（双语文稿）阿联酋降下创纪录的暴雨

Record rainfall in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) flooded streets in the desert nation and closed Dubai International Airport on Wednesday.
周三，阿拉伯联合酋长国降下了创纪录的暴雨，这个沙漠国家的街道被淹，迪拜国际机场被迫关闭。
The state-run WAM news agency called the rain that began Tuesday, "a historic weather event." It reported the rainfall as higher than "anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949."
国有的WAM通讯社称周二开始的降雨是“历史性的天气事件”。据报道，此次降雨量超过了“自1949年开始收集数据以来的记录”。
Rain also fell in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. However, the rains were more severe across the UAE.
巴林、阿曼、卡塔尔和沙特阿拉伯也有降雨。然而，整个阿联酋的降雨更为严重。
Cloud seeding
人工降雨
One possible cause of the record weather may have been "cloud seeding." Cloud seeding is done to increase rainfall. Small planes burn special salt material as they fly through clouds.
造成这种创纪录天气的一个可能原因是“人工降雨”。人工降雨是为了增加降雨。小型飞机在云层中飞行时燃烧特殊的盐物质。
Several news reports said members of the National Center for Meteorology reported they flew six or seven cloud-seeding flights before the rains. An Associated Press examination of flight data showed one aircraft involved in cloud-seeding efforts flew around the country Monday. The center did not answer questions Wednesday from the AP.
据一些新闻报道，国家气象中心的成员说，他们在降雨前进行了六到七次人工降雨飞行。美联社对飞行数据的检查显示，一架参与人工降雨的飞机周一的飞行轨迹遍布全国。该中心没有回答美联社周三提出的问题。
The UAE heavily depends on desalination factories to provide the country with water. The process requires a lot of energy. The UAE seeds clouds partly to increase its limited groundwater.
阿联酋严重依赖海水淡化工厂为该国提供水，这个过程需要大量的能源。阿联酋人工降雨的部分原因是为了增加其有限的地下水。
Scientists say climate change in general is responsible for more intense weather, including extreme storms, droughts, floods and wildfires around the world.
科学家表示，总体而言，气候变化导致了全球范围内更加恶劣的天气，包括极端风暴、干旱、洪水和野火。
Data collected at Dubai International Airport showed that the rains began late Monday. It soaked the sands and roadways of Dubai with some 20 millimeters of rain. The storms intensified Tuesday and continued throughout the day, dropping more rain and hail on the city.
迪拜国际机场收集的数据显示，周一晚些时候开始下雨。迪拜的沙地和道路被20毫米左右的雨水浸湿。周二，风暴加剧，并持续了一整天，给这座城市带来了更多的降雨和冰雹。
By the end of Tuesday, more than 142 millimeters of rainfall had hit Dubai over 24 hours. For comparison, the airport usually averages 94.7 millimeters of rain yearly.
截至周二晚间，迪拜在24小时内的降雨量超过142毫米。相比之下，该机场的年平均降雨量为94.7毫米。
Dubai airport closed
迪拜机场关闭
Dubai Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, was closed Tuesday night. Standing water flooded taxi stands and surrounding roads. A passenger told the AP, "You cannot get a taxi. There's people sleeping in the Metro station. There's people sleeping in the airport."
迪拜机场是世界上最繁忙的国际机场，于周二晚间关闭。积水淹没了出租车站和周围的道路。一名乘客告诉美联社:“你打不到出租车。有人睡在地铁站，有人睡在机场。”
On Wednesday morning, airport officials said the flooding limited transportation and flight crews could not reach the airfield.
周三上午，机场官员表示，洪水导致交通受阻，机组人员无法到达机场。
"Recovery will take some time," the airport said on the social media website X.
机场在社交媒体网站X上表示:“恢复需要一段时间。”
Paul Griffiths, the airport's leader, said some aircraft had been sent to Dubai World Central, a second airfield. Griffiths told the state-owned radio station Dubai Eye, "In living memory, I don't think anyone has ever seen conditions like it." He added, "We are working as hard as we possibly can to make sure our customers and staff are looked after."
机场负责人保罗•格里菲斯(Paul Griffiths)表示，一些飞机已被派往第二机场，即迪拜世界中心机场(Dubai World Central)。格里菲斯告诉国有的迪拜之眼电台，“在我的记忆中，我认为没有人见过这样的情况。”他补充说:“我们正在尽最大努力确保我们的客户和员工得到照顾。”
Schools across the UAE closed ahead of the storm and government employees were working from home, mostly. Officials sent tanker trucks out into the streets and highways to pump away the water. But high water flooded some homes, forcing people to escape. Some slept in their flooded vehicles Tuesday night. One 70-year-old man died when floodwaters carried away his vehicle.
阿联酋各地的学校在风暴来临前关闭，政府雇员大多在家工作。官员们派出一些罐式车到街道和高速公路上抽水。但是一些地方水位较高，淹没了房屋，迫使人们逃离居所。周二晚上，一些人睡在被水淹了的车里。一名70岁的老人在洪水冲走他的车辆时死亡。
Khatm al-Shakla, an area near Al Ain in Abu Dhabi, saw 254 millimeters of rain Tuesday, the most anywhere in the country, officials said.
官方称，阿布扎比艾因附近的Khatm Al - shakla地区周二的降雨量为254毫米，是该国降雨量最多的地区。
Rain is unusual in the UAE, but it does happen at times during the cooler winter months. Many roads and other areas lack pump, piping, or other systems to deal with heavy rainfall.
在阿联酋，下雨是不常见的，但在较冷的冬季，有时会下雨。许多道路和地区缺乏水泵、管道或其它系统应对暴雨。
In neighboring Oman, at least 19 people were killed in heavy rains in recent days, the country's National Committee for Emergency Management said. That includes some 10 schoolchildren and an adult in a vehicle caught in flood waters.
在邻国阿曼，该国国家应急管理委员会称，最近几天至少有19人在暴雨中丧生，其中包括大约10名学童和一名成年人，他们乘坐的车辆被洪水淹没。
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