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Southern US states are bracing themselves for major flooding as surging waters that have inundated parts of Missouri and Illinois head south down the Mississippi river.
美國南部各州遭遇嚴重洪水，洶涌的大水淹沒了密蘇里和伊利諾斯南部的部分地區，向南流向密西西比河。
Heavy rainfall at the end of the December, the largest deluge since May 2011, has caused the Mississippi, Meramec and Missouri rivers to burst their banks.
十二月底暴雨來襲，造成密西西比、梅勒梅克和密蘇里河流決堤，是自2011年5月以來的最大洪水。
In some areas, the Mississippi is 40 feet above its flood mark, causing at least 24 deaths in several states.
在一些地區，密西西比河超過洪水標記40英尺，造成至少24人死亡。
The unusual winter flood is expected to affect people further down the Mississippi over the coming weeks, with officials in Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans among those attempting to prepare residents for expected flooding.
不同尋常的冬季洪水預計在接下來的幾周繼續影響人們，孟菲斯、維克斯堡和新奧爾良的官員試圖為預期到來的洪水做準備。
Hundreds have already been evacuated from towns in eastern Missouri.
密蘇里東部城鎮已經撤離了數百人。
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