You'd think rain would be good for California in the middle of its historic drought, but so much rain in so little time on such dry ground can bring serious flooding.

你可能认为降雨对加利福尼亚中部地区的旱而言无疑是天降甘露，但是短时间内旱地区如此多的降雨很容易造成严重洪水。

That's only a small share of the total acreage that could benefit, about half a million acres in all, so it will be vital to prioritize areas at greatest risk of fire or drought.

受益的也只是少部分林地，大约五十万英亩的规模。因此优先处理火灾或旱威胁最大的区域非常重要。

Now, we just got our Christmas tree, but due to the drought, it's plastic.

我们刚刚买来圣诞树 但因为旱 树是塑料的。

Three years of drought has made the bush bone-dry and easy to catch fire.

三年的旱使灌木丛枯易燃。

That's a little dry humor about the drought.

这是一个关于旱的冷笑话。

Decades of overgrazing, climate change-induced droughts, and poor farming practices are stripping not only the Sudanian grasslands of their once fertile topsoil but hundreds of other regions like it across the world.

几十年的过度放牧、气候变化引发的旱的耕作方式，仅使苏丹草原失去了曾经肥沃的表土，也使世界上其他数百个类似的地区失去了表土。

This region has a semiarid climate, and for 50 years after its settlement, it supported a low-intensity agricultural economy of cattle ranching and wheat farming.

这里有着半旱的气候，在人们定居50年后，它支撑了一个以畜牧业小麦种植为主的低密度农业经济。

Ducks are birds that feed and breed in areas where there is a lot of water, but their habitats have been shrinking in recent decades because of the droughts.

鸭子是在有大量水的地方觅食繁殖的禽类，但由于旱，它们的栖息地在最近几十年里一直在缩小。

A severe and long-lasting drought destroyed crops across the southern Great Plains.

一场严重且持续的旱让大平原南部的玉米地毁灭殆尽。

But it will provide up to 10 million gallons of water an investment against drought.

但它将提供多达1千万加仑的水，这是对抗旱的一项投资。

Increasing climate change will render it a parched shrubland.

加剧的气候变迁将使其变成一片旱的灌木丛。

Antarctica is the driest overall, but Australia holds the title for driest inhabited continent.

整体而言，南极洲是最旱的，但澳大利亚拥有最旱有人居住大陆的称号。

That's about two years' worth of normal rainfall in an otherwise arid country.

这是一个旱国家大约两年的正常降雨量。

His crops fighting challenges like California droughts.

他的林场一直在与诸如加州的旱天气等利因素作斗争。

Some residents have criticized the city for not doing enough to prepare for the drought.

而该市的市民则批评政府在旱的准备工作上做的够。

Prolonged droughts have also led to desertification.

长期的旱会导致沙漠化。

It can turn an arid desert in to an oasis; convert a stream to white water rapids in the monsoon season, and breathe life into the harshest places on earth.

它能把旱的沙漠变成绿洲；在雨季把浅溪变成急流，给地球上最严酷的环境带来生命。

This fire has shown the potential with the terrain and the weather we've been experiencing and the fuel load from the drought, that it has almost a mind and a behavior of its own.

这场火灾利用了地形优势，以及我们经历的天气，旱造成的燃料负荷，它仿佛有自己的思想行为。

In the United States, there's California where in one single year a historic drought cost the state over 10,000 jobs and nearly $2 billion in lost revenue.

在美国，加利福尼亚州，在一年之内，一场历史性的旱使该州损失了1万多个工作岗位近20亿美元的收入。

Indonesian police say most of the fires that triggered this are set by people who are using the slash and burn methods of clearing farmland in the dry summer months.

印尼警方表示，这种火灾多是人们在旱的夏季采用刀耕火种的方法清理农田造成的。