Severe flooding plagued several states today, and threatened to burst through aging levees.

今天几大州遭遇严重水，年久的堤有决堤危险。

The province has initiated emergency response for flood control.

该省已启动应急响应。

On Sunday night the Ross River Dam was at about 250 percent of its capacity and it's flood gates had to be opened in to prevent the structure from collapsing.

星期天晚上，大坝已经达到了其容量的250% ，为了止大坝坍塌，大坝的闸门不得不打开。

It involves 78 flood barriers installed around the city.

包括在城市周围安装78个堤。

Super levees solve this problem by creating a flood protection zone.

超级堤坝通过建立保护区来解决这个问题。

The government hopes to complete a flood barrier by 2021.

政府希望在2021年前完成障。

Typhoon Hagibis dumped torrential rain, causing landslides and several inland rivers to burst through flood defenses. Nearly thirty people have died.

台风海贝带来了暴雨，导致山体滑坡和几条内陆流冲破了堤。近30人现已遇难。

He may suffer if voters blame him for the state's lack of flood preparedness.

如果选民指责他没有做好准备，那么他可能会吃亏。

Floods gushing through its narrow streets as emergency crews battle to reinforce barricades.

水涌入狭窄的街道，应急人员奋力加固障碍。

Flood defenses are preventing them from spreading naturally inland.

就是止盐沼向内陆自然扩散。

Many areas are bracing themselves for floods as temperatures begin to rise.

许多地方已经做好准备，因为气温已经开始上升了。

But the museums were ready with emergency flood plans.

但是博物馆已经准备好应急计划。

The river levels are rising and officials want to relive pressure on the city's levees.

水水位正在上升，官员们希望缓解水对该市堤的压力。

China has a four-tier flood-control emergency response system, with Level-I being the most severe.

我国应急系统分为四级，一级是最严重的预警。

No major flooding was reported inside the flood control system that protects New Orleans.

据报道，保护新奥尔良的系统内部没有发生大水。

But the Maeslantkering is just one part of a massive, interlocking system of water controls known as the Delta Works — the most sophisticated flood prevention project in the world.

但是马仕朗大坝只是一个被称为 “三角洲工程” 的庞大、连锁的水控制系统的一部分。“三角洲工程” 是世界上最复杂的工程。

The UK's environmental agency, which monitors the North Sea's tide levels, river flow, and weather, gathers data on a daily basis to determine whether to open or close the barrier.

英国环境署每天收集北海潮汐水平、流流量和天气的数据，以决定是否打开或关闭闸。

Many people have decided to sit out the storm in their homes, confident in the work done and the billions spent on the levees and new flood barriers to prevent the city from being flooded this time around.

许多人决定呆在家里等暴风雨结束，他们对实现做的工作和花在提和新坝上的数百万资金很信赖，相信这次该市可以免受水肆虐。

Ray Camp of the St. Charles County Office of Emergency Management says levees and dikes north of the confluence of the two rivers are causing those rivers to seek out new channels.

圣查尔镇的雷·坎普是应急管理办事处的工作人员，他表示两交汇处北部的堤坝和堤挡住了水，使水改道。

Zhu Dongtie, head of Hunan's Department of Water Resources, said the embankment has not been used to prevent flooding since 1996, and it was built to a much lower standard than the dike.

湖南省水利厅厅长朱东铁称，自1996年以来，堤未曾用于，其建造标准低于普通堤坝。