这次危机始于7月底，当时大雨导致巴基斯坦西北部的主要河流决堤，使洪水沿着印度河南下。

The crisis began in late July when heavy rain caused major rivers in northern Pakistan to burst their Banks and send floodwaters southward along the Indus river.

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我国南方一带上周突降暴雨，导致河流决堤，暴雨引发的山体滑坡致使公路和铁路系统中断，已造成至少132人死亡，86人失踪。

Heavy rain across a swathe of southern China over the last week has killed at least 132 people and left 86 missing, as rivers broke their Banks and landslides cut off road and rail links.

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具有讽刺意味的是，泄洪加剧了城市河流的决堤。

With cruel irony, the overflow has helped to burst the river's Banks in the city.

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