美国西南部发生大规模洪水，社区变成泥湖，居民开始清理工作记者 布列塔尼·彼得森 科罗拉多州帕戈萨斯普林斯大量洪水淹没美国西南部部分地区，将一些社区变成泥湖，居民面临房屋和商铺损失，周二开始清理工作。
Massive flooding in the southwestern U.S. has turned communities into lakes of mud, with residents starting cleanup efforts By BRITTANY PETERSON PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. The massive amounts of water that flooded parts of the U.S. Southwest turned some communities into lakes of mud, leaving residents dealing with the loss of homes and businesses as they started cleaning up Tuesday.
退休教师杰克·埃利斯在科罗拉多州帕戈萨斯普林斯的圣胡安河沿岸查看受灾情况，该地近几周经历了两轮严重洪水。
Jack Ellis, a retired school teacher, surveyed the damage along the San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, which went through two rounds of severe flooding in recent weeks.
“这对每个人来说都是一场不小的灾难，尤其是低洼地区，”埃利斯说。“我们只能挖进挖出，这就是必须做的事。”
“This is quite a disaster for everybody, especially in the low-lying areas,” Ellis said. “We dig in and dig out, and that’s what it’s going to take."
据前美国国家海洋和大气管理局首席科学家瑞安·莫尔计算，过去两周，四角地区各州和内华达州降雨量超过20万亿加仑。
More than 20 trillion gallons of rain have fallen on the Four Corners states and Nevada in the past two weeks, according to calculations by former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue.
周二天空放晴，但随着大量水流经科罗拉多、新墨西哥、亚利桑那和犹他交界处的干旱地貌，洪水风险依然存在。数百名撤离居民正返回家园，但急流救援队依然忙碌。一人死于洪水，警方怀疑第二起死亡也与天气有关。
The skies were clearing on Tuesday, but flood risks remained as all that water moves through the dry landscape where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet. While hundreds of evacuees were returning home, swift-water rescue teams were kept busy. One person died in the floodwaters and police suspect a second death was weather-related.
科罗拉多和犹他部分社区因洪水制定了替代选举日投票方案。随着暴雨淹没佛罗里达部分地区，州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯发布紧急状态宣言后，至少八个县更换了投票地点。
Some communities in Colorado and Utah made alternative Election Day voting plans because of the flooding. And as downpours swamped parts of Florida, some polling places were changed in at least eight counties after Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an emergency declaration.
官员表示，在帕戈萨斯普林斯，清理和修复工作可能需要数周甚至更长时间，人行道和桥梁倒塌或遭受严重破坏。一家度假村的前部入口处用防水布遮盖，堆放着沙袋，一块牌子上写着“爱帕戈萨”。“我希望联邦政府能提供一些帮助。我知道我们是个蓝州。我只是希望他们能挺身而出，因为我们都纳税，在这样的时刻我们都在为彼此努力，”埃利斯说。
Officials said the cleanup and repairs could take weeks or more in Pagosa Springs, walkways and bridges collapsed or were heavily damaged. A front of a resort where the entrance was covered with a tarp and sandbags were stacked, a sign read “Love Pagosa.”“I hope the federal government helps out a little bit. I know we’re a blue state. I just hope that they come through because we all pay taxes and we all work for each other in a time like this,” Ellis said.
在杜兰戈，距帕戈萨斯普林斯以西约60英里（96.5公里），威洛·布拉德纳的平房式住宅被约2英尺（60厘米）深的泥浆包围。一度有近5英尺（1.5米）深的水从泛滥的章克申溪涌入室内。“我们的地下室变成了一个汤碗，”她说。
In Durango, about 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) to the west, Willow Bradner's ranch-style home was surrounded by about 2 feet (60 centimeters) of mud. Nearly five feet (1.5 meters) of water from the overflowing Junction Creek poured inside at one point. “Our basement became a soup bowl,” she said.
2024年购买该房产时，地下室曾是一个卖点。与丈夫共同经营一家小型定制衣柜和储物生意的布拉德纳表示，他们曾询问是否需要购买洪水保险，却被告知房子位于洪水区之外。
The basement had been a selling point when she bought the property in 2024. Bradner, who runs a small custom closet and storage business with her husband, said they had asked if they needed flood insurance, and were told they were outside the flood zone.
虽然这对夫妇和他们的青春期女儿已获得一处可住到年底的住所，并得到无数拿着铲子的陌生人伸出援手，但失去家园和对未来的不确定性让他们感到不堪重负。
While the couple and their teenage daughter have been offered a place to stay through the end of the year, and they've been offered the help of countless strangers armed with shovels, the loss of their home and uncertainty over the future is overwhelming.
“我们大部分积蓄都在这所房子里，”她说。“我们必须咬紧牙关，必须重建。”
"The majority of our savings is in this house,” she said. “We have to dig deep and we have to rebuild.”
新墨西哥州圣胡安县官员表示，该县已发生多起疏散，主要河流（包括圣胡安河、阿尼马斯河和拉普拉塔河）均已达到最高水位。
Officials in New Mexico's San Juan County, where there have been a number of evacuations, said the major rivers, including the San Juan, Animas and La Plata, have all crested.
“目前没有一条河流水位低于洪水警戒线，但将继续回落，”该机构周二在网上发布消息称。“我们认为所有河流的洪峰已过，但洪水退去还需要24至48小时。”美联社记者萨凡纳·彼得斯（新墨西哥州圣菲）和凯西·麦科马克（新罕布什尔州康科德）对此文亦有贡献。
“None are below flood stage, but will continue to recede,” the agency posted online Tuesday. “We believe that the crest has passed on all rivers, but it will take 24-48 hours for floodwaters to recede.”AP journalists Savannah Peters in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire contributed.