澳大利亚新南威尔士州爆发洪灾
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Torrential rain has brought flooding to the Australian state of New South Wales and forced evacuations in some areas.

暴雨导致澳大利亚新南威尔士州爆发洪灾,部分地区居民被迫撤离灾区。

Large parts of the state were either flooded or under threat, local media said. Canberra had received its entire monthly1 average rainfall in one day.

The rain has been caused by a weather system moving across southern and central parts of the state.

Several roads are said to be closed and a dam to the west of Sydney was reportedly at risk of overflowing2.

"We've got a very serious situation developing in New South Wales, about 75% of the state is flood-affected or in flood watch," State Emergency Services spokesman3 Dieter Geske told ABC News.

"This rain band has been an extraordinary event as in we rarely see rain of this magnitude4 in this part of the state, and we rarely see a low trough hang around for as long as this trough's going to."

The Age newspaper reported that Canberra had been hit by 53mm of rain in 24 hours, compared to an average monthly total of 50.7mm.

Evacuations had been ordered in at least four areas of New South Wales, including in Cooma where two creeks5 were said to be rising rapidly.

The Bureau6 of Meteorology said some areas in New South Wales could expect more than 100mm of rain on Thursday and warned of possible flash floods in the coming days.

Northern parts of the state and southern areas of Queensland were also hit by flooding last month.



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1 monthly 7EixE     
adj.每月的,持续一个月的,每月发生的;adv.每月,按月; n.月刊;(复数)monthlies:月经
参考例句:
  • The rent on his apartment was his biggest monthly expense.他的房租是每个月最大的开支。
  • The monthly rent is $15,inclusive of light and water.每月租金15美元,包括水电费在内。
2 overflowing df84dc195bce4a8f55eb873daf61b924     
n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的,充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
  • The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。
3 spokesman hvrwH     
n.发言人,代言人
参考例句:
  • The government spokesman gave a quick briefing to the reporters.政府发言人向记者们作了情况简介。
  • They drew lots to decide who should be their spokesman.他们抽签决定谁是他们的发言人。
4 magnitude ek5yY     
n.大小;重大;星等
参考例句:
  • I want to know the magnitude of this equipment.我想知道这个设备的大小。
  • I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problem.我没有认识到这个问题的重要性。
5 creeks creeks     
n.小湾( creek的名词复数 );小港;小河;小溪
参考例句:
  • The prospect lies between two creeks. 矿区位于两条溪流之间。 来自辞典例句
  • There was the excitement of fishing in country creeks with my grandpa on cloudy days. 有在阴雨天和姥爷一起到乡村河湾钓鱼的喜悦。 来自辞典例句
6 bureau Fsez3     
n.提供或收集消息的机构;局,司,处;署
参考例句:
  • The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。
  • The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。
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