Name: 得克薩斯州山洪暴發，至少 89 人死亡，40 多人下落不明 (At least 89 dead and more than 40 are unaccounted for amid Texas flash floods)
Uploaded: 2025-07-08T00:16:24.000Z
Duration: 6 min 29 s

情態副詞

Right now on WFAA news at four o'clock, crews are on the ground and in the water, still desperately searching for those still missing in the deadly Central Texas floods.

現在，WFAA新聞在四點鐘播報，工作人員正在地面和水中拼命搜尋在德克薩斯州中部致命洪災中仍然失蹤的人員。

基礎被動語態

Right now, 41 people are still listed as unaccounted for.

89 people have died, including 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic.

89 人死亡，其中包括神祕營的 27 名營員和輔導員。

More than 400 first responders and more than a dozen canine units are helping in the search and rescue efforts today.

今天，400 多名急救人員和十幾支警犬分隊正在協助搜救工作。

Volunteers on foot and on horseback in one of the hardest hit areas of Kerr County say that large amounts of debris there are hindering their efforts to find the missing.

在克爾縣重災區之一徒步和騎馬的志願者們說，那裡的大量瓦礫阻礙了他們尋找失蹤者的努力。

For a lot of days, a lot of hours spent chainsawing in order just to be able to traverse, you know, 50 feet down the river.

很多天來，我們花了很多時間用電鋸鋸木頭，就為了能沿著河邊走 50 英尺。

And, you know, as the water moves, the debris also, you know, sometimes it falls into the water.

你知道，隨著水流的移動，碎石有時也會掉進水裡。

You have to worry about these snapped trees falling on top of rescuers.

你不得不擔心這些折斷的樹木會倒在救援人員身上。

There have been a couple of instances of that happening.

至少可以說，這是一項危險的工作。

And with chances of rain on the way, could it hamper efforts even further as crews continue to race against the clock to find more people?

隨著雨水的來臨，當工作人員繼續爭分奪秒地尋找更多的人時，雨水是否會進一步阻礙他們的工作？

For a better idea at where this flooding took place, here is a map on your screen showing especially the Kerrville-Hunt-Ingraham area.

為了更好地瞭解洪水發生的地點，請在螢幕上查看地圖，尤其是顯示 Kerrville-Hunt-Ingraham 地區的地圖。

And that is where we find Chris Lawrence this afternoon, who is on the ground in Kerrville.

今天下午，克里斯-勞倫斯（Chris Lawrence）正在克爾維爾（Kerrville）實地採訪。

Chris, what are you seeing there today and how are people there processing all of this?

克里斯，你今天在那裡看到了什麼，那裡的人們是如何處理這一切的？

Jason, let me take the second part of your question first.

傑森，讓我先回答你問題的第二部分。

I think a lot of folks here are still coming out of that initial feeling of shock.

我想這裡的很多人都還沒有從最初的震驚中走出來。

Although I will say we have heard a lot more talk today about what needs to be done to make sure this never happens again.

雖然我要說，我們今天聽到了更多關於需要做些什麼來確保這種情況不再發生的討論。

As to the first part of your question, what we're seeing,

至於你問題的第一部分，也就是我們所看到的、

I can tell you the Guadalupe River is actually not as high as it was.

我可以告訴你，瓜達盧佩河其實沒有以前那麼高了。

You can see it's still running, but I want you to take a look out there and see some of those trees and like that so you can see and get an idea of just how high that water was at one point to push those trees down.

你可以看到水還在流，但我想讓你看一看外面的水，看看那些樹，這樣你就可以看到並瞭解到，水一度有多高，才能把那些樹推倒。

And when you've heard that search and rescue person talk about all the stuff in the water, that gives you an idea why they're having so much trouble.

當你聽到搜救人員說起水裡的東西時，你就會明白他們為什麼會遇到這麼多麻煩。

I also have a few photos that I would really love you to take a look at because take a look there on your screen right now.

我還有幾張照片，非常希望你們能看一看，因為你們現在就可以在螢幕上看到。

These are some of the victims who have lost their lives, who are still missing, as well as those who survived.

這些是已經喪生、仍然失蹤以及倖存的部分受害者。

In fact, one counselor at Camp Mystic spoke about what she's lost in just the past few days.

事實上，神祕營的一位輔導員談到了她在過去幾天裡失去的東西。

I've lost near friends, best friends, my boss, my godchildren, my house, my car, you know, all those materialistic things, but it's those people that still haven't been found, some of them, just praying for their recovery and everyone else affected as well.

我失去了身邊的朋友、最好的朋友、我的老闆、我的教子、我的房子、我的車，你知道的，所有這些物質上的東西，但那些人至今仍未找到，其中一些人，只是在為他們的康復和其他受影響的人祈禱。

Yeah, we also are starting to hear a lot more from state lawmakers and federal ones as well.

是的，我們也開始聽到更多來自州立法者和聯邦立法者的聲音。

Senator Ted Cruz spoke out today about the emergency response in Kerrville and Kerr County as a whole and said, yes, in hindsight, there probably would have been more evacuations.

參議員特德-克魯茲（Ted Cruz）今天就克爾維爾和整個克爾縣的應急響應發表了講話，他說，是的，事後看來，可能會有更多的人撤離。

Everyone would agree, in hindsight, if we could go back and do it again, we would evacuate particularly those in the most vulnerable areas, the young children in the cabins closest to the water.

事後看來，每個人都會同意，如果可以重來一次，我們會特別疏散最脆弱區域的人員，尤其是最靠近水的船艙裡的年幼兒童。

We would remove them and get them to higher ground if we could go back and do it again.

如果可以重來一次，我們會把它們移到地勢較高的地方。

Yeah, there really is no more pressing issue for officials to tackle right now than how to prevent something like this.

是啊，對於官員們來說，現在最緊迫的問題莫過於如何防止類似事件的發生。

And we did just get word this afternoon that Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said they will be addressing the issue of sirens, warning sirens in the upcoming special session.

我們今天下午剛剛得到消息，副州長丹-帕特里克（Dan Patrick）表示，他們將在即將召開的特別會議上討論警報器問題。

And he made a promise that if local officials cannot afford those sirens, the state will step in and make sure that those are paid for.

他還承諾，如果地方官員買不起這些警報器，州政府將介入並確保支付這些警報器的費用。

Again, the one thing I will say about this and being down here and talking to so many folks, you really get a sense of the incredible generosity.

我想說的是，在這裡和這麼多的人交談，你真的會感受到難以置信的慷慨。

When you have a tragedy like this and in a horrible situation like this flood, it can bring out the best in a lot of people and you can see those generous hearts really stepping forward.

當你遇到這樣的悲劇和洪水這樣可怕的情況時，它能激發出很多人最好的一面，你可以看到那些慷慨的心真正挺身而出。

For a little bit more on the relief efforts and that generosity, here's my colleague, Dia Wall.

我的同事迪亞-沃爾（Dia Wall）將為您介紹更多有關救援工作和慷慨解囊的資訊。

I'm at City West Church here in Kerrville and I'm actually in the front parking lot and they didn't host worship services over the weekend.

我現在在凱爾維爾的城西教堂，實際上我就在前面的停車場，他們週末沒有舉辦崇拜活動。

Instead, they opened their doors for volunteers who are helping in the response to the disastrous flooding here in Kerr County.

相反，他們為幫助應對克爾縣災難性洪災的志願者們敞開了大門。

And as you can see, we've got the Salvation Army here on site.

正如你所看到的，救世軍就在這裡。

They've been meeting with folks from the community, getting them resources and the support they need.

他們一直在與社區居民會面，為他們提供所需的資源和支持。

And there's also a nonprofit here called Mercy Chef.

這裡還有一家名為 "慈悲大廚 "的非營利組織。

They have this huge refrigerated truck filled with food that they're helping to prepare on site and they're doing it inside of this mobile kitchen.

他們有一輛巨大的冷藏車，車上裝滿了他們在現場幫助準備的食物，他們就在這個移動廚房裡做這些工作。

They're cooking thousands of meals per day to feed, again, those first responders who are on the ground.

他們每天要烹飪數千份飯菜，為在現場的急救人員提供食物。

And it takes a ton of volunteers to make this happen.

這需要大量的志願者才能實現。

In fact, we met a couple from Lucas right there in Collin County who saw the news of the tragedy and just had to respond.

事實上，我們就在科林縣遇到了一對來自盧卡斯的夫婦，他們看到了悲劇的新聞，不得不做出迴應。

So they've been prepping food and helping in the relief efforts here.

是以，他們一直在這裡準備食物，幫助救災工作。

And we feel for each person that we're feeding because they've had loss and big loss.

我們對每一個人都感同身受，因為他們經歷了失去親人的痛苦。

When you're in the trenches and you've lost everything and somebody hands you that box of food, it's a hot meal.

當你身處戰壕，失去一切時，有人遞給你一盒食物，那就是一頓熱飯。

It just gives, I feel like it just gives up some energy and they know it was made from love.

我覺得它只是散發出一些能量，讓他們知道它是用愛做成的。

Mercy Chefs and their volunteers are preparing 3,000 meals a day and they're all going out to first responders.

仁慈廚師和他們的志願者每天要準備 3000 份餐點，這些餐點都將提供給急救人員。

They've even got a trolley that's going into some of those hardest hit areas to the crews that are doing really the saddest parts of recovery.

他們甚至有一輛無軌電車開進了一些重災區，為那些正在進行最悲慘的災後重建工作的工作人員提供幫助。

They tell us it's just a small way to help out in a serious time of need.

他們告訴我們，這只是在我們需要幫助的時候提供的一個小小的幫助。