Less than two years after bushfires blazed across Australia, the country's east coast is seeing its worst flooding in decades.

澳大利亞森林大火肆虐不到兩年之后,，澳大利亞東海岸正經(jīng)歷幾十年來最嚴(yán)重的洪災(zāi)。

Some areas accumulated over а yard of rainfall since downpours started last Thursday.

自上周四開始的傾盆大雨以來,，一些地區(qū)累積了超過一碼的降雨量,。

Tens of thousands have been ordered to evacuate.

數(shù)萬人已被下令撤離。

On Sunday alone, 500 gigaliters of water, the same volume of water in Sydney Harbor- spilled out of Sydney's largest dam.

僅在星期天, 5000億升的水,，即悉尼港的水量,從悉尼港最大的水壩溢出,。

Even as rain subsides, the floodwater will still pose trouble for weeks to come.

即使降雨減弱，在未來幾周,，洪水仍將帶來麻煩,。

We're joined now by Laura Chung, who has been reporting on all of this for the Sydney Morning Herald. Welcome.

我們現(xiàn)在連線勞拉鐘，她一直在為《悉尼先驅(qū)晨報》報道這一切,。歡迎,。

LAURA CHUNG: Thank you for having me.

勞拉.鐘:謝謝你邀請我。

CHANG: Thank you for being with us.

鐘:謝謝你和我們在一起,。

So what are you hearing from people on the ground there? Can you talk about the scope of the damage that they've seen so far?

你從這里的人聽到了什么?你能說說他們目前看到的破壞范圍嗎?

CHUNG: Of course. So unlike the bushfires, we don't actually have a clear image of how much has just been damaged and destroyed.

鐘:當(dāng)然可以,。所以，和森林大火不同的是,，實(shí)際上,，我們并不清楚這次洪水的破壞面積。

We know it's a significant part of the state. But what we do know is there has been water everywhere.

我們知道,，這是澳大利亞很重要的一部分,。但是，我們知道到處都是水,。

We've heard and seen houses just being picked up and floating down rivers that used to be farms and paddocks.

我們聽說和看到房屋被沖走,，曾經(jīng)的農(nóng)場和圍場現(xiàn)在都成了河流。

We've heard of livestock just being completely washed away.

我們聽說牲畜全都被沖走,。

There are videos of cows and horses just trying to make it through these really heavy floodwaters.

有視頻顯示,，牛和馬正努力熬過這些非常嚴(yán)重的洪水。

And what used to be streets and paddocks are just now, yeah, completely flooded with water right up to where the power lines are.

以前的街道和圍場現(xiàn)在完全被水淹沒了,，一直淹到電線所在的地方,。

CHUNG: So if you can imagine that, it is a very striking image.

鐘:所以,如果你能想象，這是一個非常驚人的畫面。

CHANG: What about people who didn't or weren't able to evacuate and are now stranded? I mean, how are rescue operations going right now?

鐘:沒有或不能疏散而現(xiàn)在被困的人怎么辦?我是說,現(xiàn)在救援行動進(jìn)行得怎么樣了?

CHUNG: For a lot of people who live in these low-lying plains, floods aren't anything new to them. They've lived with them before. They know how to prepare for them.

鐘:對很多生活在這些低洼平原的人來說,，洪水并不是新鮮事,。以前,洪水如影隨形。他們知道如何準(zhǔn)備,。

But there are a lot of people who were just not quite ready for how quickly the water would come up.

但是,，也有很多人對水位上漲的速度還沒有做好準(zhǔn)備。

So we've got thousands of volunteers from the State Emergency Service who are out there along with police and interstate help as well, who are rescuing people in boats.

所以,，我們有數(shù)千名州緊急服務(wù)中心的志愿者，他們與警察和國家救援人員-起在船上進(jìn)行救援,。

We've also seen helicopters being deployed to try and airlift people out of certain areas.

我們還看到直升機(jī)被派往某些地區(qū),，試圖將人們空運(yùn)出去。

And you know, not only are volunteers having to deal with the really intense flooding conditions. They re also having to deal with the wildlife that's coming their way as well.

你知道,，志愿者不僅要應(yīng)對非常嚴(yán)重的洪水,，他們還必須應(yīng)對即將到來的野生動物。

So there's this story of these volunteers who were rescuing this family, trekking over several kilometers to get to the family.

所以,，有這樣一個故事, 這些志愿者拯救了這個家庭,，跋涉了幾公里到達(dá)他們家。

And as they re returning, they got a message over the radio that they have to be aware of snakes.

當(dāng)他們回來的時候,，他們通過無線電接收信息,他們必須注意蛇,。

And they reported snakes kind of shimmying up the side of the boat and taking refuge with them just to...Get out of that floodwater.

他們表示，有蛇爬到船邊,，躲在他們身邊,，只是為了...蛇來自洪水。

CHANG: Well, Laura, we spoke to you back in December 2019 when the bushfires were spreading across the area. And I'm curious - how do you think recovery from that disaster has affected recovery from this disaster?

鐘:勞拉,，我們在2019年12月采訪過你,，當(dāng)時森林大火正在澳大利亞蔓延。我很好奇,，你認(rèn)為,，此次災(zāi)后恢復(fù)對這次洪災(zāi)恢復(fù)有什么影響?

I mean, we're talking about communities that were just starting to rebuild, right?

我的意思是，我們談?wù)摰氖莿倓傞_始重建的社區(qū),對嗎?

CHUNG: Exactly. And they've gone through the bushfires and then - last year - and then immediately after that, there was a first round of floods, and then they were hit by the pandemic and now these floods again.

鐘:沒錯,。他們經(jīng)歷了森林大火,然后--去年--緊接著,，又發(fā)生了第一輪洪水，然后,，他們又受到了流行病的襲擊,，現(xiàn)在又發(fā)生了這次洪水。