China’s Three Gorges dam on flood alert as rain batters megacity Chongqing
暴雨袭击特大城市重庆,中国三峡大坝进入洪水警报
Rainstorms kill six people, collapse highway and disrupt rail travel in southwest municipality while floods hit Yangtze River.
暴雨造成六人死亡,高速公路塌陷,西南地区铁路运输中断,长江洪水泛滥。
Six people deaths had been recorded as a result of heavy rainfall in Chongqing’s Dianjiang county as of Thursday. State broadcaster CCTV said four people had been killed by “geological disasters” and the other two had drowned.
截至周四,重庆市垫江县遭遇强降雨,已造成六人死亡。国家电视台中央电视台称,四人因“地质灾害”死亡,另外两人溺水身亡。
The rainfall in Dianjiang reached a record single-day high of 269.2mm (10.6 inches), affecting more than 40,000 people.
垫江的降雨量达到创纪录的单日最高水平,达到269.2毫米(10.6英寸),影响了4万多人。