Meanwhile, Central Europe faced its worst flooding in decades after heavy rains swelled major rivers like the Elbe and the Danube. In the United States, nearly half the country continues to suffer from drought, while heavy rainfall has broken records in the Northeast, devastated crops in the South, and now is inundating Colorado.
华盛顿—近来，关于水的新闻层出不穷。今年夏天，北印度经历了80年来最猛烈的季风，造成800多人死亡，10万人流离失所。与此同时，大雨让易北河和多瑙河河水暴涨，中欧面临几十年来最大的洪水。在美国，几乎一般的国土饱受旱灾困扰，而东北部降雨量创下了历史记录，南部农业收成暴降，而科罗拉多一片汪洋。