即将抵达南加州的波浪预计将于十月到达旧金山湾区，并向阿拉斯加移动。
加州各社区正争分夺秒地为即将到来的所谓“开尔文波”做准备，这是一股巨大的水下暖流，威胁着北美广阔的海岸线。
Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska Communities across California are rushing to prepare for the imminent arrival of the so-called “Kelvin wave”, a massive underwater band of warm water threatening to inundate swaths of the vast North American shoreline.
据科学家称，这股波浪正接近南加州，预计将于十月初到达旧金山湾区，并向阿拉斯加推进。
The wave is nearing southern California and expected to reach the San Francisco Bay Area by early October, as it crawls toward Alaska.
加州沿海水位可能上升一英尺，科学家警告称，这可能会使过去一个世纪因气候变化导致的海平面上升（8至12英寸）翻倍。
Waters could rise by a foot along the California coast, according to scientists, who have warned that this could dramatically double the 8-12in rise in sea levels already caused by climate change over the last century.