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BILINGUALwoRLD}NewsNewsProfiIe，091'I、朗读一Alex(美)FloodwatersDevastateSouthAsia南亚遭受严重水灾Torrentialrainsaccompanyingtheregion。sannualmonsoonseasonhavebroughtaboutseverefloodinginSouthAsia.killinghundredsofpeopleandleavingmillionshomeless.LargeareasofnorthernIndia，Ban-gladesh，andNepalhavebeensubmergedinwater.Residentsofsomeaffectedareasarecallingthefloodtheworstinlivingmemory.TheheavyrainsarelinkedtotheyearlyAsianMonsoon，theseasonalreversalofwindthatcarriesmoisturefrOmtheArabianSeaandtheIndianOceanovertheSouthAsianIandmass.AI-thoughthemonsoonisapredictableevent，rainfallintheregionthisyearhasbeenunusuallyheavy.Flood—watershavebreachedembankmentsanddykes，sub—merginghugetractsoflandandkillinglargenumbersofIivestock.InIndia.morethan12millionpeoplehavebeenlefthomelessinthemostheavily·-affectedre-·gionsofBiha~UttarPradesh，andAssam.Bangladeshhasseenabout5millionpeopledisplacedandmorethan750，000peopleinNepalhavealsobeenaffectedbytherains.Governmentfiguresplacethetotalnum—berofpeoplekilledbythewaterssofaratover1，000.Officialsalsofearthatthethreatofhungeranddiseaseareputtinghundredsofthousandsmorepeopleatrisk.Food，cleandrinkingwate~andmedicalaidaredesper-atelyneededintheaffectedareas，butreliefeffortsSOfarhavebeenslowandinsufficient.Thefloodwatershavedestroyedmanyimportantroadsandbridges，impedingthemovementofmuch..neededreliefmate—-rial.InIndia，themilitaryhasbeencalledintoioinre—IiefoperationsbutinadequatefoodsupplieshaveleddesperatevictimstoclashwithpoliceinreliefcampsinAssam.Althoughtheweatherseemstobeimproving.thesituationIooksgrimforthenearfuture.(Sources：BBC，CNN)暴雨和季风给南亚带来了可怕的洪灾，致使数千人丧生，数百万人流离失所。印度北部、盂加拉国、尼泊尔的大部分地区都淹没在洪水之中。遭受水灾的部分居民将此次的洪灾喻为记忆中最严重的灾难。此次的暴雨和每年从阿拉伯海和印度洋将湿润空气带到南亚大陆大部分地区的亚洲季风(季节性改变风向的风)有关。虽然季风是可预见的，但是今年该地区的降雨量大的非比寻常。洪水冲毁了堤防和堤坝，淹没了大面积的农田并使大量家畜死去。比哈尔、北方邦和阿萨姆邦这三个印度受灾最严重的地区的1200万多民众已经无家可归。孟加拉国大约有5百万人被转移，而尼泊尔也有75万多人受到了暴雨的严重影响。根据政府公布的数字表明，迄今已有1000人丧生。而政府官员们也担心饥荒和疾病会让成千上万的人处于危险之中。食物、干净的水和医疗援助是受灾地区最需要的，但是迄今为止这些援助都十分缓慢并极为缺乏。洪水破坏了很多重要的道路和桥梁，这妨碍了救援物资的运输速度。印度的军队已经被召集加入救援的队伍，但是贫乏的食物补给让绝望的受灾者和在阿萨姆邦驻扎救援的警察们发生了冲突。虽然，气候看起来有所好转，但是最近的形式依然很严峻。(源自：BBC和CNN)032Ⅱ叠盱tt0(bb乩2∞7