华盛顿暴雨致白宫浸水网友：地铁成水帘洞

　　Powerful storms swept across the nation’s capital, inundating roadways, unleashing flash floods, and creating at least two waterfalls in the Metro system.

　　强风暴席卷美国首都，引发了洪水，淹没了道路，地铁里至少已出现了两个“瀑布”。

　　All that rain falling during the morning commute has unleashed havoc from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. to Northern Virginia. The DC Metro, which has become somewhat infamous for its summertime floods, has been hit particularly hard, with a waterfall dropping from the ceiling of the Virginia Square station in Arlington.

　　(周一)早晨通勤途中的天降大雨，在一些地区引起了“浩劫”， 从巴尔的摩到华盛顿特区再到北弗吉尼亚统统未能幸免。本就因(难以抵挡)夏季洪水而声名狼藉的华盛顿地铁系统，这次受到的冲击尤其严重：阿林顿弗吉尼亚广场站，瀑布从天花板上直泻而下。

　　Swamp status: full.

　　浸水状态：满。

　　面对声势如此浩大的洪水，CNN也感慨地用了这样一个词来形容这场暴雨：

　　史诗级!#FormatImgID_13#

　　It was anepic rainstorm that drenched the Washington area Monday. And water, which had no place to go, went where it would.

　　周一，这场史诗级的暴雨浇透了华盛顿地区。 雨水在地面无处排泄，便开始“兴风作浪”了起来。

　　It gathered force and crashed through roadway retaining walls. It gushed through the ceiling of a Metro station, showering passing rail cars. It crept into the basement of the National Archives, which had to be closed down.

　　它先积聚力量，撞破公路的护墙。它又从一个地铁站的天花板上喷涌而出，给过往的地铁车辆泼了一身水。它还潜入了国家档案馆的地下室，害得档案馆不得不因此关闭。

　　▲After extreme flooding, residents begin cleaning up and drying out (via CNN)

　　上面这段刚提到，美国国家档案馆 被暴雨给“洗”了。

　　其实遭殃的不仅档案馆，连 白宫 都进水了……

　　Heavy rains on Monday in Washington, D.C., caused minor flooding in the basement of the White House.

　　华盛顿周一遭遇暴雨，导致白宫地下室轻微积水。