约翰·雷比 王潮淹没了美国东西海岸的部分地区，海水倒灌进加利福尼亚州、佛罗里达州和卡罗来纳地区的海滨社区街道、住宅和商铺。
JOHN RABY King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts, flooding streets and sending seawater into homes and businesses in beach communities in California, Florida and the Carolinas.
预报员表示，本周早些时候满月引发的王潮，可能导致部分地区持续遭遇洪水，直至周末。王潮是由地球、月球和太阳的引力及其相对位置造成的。一年内可发生数次，每次持续数天。预报员周三表示，本周的王潮因额外因素而加剧。
The tides began with the full moon earlier this week and could cause flooding in some areas into the weekend, forecasters said. King tides are caused by the gravitational pull and alignments of the Earth, moon, and sun. They can occur several times a year and last several days. This week’s king tides have been exacerbated by additional factors, forecasters said Wednesday.
国家气象局迈阿密办公室气象学家克里斯·费舍尔说，在佛罗里达州，北方的强高压和加勒比海上空的低压导致涌浪增大。
In Florida, strong high pressure to the north and low pressure over the Caribbean were causing increased swells, Chris Fisher, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Miami, said.
国家气象局蒙特雷湾区预报办公室气象学家罗杰·加斯说，加利福尼亚海岸正经历超级厄尔尼诺现象，海水升温导致海水体积膨胀。另一个因素是开尔文波的出现，这是一系列暖水脉冲，会抬高海平面。
Along the California coast, the ongoing super El Niño has warmed the ocean, leading to an increased volume of seawater. Another factor was the occurrence of Kelvin waves , a series of pulses of warm water that lift the sea level, said Roger Gass, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area forecast office in Monterey.
王潮正如其名，极为显著。居民无需去海滩就能见到大海。大海来到了他们身边。
King tides, like their name, are definitely noticeable. Residents don’t need a beach to see the ocean. The ocean came to them.
在南加利福尼亚，亨廷顿比奇居民周三在房屋外堆放沙袋，试图阻挡洪水。有人用桨板和冲浪板在街道上穿行。太平洋海岸公路多路段关闭，橙县和圣地亚哥县的潮位预计将逼近历史纪录。
In Southern California, Huntington Beach residents placed sandbags outside of homes Wednesday to try to keep floodwaters out. Some people used paddleboards and surfboards to move about the streets. Stretches of the Pacific coast Highway were closed, and tides were expected to approach record levels in Orange and San Diego counties.
气象局称，在该州北部，沿海岸线和潮汐水道的低洼地区，高峰高潮期间预计将出现轻微淹水，持续至周六。
In the northern part of the state, minor flooding was expected through Saturday in low-lying areas along shorelines and tidal waterways during peak high tides, the weather service said.
加斯说，沿海淹水通常发生在高潮前后 1 个半小时内，北加利福尼亚的高潮峰值比正常水位高出 1.9 英尺（约半米）。
Gass said the coastal flooding generally occurred within 1 1/2 hours before and after high tides, which are peaking 1.9 feet (about a half-meter) above normal in Northern California.
佛罗里达州大西洋沿岸大部分地区直到周五早些时候都处于洪水预警之下。南卡罗来纳州沿海城市也报告了街道积水，包括查尔斯顿和默特尔比奇，而且激流风险可能向北延伸至北卡罗来纳州的外滩。
Most of Florida’s Atlantic coast was under flood warnings through early Friday. Street flooding also was reported in South Carolina coastal cities, including Charleston and Myrtle Beach, and rip currents were possible as far north as North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
“这是海滩状况糟糕的一周，”费舍尔说。“我们经历了高激流风险和海上的一些大浪。海滩状况将持续恶劣到周末。这一周最好远离海水，远离海滩。”在佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡，要前往号称世界最大水上船展的多个海滨场馆颇为不易，需要驾车穿过毗邻码头、酒店和会议中心的被淹街道。
“It’s been a rough beach week,” Fisher said. “We’ve had a high risk of rip currents and some high surf out there. The beach conditions are going to continue to be rough through the weekend. It’s been a good week to stay out of the water and stay away from the beaches.”In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, getting to the multiple waterfront venues at what’s billed as the world’s largest-in-water boat show was tricky, requiring driving through flooded streets next to marinas, hotels and convention centers.
费舍尔说，迈阿密的堰洲岛弗吉尼亚礁经历了其最高的王潮，以及自三十年前开始有记录以来的第三高水位。
Virginia Key, a barrier island in Miami, saw its highest king tide and the third-highest water level since records were first kept going back three decades, Fisher said.
“我们唯一见过更高水位的时候是在飓风期间，”费舍尔说。“从王潮的角度来看，这是历史性的。”
“The only times we’ve seen higher was during hurricanes,” Fisher said. “It’s historical from a king tide perspective.”