MEAD GRUVER、KATHY McCORMACK 科罗拉多州科林斯堡讯——周五，四角地区发生严重洪灾，导致水上救援——部分从屋顶进行——以及道路无法通行，部分科罗拉多州和新墨西哥州居民被要求撤离低洼地区，另一些居民则被建议就地避难，直到水位下降。
MEAD GRUVER, KATHY McCORMACK FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Severe flooding in the Four Corners region on Friday led to water rescues — some from rooftops — and impassable roads, with some residents being told to evacuate low-lying areas of Colorado and New Mexico and others advised to shelter in place until water levels go down.
此前该地区已连续数日发生洪水，淹没了犹他州数十户家庭。本周早些时候，亚利桑那州的龙卷风掀翻屋顶、将树木刮倒砸中房屋并拉断电线，至少一人受伤。
It followed several busy days of flooding in the region that swamped dozens of homes in Utah. Earlier in the week, tornadoes blew off roofs, knocked trees onto houses and downed power lines in Arizona. At least one person was injured.
圣胡安县发言人德文·尼利说，新墨西哥州国民警卫队的船只、直升机和两栖车辆在周五夜间及当天继续营救未知数量的人员。
An unknown number of people were rescued overnight and continued to be rescued Friday by New Mexico Guard boats, helicopters and amphibious vehicles, San Juan County spokesman Devin Neeley said.
“我们正在从屋顶上救人，把人们从进水3到4英尺（1到1.5米）的房子里拉出来，而且还有更多水涌来，”尼利说。
“We’re picking people off of roofs and pulling people out of houses that have 3 or 4 feet (1-1.5 meters) of water in them, and there’s more water coming,” Neeley said.
他补充说，天空正在放晴，但河水仍在上涨，预测的洪峰已被超越。
Skies were clearing but the rivers continued to rise, with forecasted crests surpassed, he added.
“情况很严重。我讲话时，我们仍在派副警长去把人们从家里救出来。事实上，我们的警长今天差点就要丢掉自己的房子了，”尼利说。
“This is serious. We’re still sending deputies as I speak to get people out of their homes right now. In fact, our sheriff is damn near going to lose his home today,” Neeley said.
城市发言人吉娜·因托帕说，大约600户家庭在法明顿接到疏散令，圣胡安河沿岸地区已被封锁。“我们基本上是全员出动，”因托帕说。
Some 600 households were told to evacuate in Farmington, where areas along the San Juan River were closed off, city spokesperson Gina Intoppa said. “We are kind of all hands on deck,” Intoppa said.
法明顿是四角地区最大的城市，四角地区是美国唯一四个州——科罗拉多州、新墨西哥州、亚利桑那州和犹他州——交汇的地方。
Farmington is the biggest city in the Four Corners, the only place in the U.S. where four states — Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah — come together.
国民警卫队成员也被部署到科罗拉多州西南部协助抗洪。水位上升导致四条河流沿线，包括流经帕戈萨斯普林斯的圣胡安河，发布强制疏散令。这座以河畔温泉闻名的度假小镇一年前曾因类似天气模式遭受洪灾。
National Guard members also were deployed to assist with flooding in southwest Colorado. Rising waters prompted mandatory evacuations along four rivers, including the San Juan River through Pagosa Springs. The resort town famous for its riverside hot springs suffered flooding from a similar weather pattern a year ago.
“请就地避难，水位开始下降，但许多道路无法通行且不适合出行，”阿丘莱塔县治安官办公室周五在网上发布消息称。
“Please shelter in place, water levels are beginning to recede, but many roads are impassable and unsafe for travel,” the Archuleta County Sheriff’s office posted online Friday.
在附近的里奥格兰德县，露营地的拖车被高水包围，其他地区的卡车部分被淹没。
In nearby Rio Grande County, trailers at a campground were surrounded by high water and trucks were partially submerged in other areas.
科罗拉多州州长贾里德·波利斯因该州西南部遭遇暴雨和洪水，宣布该州11个县进入灾难紧急状态。
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis had declared a disaster emergency in 11 counties in response to heavy rain and flooding in the southwest part of the state.
位于犹他州最西南部的飓风市在周四宣布进入紧急状态后正在进行清理工作。红褐色的洪水涌入并围绕了一个社区的80户人家以及一个房车公园的50辆房车。超现实的场景包括一个集装箱缓缓漂流过街道。
The city of Hurricane in far southwestern Utah was cleaning up after declaring a state of emergency Thursday. Reddish-brown floodwater lapped into and around 80 homes in a neighborhood and 50 recreational vehicles in an RV park. Surreal scenes included a shipping container drifting slowly down a street.
这场洪水并非意料之外，而是两个月暴雨的最新后果，这场暴雨结束了一个干旱的夏季。虽然西南部部分地区多岩石、植被稀少，天然易发山洪，但最近的降雨使得各地发生洪水的可能性都更大了，科罗拉多州大章克申市国家气象局气象学家凯特·阿博特表示。
The flooding was not unexpected, just the latest from two months of heavy rain that ended a summer of drought. While parts of the Southwest are rocky with little vegetation and are naturally prone to flash flooding, the recent rains have made flooding everywhere more likely, said Kate Abbott, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Grand Junction, Colorado.
“此时我们已经饱和，无法再承受太多降水而不发生洪水，”阿博特说。“在短短几周内，这是我们见到的第三或第四轮此类水汽输送。” 麦科马克在新罕布什尔州康科德发回报道。美联社记者戴夫·柯林斯在康涅狄格州哈特福德为本文做出贡献。
“At this point we’re saturated and can’t take too much more without flooding,” Abbott said. “This is the third or fourth round of this kind of moisture we’ve seen in as many weeks.”McCormack reported from Concord, New Hampshire. Associated Press writer Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this story.