巴爾幹地區洪災

Floods in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia have killed at least 37 people and left tens of thousands homeless.
波黑、克羅地亞和塞爾維亞發生水災，造成至少37人死亡，數萬人流離失所。

Much of the region remains under water Monday as rescue and evacuation efforts continue.
災區大部分地段星期一仍被水淹，救援和疏散工作正在繼續進行。

Many people have crammed into boats and army trucks to escape the water. Much of the region has no electricity.
爲了躲避洪水，很多人擠在船上和軍用卡車裏。很多地區斷電。

The floods have caused more than 2,000 landslides and are uncovering mines left over from the Balkan wars of the early 1990s.
洪水引起兩千多起滑坡，上世紀90年代初戰爭遺留的一些地雷露出地面。

Russian cargo planes and helicopters from the European Union are helping with the relief efforts.
俄羅斯的貨運飛機和歐盟的直升機參加了救援行動。

Experts say the jet stream stalled a huge front over the Balkans, dumping about four months' worth of rain in just a few days.
專家說，這股高速氣流使巴爾幹正面地區陷於停頓。幾天來的降雨相當於四個月的降水量。

Pope Francis is asking the world to pray for victims of the worst flooding to hit the Balkans in more than a century. Francis told his weekly Sunday audience at the Vatican that he feels personal closeness to those living through pain and trouble.
羅馬天主教皇方濟各呼籲世界各國爲巴爾幹地區的水災受害者祈禱。他在每週一次的梵蒂岡講話中說，他對陷於困境的巴爾幹災民深感同情。