It was a normal July morning in the Indian state of Assam. After finishing her chores(家务活) and eating breakfast, Gitali Phukon, a resident of the town of Gaurisagar, left her home to buy groceries. After two days of rainfall that had made the unpaved(未铺砌的，无路面的) roads muddy and slippery, the sun was shining(阳光明媚).
在印度阿萨姆邦，那本是一个平常的七月早晨。高里萨加尔镇的居民吉塔利·普孔做完家务、吃完早餐后，出门去买杂货。此前两天的降雨让土路变得泥泞湿滑，而此时阳光正明媚。
But less than an hour later, she returned home to a nightmare: the Mitong River, which runs through the town, was overflowing and water was gushing through the streets.(但不到一小时后，她回到家，面对的却是一场噩梦：流经镇上的米通河正在泛滥，洪水涌过街道。)
但不到一小时后，她回到家，面对的却是一场噩梦：流经镇上的米通河正在泛滥，洪水涌过街道。
“I could not believe my eyes(不敢相信自己的眼睛). The water came with great force(力量，威力). It quickly rose to waist level,” she says. She had seen the surrounding paddy fields(稻田) flood in the past, but never before on this scale(达到这种规模).
“我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。水势凶猛，迅速涨到了腰部，”她说。她以前见过周围的稻田被淹，但从未见过如此大规模的洪水。