li>雨水充盈的斯卡吉特河达到历史最高水位</li>
<li>整个伯灵顿镇发布撤离命令</li>
<li>全州 10 万人被敦促寻找更高的地势</li>
<li>国民警卫队协助撤离和食品配送</li>
</ul>
<p>作者：David Ryder 和 Steve Gorman</p>
<p>华盛顿州西部斯卡吉特河沿岸的居民和应急救援人员在周五为可能的堤坝失效做好准备，国民警卫队部队在经历了太平洋西北地区几天的严重洪水后协助撤离。</p>
<p>位于普吉特海湾附近、约有 9200 人口的伯灵顿镇在周五早些时候被下令撤离，因为河水在下游的蒙特弗农市达到近 38 英尺（11.6 米）的历史最高水位，远高于重大洪水阶段。</p>
<p>“我们从未见过如此严重的洪水，” 州应急管理部门发言人卡里娜·沙格伦（Karina Shagren）说。到目前为止，没有报告伤亡或失踪人员，她表示。</p>
<p>位于西雅图北部的斯卡吉特县的伯灵顿 - 蒙特弗农地区仍然是由于从北俄勒冈州延伸至西华盛顿州和不列颠哥伦比亚省的几天暴雨造成的广泛洪水的中心。</p>
<p>这些降雨是由一系列大气河流风暴引发的，这些风暴是从海洋中吸取的浓密水汽的巨大空气流，席卷了太平洋西北地区，包括北爱达荷州和西蒙大拿州的部分地区。</p>
<p>一个月的降雨量</p>
<p>降雨总量差异很大，但根据美国气象预报中心的数据显示，过去七天该地区大部分地区降雨量在 6 到 60 英寸之间，某些地方甚至超过一英尺。</p>
<p>“这轻松就是一个月的降雨量在一周内降下来了，” 该中心的气象学家里奇·奥托（Rich Otto）说。</p>
<p>即使在伯灵顿居民被迫撤离之前，斯卡吉特河的洪泛区整体上，约有 78,000 人，已经处于三级撤离通知之下，敦促居民立即寻找更高的地势。全州估计有 10 万人受到撤离通知的影响。</p>
<p>国民警卫队部队和警长副手逐户上门协助撤离，有些人被看到用充气河筏将被困的伯灵顿居民划到安全地带，穿过泥泞的洪水。</p>
<p>洪水控制堤坝在河水历史性高潮后似乎保持稳固，州官员表示，这是自 2021 年该地区上次重大洪水后首次测试其强度。</p>
<p>“还没有结束”</p>
<p>周五降雨减弱。但国家气象局对斯卡吉特河流域下游至河口的地区发布了闪电洪水警报，指出在高水位的重压下可能会发生堤坝失效。</p>
<p>“还没有结束，” 美国参议员玛丽亚·坎特韦尔（Maria Cantwell）在与州长鲍勃·弗格森（Bob Ferguson）等人举行的新闻发布会上表示，宣布总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）应他们的请求签署了针对洪水区的加急联邦紧急声明。</p>
<p>坎特韦尔表示，该声明将加快联邦支持，以清理道路、清除 debris、协助撤离并为撤离者提供紧急避难所。</p>
<p>预测显示，进入周末降水将会减弱，但预计另一个大气河流将于周日晚上至周一带来另一波降雨，奥托说，这将重新带来洪水风险。</p>
<p>堤坝失效将大大加剧西华盛顿州大部分地区已经发生的广泛洪水。CNN 播出的空中镜头显示，社区被深棕色的水淹没，许多房屋几乎被淹没到屋顶。</p>
<p>在斯卡吉特县南部，国民警卫队部队也被派往向一些因洪水被孤立的社区送餐并查看被困居民的情况，沙格伦说。</p>
<p>邻近的金县也有两个城镇变成了孤岛，过去两天里，数十名洪水受害者被救出，有些人是从汽车顶部、树上或房屋中被救出的，官员们表示。</p>
<p>金县执行官吉尔迈·扎希莱（Girmay Zahilay）告诉记者，夜间洪水巡逻队在一个堤坝边缘发现了一个塌陷，并 “立即进行了填补”，避免了潜在的崩溃。</p>
<p>洪水冲毁或迫使该地区数十条道路关闭，包括通往不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华港市的大部分加拿大高速公路。</p>
<p>周四，服务于太平洋西北地区的主要货运铁路 BNSF 铁路的几个长段也被关闭。</p>

伯灵顿百货

<p>华盛顿州严重洪水导致伯灵顿及斯卡吉特河沿岸其他城镇的撤离。该河流水位创下历史新高，引发了对堤坝失效的担忧。国民警卫队正在协助撤离和食品配送。联邦紧急状态声明已被签署，以加快救援工作。降雨量异常高，预计还会有更多降雨，增加了洪水风险。道路和铁路受到干扰，社区被洪水隔离</p>

<p>Key points:</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>要点：</p>
</div><ul>
<li>Rain-swollen Skagit River crests at all-time high</li>
<li>Entire town of Burlington under evacuation order</li>
<li>100,000 people statewide urged to seek higher ground</li>
<li>National Guard assists in evacuations, food deliveries</li>
</ul>
<div class="lb-trans"><ul>
<li>雨水充盈的斯卡吉特河达到历史最高水位</li>
<li>整个伯灵顿镇发布撤离命令</li>
<li>全州 10 万人被敦促寻找更高的地势</li>
<li>国民警卫队协助撤离和食品配送</li>
</ul>
</div><p>By David Ryder and Steve Gorman</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>作者：David Ryder 和 Steve Gorman</p>
</div><p>Residents and emergency crews in towns along the rain-engorged Skagit River in western Washington state braced on Friday for potential levee failures while National Guard troops assisted in evacuations after days of severe flooding in the Pacific Northwest.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>华盛顿州西部斯卡吉特河沿岸的居民和应急救援人员在周五为可能的堤坝失效做好准备，国民警卫队部队在经历了太平洋西北地区几天的严重洪水后协助撤离。</p>
</div><p>The entire town of Burlington, a community of about 9,200 people near Puget Sound, was ordered evacuated early on Friday as the river crested to an all-time high of nearly 38 feet (11.6 meters), well above major flood stage, in the city of Mount Vernon just downstream.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>位于普吉特海湾附近、约有 9200 人口的伯灵顿镇在周五早些时候被下令撤离，因为河水在下游的蒙特弗农市达到近 38 英尺（11.6 米）的历史最高水位，远高于重大洪水阶段。</p>
</div><p>&#34;We haven't seen flooding like this ever,&#34; said Karina Shagren, a spokesperson for the state's emergency management division. So far there were no reports of casualties or missing people, she said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“我们从未见过如此严重的洪水，” 州应急管理部门发言人卡里娜·沙格伦（Karina Shagren）说。到目前为止，没有报告伤亡或失踪人员，她表示。</p>
</div><p>The Burlington-Mount Vernon area in Skagit County, north of Seattle, remained an epicenter of widespread flooding caused by days of torrential downpours extending from northern Oregon north through western Washington state and into British Columbia.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>位于西雅图北部的斯卡吉特县的伯灵顿 - 蒙特弗农地区仍然是由于从北俄勒冈州延伸至西华盛顿州和不列颠哥伦比亚省的几天暴雨造成的广泛洪水的中心。</p>
</div><p>The rains were spawned by a string of atmospheric river storms, vast airborne currents of dense moisture siphoned from the ocean, that swept inland over the Pacific Northwest, including parts of northern Idaho and western Montana.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这些降雨是由一系列大气河流风暴引发的，这些风暴是从海洋中吸取的浓密水汽的巨大空气流，席卷了太平洋西北地区，包括北爱达荷州和西蒙大拿州的部分地区。</p>
</div><p>MONTH'S WORTH OF RAINFALL</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>一个月的降雨量</p>
</div><p>Rainfall totals varied widely, but much of the region received 6 to 60 inches of rain over the past seven days, with a foot or more in a few spots, according to the U.S. Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>降雨总量差异很大，但根据美国气象预报中心的数据显示，过去七天该地区大部分地区降雨量在 6 到 60 英寸之间，某些地方甚至超过一英尺。</p>
</div><p>&#34;That's easily a month's worth of rain that's fallen in just a week,&#34; said Rich Otto, a meteorologist at the center.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这轻松就是一个月的降雨量在一周内降下来了，” 该中心的气象学家里奇·奥托（Rich Otto）说。</p>
</div><p>Even before Burlington residents were forced to flee, the Skagit River flood plain as a whole, home to about 78,000 people, was already under a Level 3 evacuation notice urging residents to immediately seek higher ground. Evacuation notices covered an estimated 100,000 people statewide.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>即使在伯灵顿居民被迫撤离之前，斯卡吉特河的洪泛区整体上，约有 78,000 人，已经处于三级撤离通知之下，敦促居民立即寻找更高的地势。全州估计有 10 万人受到撤离通知的影响。</p>
</div><p>National Guard troops and sheriff's deputies went door to door to facilitate the evacuation, and some were seen paddling stranded Burlington residents to safety in inflatable river rafts through muddy floodwaters.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>国民警卫队部队和警长副手逐户上门协助撤离，有些人被看到用充气河筏将被困的伯灵顿居民划到安全地带，穿过泥泞的洪水。</p>
</div><p>Flood control levees appeared to be holding firm immediately following the river's historic crest, testing their strength for the first time since repairs to the earthen embankments were made following the last major flood in that area in 2021, state officials said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>洪水控制堤坝在河水历史性高潮后似乎保持稳固，州官员表示，这是自 2021 年该地区上次重大洪水后首次测试其强度。</p>
</div><p>'NOT OVER YET'</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“还没有结束”</p>
</div><p>Rains abated Friday. But the National Weather Service posted a flash-flood watch for the river basin downstream to the mouth of the Skagit, where it drains into Puget Sound, citing the potential for levee failures under heavy pressure from the high water.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>周五降雨减弱。但国家气象局对斯卡吉特河流域下游至河口的地区发布了闪电洪水警报，指出在高水位的重压下可能会发生堤坝失效。</p>
</div><p>&#34;It's not over yet,&#34; U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell said at a news briefing with Governor Bob Ferguson and others announcing that President Donald Trump, acting at their request, had signed an expedited federal emergency declaration for the flood zone.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“还没有结束，” 美国参议员玛丽亚·坎特韦尔（Maria Cantwell）在与州长鲍勃·弗格森（Bob Ferguson）等人举行的新闻发布会上表示，宣布总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）应他们的请求签署了针对洪水区的加急联邦紧急声明。</p>
</div><p>Cantwell said the declaration would hasten federal support in clearing roads, removing debris, assisting in evacuations and providing emergency shelters for evacuees.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>坎特韦尔表示，该声明将加快联邦支持，以清理道路、清除 debris、协助撤离并为撤离者提供紧急避难所。</p>
</div><p>Forecasts called for a lull in precipitation going into the weekend, with another atmospheric river expected to produce another wave of showers Sunday night into Monday, Otto said, renewing flood hazards.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>预测显示，进入周末降水将会减弱，但预计另一个大气河流将于周日晚上至周一带来另一波降雨，奥托说，这将重新带来洪水风险。</p>
</div><p>A levee failure would greatly magnify widespread flooding already occurring across much of western Washington state. Aerial footage broadcast by CNN showed communities inundated in deep, brown water with many homes submerged almost to their rooftops.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>堤坝失效将大大加剧西华盛顿州大部分地区已经发生的广泛洪水。CNN 播出的空中镜头显示，社区被深棕色的水淹没，许多房屋几乎被淹没到屋顶。</p>
</div><p>South of Skagit County, National Guard troops also were dispatched to deliver food and check on stranded residents in a number of communities isolated by flooding in adjacent Snohomish County, Shagren said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在斯卡吉特县南部，国民警卫队部队也被派往向一些因洪水被孤立的社区送餐并查看被困居民的情况，沙格伦说。</p>
</div><p>Two towns were likewise transformed into islands in neighboring King County, where dozens of flood victims were rescued over the past two days, some from the tops of cars, or from trees or from homes, officials said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>邻近的金县也有两个城镇变成了孤岛，过去两天里，数十名洪水受害者被救出，有些人是从汽车顶部、树上或房屋中被救出的，官员们表示。</p>
</div><p>King County Executive Girmay Zahilay told reporters an overnight flood patrol team discovered a sinkhole at the edge of one levee, and &#34;got it immediately filled,&#34; averting a potential collapse.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>金县执行官吉尔迈·扎希莱（Girmay Zahilay）告诉记者，夜间洪水巡逻队在一个堤坝边缘发现了一个塌陷，并 “立即进行了填补”，避免了潜在的崩溃。</p>
</div><p>The flooding washed out or forced the closure of dozens of roads throughout the region, including most of the Canadian highways leading to the British Columbia port city of Vancouver.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>洪水冲毁或迫使该地区数十条道路关闭，包括通往不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华港市的大部分加拿大高速公路。</p>
</div><p>Several lengthy stretches of the BNSF Railway, a major freight line serving the Pacific Northwest, were also shut down on Thursday.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>周四，服务于太平洋西北地区的主要货运铁路 BNSF 铁路的几个长段也被关闭。</p>
</div>

华盛顿州遭受洪水侵袭的城镇正在为可能发生的堤坝失效做好准备