1." I feel like I'm trying to scoop up floodwater with a spoon."

“我感觉我在试用图勺子舀起洪水。”

2.Since then, floodwaters have penetrated the home numerous times, causing extensive damage.

从那以后范士沃斯住宅多次遭洪水侵袭造成严重损坏。

3.Floodwaters washed away cars and telephone poles.

洪水一并卷走了汽车和电线杆。

4.But the floodwaters rose above the roof.

但是洪水到了屋顶。

5.8 people died in Kentucky, many of them when their vehicles were trapped in fast rising floodwaters.

肯塔基州有8人死亡，其中许多人是因为他们的车辆被困在快速的洪水中而死亡的。

6.All were swept away by floodwaters.

八人均因被洪水冲走后遇难。

7.They don't walk through or drive through floodwaters.

不要步行或开车穿过洪水。

8.And of course, remember not to play in floodwaters.

当然了，千万不要在洪水中玩耍。

9.The floodwaters swept away about 15 farms and villages.

洪水冲走了大约 15 个农场和村庄。

10.Soon the floodwaters chased the man to the second floor.

很快，洪水把这个人冲到了二楼。

11.Floodwaters broke through a berm and swamped city near Tokyo.

洪水冲垮了位于东京附近的护道，并淹没了这座城市。

12.Oil, gasoline and pesticides, and other toxic agents can contaminate floodwater.

石油、汽油、杀虫剂以及其他有毒物质可能污染洪水。

13.Yet simply halting floodwaters and preventing short-term damage is not enough.

然而只是堵住了洪水防止了眼前的灾难并不完美。

14.Hasina said that floodwaters would go away soon from the northeast.

哈西娜说，东北部的洪水很快就会退去。

15.The improvement work will aim to build up and improve an old seawall meant to hold back the floodwaters.

此次修缮工程的目的是加固和改善用于阻挡洪水的旧湖堤。

16.They got trapped by rising floodwaters, and they had no way out.

但由于水位升，他们被困在了洞穴中，无处可逃。

17.Cleanup efforts are under way now that floodwaters have started to recede.

由于洪水已经开始退去，清理工作正在进行中。

18.They were deep in floodwater after the nearby Chikuma River burst its banks.

附近的信浓川河流决堤后，它们被洪水淹没。

19.Floodwaters across the Yellowstone region in Montana and Wyoming started to recede today.

今天，横跨蒙大拿州和怀俄明州黄石地区的洪水开始消退。

20.Eight people died in Kentucky when their vehicles were trapped in fast-rising floodwaters.

在肯塔基州，有 8 人因机动车被困在快速的洪水中丧生。