" I feel like I'm trying to scoop up floodwater with a spoon."

“我感觉我在试用图勺子舀起水。”

Since then, floodwaters have penetrated the home numerous times, causing extensive damage.

从那以后范士沃斯住宅多次遭水侵袭造成严重损坏。

Floodwaters washed away cars and telephone poles.

水一并卷走汽车和电线杆。

But the floodwaters rose above the roof.

但是水涨屋顶上。

All were swept away by floodwaters.

八人均因被水冲走后遇难。

And of course, remember not to play in floodwaters.

当然，千万不要在水中玩。

Soon the floodwaters chased the man to the second floor.

很快，水把这个人冲楼。

Floodwaters broke through a berm and swamped city near Tokyo.

水冲垮位于东京附近的护道，并淹没这座城市。

Oil, gasoline and pesticides, and other toxic agents can contaminate floodwater.

石油、汽油、杀虫剂以及其他有毒物质可能污染水。

Yet simply halting floodwaters and preventing short-term damage is not enough.

然而只是堵住水防止眼前的灾难并不完美。

Hasina said that floodwaters would go away soon from the northeast.

哈西娜说，东北部的水很快就会退去。

The improvement work will aim to build up and improve an old seawall meant to hold back the floodwaters.

此次修缮工程的目的是加固和改善用于阻挡水的旧湖堤。

They got trapped by rising floodwaters, and they had no way out.

但由于水位上升，他们被困在洞穴中，无处可逃。

And waste from those hog farms has been leaking into floodwaters.

养猪场的废弃物都流泻水中。

They were deep in floodwater after the nearby Chikuma River burst its banks.

附近的信浓川河流决堤后，它们被水淹没。

Floodwaters across the Yellowstone region in Montana and Wyoming started to recede today.

今天，横跨蒙大拿州和怀俄明州黄石地区的水开始消退。

And much of it was washed away by floodwaters. What was his message?

其中大部分人是被水冲走的。总统说什么？

Floodwaters have killed almost three-and-a-half million chickens and over 5,000 hostages.

水导致近350万只鸡死亡，5000多只被困住。

The raging floodwaters leading to a dramatic aerial rescue captured above the Salinas River.

在萨利纳斯河上空，汹涌的水导致戏剧性的空中救援。

The British built embankments to keep floodwater from flowing past the river's banks.

英国人修建堤防，防止水流过河岸。