Torrents of muddy water and firery debris washed away cars and buildings, flooding towns and farmland.

泥水夹带灰烬的洪流卷走汽车和建筑物，洪水在城市和乡村泛滥成灾。

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The Department has been informed that one or both of the DAMS partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at downstream locations.

我们部门收到通知，最近雨势由于强烈，木坝的一些地方爆破，在下游地方造成木屑堆积和洪灾。

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Engineering teams are reporting areas of flooding, debris on tracks, and power issues.

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Tony Stammers, the Health and Safety Officer for the trust, also said they could not put up a fence, as this could cause problems of flooding, if debris was caught in it.

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The city's Consolidated Edison utility provider said an explosion at a sub-station, probably caused by flooding or flying debris, blacked out much of Lower Manhattan.

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