水災啦 - 十萬居民被要求撤離

今天美國各大新聞的頭版頭條。美國賓州哈城的東西走向河流沙士克哈娜河（Susquehanna River）一帶水漫金山，這幅圖地點是德瑞街（Derry Street）. 離輕舟家開車就10幾分鍾。目前賓州哈城一帶告急，學校全部停課，已經有十萬居民被要求撤離，以防河堤遭到破壞而決口。


Derry St. resident Greg Williams is taken to safety on a boat by members of Swatara Twp. Fire Company due to flooding on the street from Spring Creekin Swatara Township, Pa.
圖片來源：http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2011/09/08/remnants-lee-bring-fresh-flood-worries-to-east/#ixzz1XNCu26ru

  Facebook（臉本）的一位朋友留言問道，“今年是怎樣的天氣啊？先是地震，然後颶風，現在又是熱帶風暴李帶來的暴雨和水災。。。”昨天鋼琴老師給輕舟打電話，她家住在德瑞街（Derry Street）的坡上，她告訴輕舟，“明天的鋼琴課取消，我家地下室全濕透了。”

  目前已經至少三人死於這次大水，德瑞社區（Derry Township)的一個71歲男士在地下室處理積水時，過量的水導致房子坍塌而被壓死。還有一位在哈城郊區蘭卡斯特縣（Lancaster County）被淹死。第三位是今天淩晨騎摩托車的人在哈城北部利巴嫩鎮（North Lebanon Township）被路上積水困住而淹死。

   昨天孩子秋天開學第一天，雨淋淋的清晨，中午接到學校電話，因為許多街區鬧大水，道路不通，學校中午關門。下午輕舟教書，也提前下課，並叮囑開車回去的學生們小心駕車。而今晨輕舟在為孩子午餐打包時，好友蓮心電話進來，原來學校推遲兩個鍾頭，半個鍾頭不到，輕舟也上網，發現學區已決定關門停課一天。以前大雪封路時學校才推遲或取消，如今，這場創記錄的暴風雨阻擋了人們的日常生活。

  我們家也曾經多次地下室淹水，今年春天剛鬧大水，地下室浸水嚴重。傑明請人重新清理了屋簷，他也在水災中學會了應對，前一段時間每天下班就在屋子前後開渠挖溝，架結大出水管。。。這次如此大的降水量，我們家地下室仍然幹燥著，感謝神的憐憫，感謝先生的責任心！

  想起了一首英文童謠：
   Rain, Rain, Go Away.       雨，雨，快離開
   Come again another day...  改天再來訪我們。

  這場雨從上周颶風來臨後就沒有停止過，據估計，目前賓州部分地區降水量已達10英寸（相當於25厘米）。願雨快快撤離，太陽早點兒探出頭，也為鋼琴老師和其他被淹的街區祈禱，為淹水區的人們平安祈禱！

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新聞來源：http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/08/weather.lee/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Thousands evacuated, 3 reported dead as Lee's remnants cross Northeast

Central Penwnsylvania was hit hard. In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 100,000 to 125,000 people were ordered to leave their homes as the Susquehanna River rose above flood stage, according to Emergency Management Coordinator Stephen Bekanich.

As of 4 a.m. Thursday, the Susquehanna River was at 26 feet and rising fast near Wilkes-Barre. Flood stage for low-lying areas there is 22 feet, the station reported. The valley has a levee system, and the river is projected to crest near 40.7 feet Friday morning -- just shy of the 41-foot top of the levees.

A 71-year-old man died Wednesday night in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, as he was bailing water out of the basement of his home and the walls of the structure caved in, said Chief Patrick O'Rourke of Derry Township Police.

A second person drowned early Thursday near Brickerville in Lancaster County, CNN affiliate WGAL reported.

A third person died about 4:30 a.m. Thursday in North Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania, police said. A motorist became stranded in high water, and the person was outside the vehicle when struck by another vehicle, which then left the scene. The suspect and vehicle were located, authorities said.

About 75 miles away, Little Fishing Creek overflowed its banks and flooded several homes and businesses in the Millville area.

新聞來源：http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2011/09/08/remnants-lee-bring-fresh-flood-worries-to-east/#ixzz1XNCu26ru

Flooding Leads to Evacuations in Northeastern Pennsylvania

URGENT: Pennsylvania officials order the mandatory evacuations of 100,000 people as the Susquehanna River continues to rise and threatens to breach the levee system

Two rain-related deaths were reported in Pennsylvania. Police in Derry Township said a man who was removing water from his basement was killed when the house's foundation collapsed, and a motorist trapped in a vehicle drowned early Thursday morning in Elizabeth Township, in Lancaster County.

The National Weather Service predicted rain would continue to fall heavily across the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states through Thursday, with up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) some places.