CCTV9英语新闻：Three Gorges Reservoir discharges water to make room

Major floods are expected on the Yangtze River this year. In anticipation of that, the Three Gorges Reservoir is discharging water to make room for more when the flood season arrives. 22 reservoirs, including the Three Gorges now form a joint flood c

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-01-12

Leading the news this morning:Ten people are dead and 78 others are still missing as southeast Queensland faces its worst flood crisis in decades. Fifty thousand homes across the region are now without power. In Brisbane, more than 30,000 people will

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-05

There have been more flood evacuations in New South Wales.About 450 people in Wagga have spent the night in emergency accommodation.The Murrumbidgee River is expected to reach 10 meters by tomorrow.In northern Victoria,meanwhile flood warnings remain

美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-31

1.President Barack Obama says he's committed to the survival of the US auto industry, but that the administration cannot continue to excuse poor decisions. Obama has rejected the restructuring plans from GM and Chrysler and given the automakers one

VOA标准英语2008年-Flood Victims Cope in India's Bihar State

The annual monsoon rains have unleashed flooding in several parts of India, killing nearly 1,500 people and leaving millions of others homeless. The worst affected region is the eastern state, Bihar, where a river burst its embankment, last month, a

4 Killed in Heilongjiang's Worst Flood in Decades

Four people have been killed in some of the worst flooding in Heilongjiang in decades. The 4 have been killed after the car they were in was washed away in the Nen River, which is about 300-kilometers north of the provincial capital, Harbin. The loca

CNN 2011-05-16

Louisiana is trying to prepare as this bulge of flood water moves south down the Mississippi River. In New Orleans yesterday, the water level was at 17 feet. But officials don't think the river will crest -- hit its highest point -- until it hits 19

Heavy Rains Bring Raging Floods - and a Debate

Heavy Rains Bring Raging Floods - and a Debate This spring, so-called 100-year floods swamped many communities along the Mississippi River, America's largest commercial waterway. The flooding was so severe that the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which supe

VOA标准英语2011--Flood Waters Move In on Bangkok, Thailand

Flood Waters Move In on Bangkok, Thailand Thai authorities say flood waters creeping down from the north could soon swamp the Thai capital, Bangkok, leading thousands of people to leave the city. Thai monks, soldiers, and local people hammered partic

美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Years After Sandy, New York Rebuilds With The Next Flood In Mind

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This weekend marks five years since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Northeast, causing billions of dollars in damage. Since then, New York City has rewritten its building codes to make low-lying neighborhoods more flood-proof.

2018年CRI Three Gorges Dam: Grand project along the Yangtze

The Streaming Down the Yangtze team has arrived in Yichang, Hubei Province and visited the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower station. The dam also helps to prevent floods and boost river navigation. The team's passenger ship went throu

英语词汇分类：河流

source lake 河源湖 rivulet 小溪 creek, brook 小河 canyon, gorge 峡谷 waterfalls 瀑布 tributaries, streams 支流 rapids 急流 valley 流域 north fork 北叉 branches 分支 south fork 南叉

CCTV9英语新闻：Authorities take measures for expected flooding

Torrential rainstorms have hit most areas in southern China. Various rivers have swollen to levels higher than those of 1998, a year when disastrous floods ravaged the same region, killing thousands and displacing millions. Authorities are proactivel

全国127条河流水位超警 今年汛情超1998年同期

The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters says water levels of 127 rivers across China have surpassed alert levels after most parts of the country entered the main flood season. 国家防汛抗旱总指挥部近日表示，全国大部分

CNN 2008-05-02

Good afternoon from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Naamua Delaney. Here are some of the headlines Now In The News. Thousands of people worldwide are celebrating, protesting, or rallying on this day dedicated to honoring workers' rights. In the Unite

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-01-28

Of course, Queensland's flood emergency which is threatening more communities. One man is missing after being swept away, while trying to cross a flooded creek on a motorbike at Greenback near Brisbane. In the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, the lo

Flood peaks strand 600 ships on Yangtze River

YICHANG, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Continuous flood peaks have left over 600 ships stranded on sections of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in the city of Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. Since early July, continuous flood peaks have h

China warns of severe floods this year

BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The national flood and drought prevention office has warned that severe floods are more likely to occur this year due to markedly increased rainfall, according to Sunday media reports. Floods may cause greater damage this

2015年CRI 长江中下游可能迎来更大洪水

Chinese flood control authorities are warning of the potential for heavy flooding along the Yangtze River in the coming weeks. The National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has issued the warning amid heavy rains which have been pounding

NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-04-25

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. U.S investigators are trying to learn more about the Boston Marathon suspects with help from their parents in Dagestan. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston sheds more light on what federal authorities are hearing