卫报：美国洪水威胁的加剧，飓风哈维造成第二人死亡

Hurricane Harvey has killed a second person in Texas as the strongest hurricane to hitthe US in 13 years continued to bring torrential rain, and with it the risk of catastrophic flooding to Houston, the nation’sfourth-largest city. 

13年以来最强飓风哈维袭击美国，导致德克萨斯州第二个人死亡，继续带来暴雨，所带来的洪水对全国第四大城市休斯敦造成灾难性的风险。

catastrophic/ˌkætəˈstrɔfɪk/灾难性的

例句：If this forecast was wrong, the consequences could have been catastrophic.【BBC地平线系列纪录片精讲】

如果这个预报是错误的，结果可能是灾难性的。

The second fatality was a woman who died after shedrove into flooded streets on Houston’s west side late on Saturday. It appeared she got out of her vehicle in high waters and her body was found a shortdistance away by neighbours, said emergency authorities. 

第二例死亡者是一位女性，她星期六开车进入被洪水淹没的休斯敦西区街道后死亡。急救部门说，看起来她从高水位的车中逃了出来，邻居在不远处发现了她的尸体。

fatality/fə'tælɪtɪ/ 死亡，不幸，致命性

英英释义：a death resulting from an accident or a disaster

例句：The fatality rate can be as high as50-percent if not treated.

More than 2300,000 customers across Texas were still without electricity as Harvey threatened to stall, setting up for several days of rainfall that could tally 50in (127cm), more than 4ft (1.2m), by Wednesday in some spots. Texas governor Greg Abbott said about 20in (50.8cm) of rain hadfallen in the Corpus Christi area and 16in (40.6cm) in the Houston region. 

受飓风哈维影响，全德克萨斯州230万客户仍然没有通电，这几天的下雨量多达50英寸（127 cm），即多达4英尺（1.2 m），星期一些采集点的数据显示。德克萨斯州州长Greg Abbott说科珀斯克里斯蒂（Corpus Christi）地区的下雨量是大约20英寸(50.8 cm)，休斯敦（Houston）地区的下雨量是大约16英寸(40.6 cm)。

threaten/'θret(ə)n/威胁，预示

英英释义：pose a threat to; present a danger to

例句：they gain the power to threaten the entire cities with inundation. 【NPR News】

而且他们还要让整个城市面临洪水的威胁。

“There is the potential for very dramatic flooding,” he said in an afternoon media conference in Austin. “Our biggest concern is the possibility of between 20 and 30 more inches of rain in areas ranging from Corpus Christi over to Houston.”

“这是一次非常巨大的洪水，”他在奥斯丁下午的新闻发布会说，“我们最大的担心是很可能从科珀斯克里斯蒂（Corpus Christi）到休斯敦（Houston）地区的下雨量在20到30英寸之间。”

potential/pə(ʊ)'tenʃ(ə)l/潜在的，有可能的

例句：It “has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents.” 【考研英语】

它“可能将消除整个专利类别”。

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