突发洪水已促使美国西南部部分地区发布强制疏散令。亚利桑那州塞多纳的官员周日下令橡树溪附近地区的居民立即撤离，因为洪水水位正在迅速上涨，已有多人被困家中。
Flash flooding has prompted mandatory evacuation orders in parts of the U.S. Southwest. Officials in Sedona, Arizona, on Sunday ordered residents in areas near Oak Creek to leave immediately as flood waters were rising rapidly and multiple people were already trapped in their homes.
亚利桑那州塞多纳——突发洪水促使西南部部分地区于周日发布强制疏散令，因为在这个通常干旱的地区，今年秋季的暴雨已引发致命洪水。
SEDONA, Ariz. — Flash flooding prompted mandatory evacuation orders in parts of the Southwest on Sunday as heavy rains in the normally arid region have already brought deadly flooding this fall.
这个旅游胜地亚利桑那州塞多纳的官员下令橡树溪附近地区的居民立即撤离，因为洪水水位正在迅速上涨，已有多人被困家中。
Officials in the tourist destination of Sedona, Arizona, ordered residents in areas near Oak Creek to leave immediately as flood waters were rising rapidly and multiple people were already trapped in their homes.
在科罗拉多州西南部，同样是旅游胜地的帕戈萨斯普林斯的官员在脸书帖子中警告，圣胡安河预计将于周日晚间11点左右达到19英尺（5.8米）以上的最高水位，可能出现“灾难性洪水”。
In southwestern Colorado, officials in Pagosa Springs, also a tourist destination, warned in a Facebook post of potentially “catastrophic flooding” as the San Juan River is forecast to crest at more than 19 feet (5.8 meters) around 11:00 p.m.
阿丘莱塔县治安官办公室在另一条脸书帖子中说：“为了让大家对预测有个概念，1911年那场毁灭性洪水冲垮了当时帕戈萨镇的大部分建筑，圣胡安河最高水位约为17.8英尺（5.4米）。”“这是一场潜在的灾难性洪水事件，预计将造成大面积破坏。” 这轮持续降雨始于周六晚间，预计将持续到周一，给已饱和的地区带来突发洪水。国家气象局估计，受一系列太平洋风暴系统推动，该地区降雨量可能高达4英寸（10厘米）。
Sunday. “To put the forecast into perspective, during the devastating 1911 flood that wiped out most of what existed as the town of Pagosa at that time, the San Juan River crested at approximately 17.8 feet (5.4 meters),” the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office said in a separate Facebook post“This is a potentially catastrophic flood event. Extensive damage is expected.”The latest round of soaking rains started Saturday evening and were expected to bring flash flooding to already saturated areas through Monday. The National Weather Service estimates as much as 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain could fall across the region, fueled by a series of Pacific storm systems.
气象局为亚利桑那州几乎全境、犹他州南部、科罗拉多州西南部、新墨西哥州西部以及内华达州南部部分地区发布了洪水预警。预警范围还包括亚利桑那、科罗拉多、新墨西哥和犹他四州交界处人口稀少的“四角地区”。
The weather service issued flood watches for nearly all of Arizona and parts of southern Utah, southwestern Colorado, and western New Mexico, in addition to part of southern Nevada. That includes the sparsely populated Four Corners region where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet.
帕戈萨斯普林斯官员表示，圣胡安河、里奥布兰科河、纳瓦霍河和皮德拉河沿岸低洼地区的任何人都应前往当地一座教堂的指定避难所。
Pagosa Springs officials said anyone in low-lying areas along the San Juan, Rio Blanco, Navajo and Piedra Rivers should head to a designated shelter at a local church.
他们表示，居民应立即离开，不要等待，因为在风暴最严重的时候，应急队伍可能极其有限。镇官员补充说，通往这座温泉镇的公路也将于周日下午关闭，禁止车辆驶入。
They said residents should leave immediately, and not wait as emergency crews may be extremely limited during the worst of the storm. The highway entering the hot springs town also would be shut down to inbound traffic Sunday afternoon, town officials added.
与此同时，在塞多纳，当地官员下令受影响地区的居民前往塞多纳红岩高中。但他们敦促人们不要试图驾车穿越有急流的道路，并远离溪床和干洪道。
Meanwhile in Sedona, local officials ordered residents living in affected areas to head to Sedona Red Rock High School. But they urged people not to attempt to drive across roads with rushing waters and to stay away from creek beds and washes.
塞多纳消防区局长埃德·梅祖利斯在脸书上发布的一段短视频中表示，周边社区的应急队伍正赶来协助，因为当地消防和警方官员已经在应对多起居民因洪水上涨被困家中的报告。“请待在高处，关注警报，小心谨慎，”他建议道。
Sedona Fire District Chief Ed Mezulis said in a short clip posted on Facebook that emergency crews from surrounding communities were coming in to assist as local fire and police officials were already responding to multiple reports of residents trapped in their homes due to the rising flood waters. “Please stay at high ground, watch your alerts and be careful,” he advised.
消防部门分享的一段视频显示，强大的洪水淹没车辆，冲过房屋和其他建筑物。社交媒体上分享的其他视频和照片显示，人们站在人行桥上拍照录像，浑浊的褐色洪水在桥下奔腾咆哮。
A video shared by the fire department showed powerful flood waters inundating vehicles and rushing past homes and other structures. Other videos and photos shared on social media showed people standing on a pedestrian bridge taking photos and videos as churning, brown waters rushed underneath