We had streets flooding, basements flooding.
我們的街道 地下室都遭遇過洪水的襲擊
We had the canals coming up, and more or less overflowing.
運河也或多或少有過溢流
So what we did is we actually calculated how much
因此我們計算了 為了避免內(nèi)澇
extra storage we needed in the city centre
我們在市中心還需要多大的空間
just to face this problem of extra rainwater.
來儲存多余的那部分雨水
This space is big enough
這里能夠儲存
to deal with ten million litres of water,
一千萬升的水
enough to cope with the worst flood in a century.
這足以應(yīng)對百年一遇的洪災(zāi)
The whole project cost 11 million Euros,
整個項目花費了1100萬歐元
about ten million pounds.
相當(dāng)于約1000萬英鎊
But for Daniel and Rotterdam, that's a small price to pay
但丹尼爾和鹿特丹市都認(rèn)為 花這點錢
for the level of protection it brings.
就能如此有效地保護(hù)城市還是很劃算的
Rainfall events are going to increase,
強(qiáng)降水天氣將不斷增多
there are going to be more heavy showers.
將會有更多的暴雨
So over a year, we're going to have less rainfall,
接下來的一年里 降水次數(shù)雖然會下降
but it's going to come out in shorter amounts of time,
但短暫的降水過程中 雨水量會增加
in heavier rain showers.
會有更多強(qiáng)降雨