迈阿密——美国国家飓风中心称，逐渐减弱的热带风暴“范斯”周日在墨西哥西南太平洋沿岸外海盘旋，但仍威胁给该国多个西部州带来暴雨和山洪。
MIAMI — A gradually weakening Tropical Storm Vance churned Sunday off Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast but still threatened heavy rains and flash flooding in several western states of the country.
飓风中心位于迈阿密，该中心表示，“范斯”周五还是二级飓风，目前正在失去力量，但仍预计会给墨西哥科利马州、纳亚里特州和锡那罗亚州，以及米却肯州、哈利斯科州和杜兰戈州部分地区带来暴雨。
Vance, a former Category 2 hurricane as of Friday, was losing strength but still was expected to dump heavy rain on the Mexican states of Colima, Nayarit and Sinaloa, as well as parts of Michoacan, Jalisco and Durango, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
飓风中心称，该气旋位于阿卡普尔科以西偏南约315英里（510公里）处，或曼萨尼约以南约285英里（455公里）处，最大持续风速为70英里/小时（110公里/小时）。“范斯”正向西北方向移动，预计未来几天将转向北上。
The cyclone was located about 315 miles (510 kilometers) west-southwest of Acapulco, or about 285 miles (455 kilometers) south of Manzanillo, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), the center said. Vance was moving to the northwest and expected to turn northward in coming days.
据飓风中心称，2至4英寸（5至10厘米）的降雨量可能引发洪水和泥石流，尤其是在陡峭地形上。该中心表示，部分地区可能出现高达7英寸（17厘米）的孤立性降雨。
Rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) could produce flooding and mudslides, especially over steep terrain, according to the hurricane center. It said isolated totals of 7 inches (17 centimeters) of rain were possible in some spots.
与此同时，热带风暴“奥拉纳”在中太平洋远海生成，不对陆地构成威胁。飓风中心称，“奥拉纳”最大持续风速为45英里/小时（65公里/小时），位于中太平洋环礁约翰斯顿岛以西偏南约580英里（935公里）处。
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Olana formed far out in the central Pacific, where it posed no threat to land. Olana had top sustained winds of 45 mph (65 kph) and was located about 580 miles (935 kilometers) west-southwest of Johnston Island, a central Pacific atoll, the hurricane center said.
本次太平洋飓风季异常活跃，风暴在夏威夷和墨西哥附近如流水线般接连生成，由全球变暖加剧的厄尔尼诺现象造成了异常天气，如本周袭击美国西南部的严重洪水和龙卷风，以及中美洲“旱走廊”的长期干旱。
It’s been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean, with storms spawning in assembly-line fashion near Hawaii and Mexico as El Niño conditions worsened by global warming create unusual weather, like this week’s severe flooding and tornadoes hitting the southwestern United States and the prolonged drought in Central America’s Dry Corridor .