Before this year, the US National Weather Service had never issued(发布) a September coastal flood advisory(沿海洪水预警) for the San Francisco Bay Area. In the past month, it has had to issue two.
在今年之前，美国国家气象局从未针对旧金山湾区发布过9月沿海洪水预警。而在过去一个月里，它不得不发布了两次。
As flood water swallowed intersections and eroded beaches up and down the California coast last week, scientists and emergency managers warned that this is just an early signal of a coming tumultuous winter as an already exceptional El Niño continues to strengthen.(上周，洪水吞没了加州沿海各地的十字路口，侵蚀了海滩。科学家和应急管理人员警告说，这只是一个即将到来的动荡冬季的早期信号，因为本已异常的厄尔尼诺现象还在继续增强。) It’s been called everything from “super” to “Godzilla”, as forecasters hammer home(反复强调) the message that conditions brewing(酝酿) in the Pacific Ocean could soon climb off the charts(突破图表上限), and fuel(助长) extreme weather around the world.
上周，洪水吞没了加州沿海各地的十字路口，侵蚀了海滩。科学家和应急管理人员警告说，这只是一个即将到来的动荡冬季的早期信号，因为本已异常的厄尔尼诺现象还在继续增强。它被称为从“超级”到“哥斯拉”的各种名号，预报员反复强调，太平洋上正在酝酿的条件可能很快就会突破图表上限，并在全球范围内助长极端天气。
Tens of millions could face food insecurity(粮食不安全), and global food prices could be pushed higher. Climate scientists have projected that by February, more than 450,000 people around the world could succumb(死亡) to spikes(飙升) in temperature linked to the strong El Niño. Yet more deaths will be caused by floods and droughts, wildfires and rain.
数千万人可能面临粮食不安全，全球食品价格可能被推高。气候科学家预测，到明年2月，全球可能有超过45万人死于与强厄尔尼诺相关的气温飙升。而洪水、干旱、野火和降雨还将导致更多死亡。
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