Severe Flooding in the UK

bazza
June 26, 2007, 09:43 PM posted in General Discussion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6239828.stm

Hope we don't get any more rain this week.

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amber
June 27, 2007, 06:58 AM

Bazza, Hope you're not wet: flood: 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)

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excuter
July 26, 2007, 05:23 PM

(L?)Landudno (where my sister is) is somewhere around manchester but I didn´t find that on the map (that´s somewhere in the grey area with Wales on it right?)

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goulnik
June 27, 2007, 10:15 AM

same news about UK floods [洪水 hóngshuǐ] in Chinese

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goulnik
June 27, 2007, 10:17 AM

more pictures

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RonInDC
June 27, 2007, 01:39 PM

Hey Bazza- Nasty stuff. A real hardship for too many, but I hope injuries are minimal. Amber- Thanks for the translation. I think they really sink in situations like this.

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bazza
June 27, 2007, 10:25 PM

That news story has a lot of good terms in it, here's a few of them, might as well make a bit of a lesson out of it: 英格兰和威尔士 - England and Wales 大雨 - Heavy rain 暴雨 - Torrential rain 三人死亡 - Three people dead 灾 - Disaster 紧急状态 - State of emergency 淹没 - Submerge 水位 - Water level 约克郡 - Yorkshire 洪水严重 - Severely flooded 据报道 - Reports say 尸体 - Body/corpse 皇家空军 - Royal airforce 倒塌 - Collapse 危险 - Dangerous 行人 - Pedestrian 目击者 - Eyewitness 没有食物和电力 - Without food and electricity 记者 - Reporter/journalist 混乱 - Chaos 气象预报 - Weather forecast

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azerdocmom
June 28, 2007, 04:34 AM

Same here in the States. http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,1966,00.html#4_0

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xiaohu
June 28, 2007, 04:50 AM

Boy I'm glad the town you live in wasn't affected Bazza! Wouldn't it be wonderful if here in California we could get a little of the moisture that England is, yet another sign of 全球气候变暖!

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bazza
June 29, 2007, 07:02 PM

There could be more flooding this weekend, here is a site that has live warnings: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/floodwarning/

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leviathan
June 29, 2007, 09:12 PM

Hey hope your ok. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92q3PoHcdVk let's hope july is better, were on red alert because of car bombs in london also. http://www.terror-alert.co.uk/

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bazza
June 27, 2007, 08:27 AM

Fortunately my town is currently unaffected.

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bazza
July 26, 2007, 09:04 AM

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thom
July 26, 2007, 02:00 PM

It's been all over the news here; floods in Tewksbury, Oxford, Gloucester etc. It's the worst summer since records began. Luckily where I live hasn't been affected at all.

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rich
July 26, 2007, 03:54 PM

How is Edinburgh? Will I still have a school to go to in September? :P

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rich
July 26, 2007, 03:57 PM

Ah, Bazza, you did get all wet!! :-D

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frank
July 26, 2007, 04:30 PM

Bazza, no matter what happens, keep that photo safe! You are the keeper of the sacred frame! :-) Stay safe, man.

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excuter
July 26, 2007, 04:49 PM

after the rain, sunshine will come (Asterix & Obelix is realy deep sometimes). ;-) Does anybody know if Landudno is safe from this flood? (my sister is there, trying to improve her english)

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bazza
July 26, 2007, 04:52 PM

My area has been unaffected so far, but if it carries on raining a lot more the whole UK might sink.

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bazza
July 26, 2007, 04:56 PM

Here is a flood map: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6911778.stm

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bazza
July 26, 2007, 07:23 AM

This summer is now officially the wettest in the 240 years since records began.