全国五分之一地区被水淹没。

One fifth of the country was under water.

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同时，打击最严重的日本东北大部分地区仍然被水淹没，整个居民区已经被泥和残骸掩埋。

Meanwhile, much of northeastern Japan, which was hardest-hit, is still under water, and entire neighborhoods have been buried by mud and debris.

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洪水淹没了低洼的郊区，没过了停泊着的渡轮和停车场的汽车，把布里斯班的商业区变成了一座无人的城镇。

The waters swamped low-lying suburbs, tore ferries from their moorings and cars from their parking bays, and turned Brisbane’s business district into a ghost town.

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