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Here are the latest developments:
以下是災情的最新進展：
The system that was once Hurricane Florence, and which has killed at least 10 people in North Carolina and six in South Carolina,
造成了北卡至少10人死亡，南卡至少6人死亡的佛羅倫薩颶風
has been downgraded to a tropical depression, with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles an hour.
如今已經降級為熱帶低壓，持續風速最高每小時35英里（約56公里）。
The center of the depression is over central South Carolina and moving west.
目前，低壓中心正位于南卡羅來納州中部上空，并將向西移動。
Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city, is expected to see significant rainfall, and a flash-flood watch is in effect through Monday.
北卡最大城市夏洛特預計將出現明顯降雨，該市周一已經發布了暴洪警報。
More evacuations were ordered across inland parts of North Carolina,
北卡內陸地區仍在繼續發布疏散令，
even as some evacuation orders were lifted across South Carolina, including areas along the coast,
而南卡則解除了一些地區——包括沿海地區在內——的疏散令，
and residents began to make their way home to assess damage.
居民們也開始返家評估損失了。
About 15,000 people were in shelters across North Carolina by Sunday afternoon, while the number had fallen to about 1,200 in South Carolina.
截至周日下午，北卡暫住避難所的人數已升至1.5萬人左右，南卡的人數則降至了1200人左右。
North Carolina’s rainfall record from a tropical system already has been broken, with more than 30 inches of rain falling on Swansboro, N.C.,
熱帶風暴引發的降雨量在北卡創下了新高，紐約州斯萬斯伯勒的降雨量足足有30多英寸，
which surpassed the previous record set during Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
一舉打破了1999年弗洛伊德颶風創下的記錄。
But Mr. Cooper said Florence’s strongest bands of rain were still pouring 2 or 3 inches an hour into some areas.
但庫珀先生說，佛羅倫薩最強的降雨圈仍在部分地區以每小時2-3英寸的速度下著大雨。
Pastors and parishioners across the Carolinas prayed and participated in relief efforts on Sunday as the heavens opened for the fifth straight day.
周日，天氣連續放晴五天之后，南北卡的牧師和教區居民們紛紛進行了祈禱，并加入了救援工作。
Although more than one million utility customers were reported to be without power in the region on Saturday,
盡管周六該地區有超過一百萬的住宅和商鋪報告用不上電，
according to the Department of Energy, officials said there had been some successes in restoring service on Sunday.
據能源部消息，官方表示周日已經恢復了部分線路。
“We still continue to see heavy rainfalls in both states,”
“接下來南北卡兩州仍將有暴雨，”
Jeff Byard, associate administrator for response and recovery at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said of North and South Carolina.
聯邦緊急事務管理局應急恢復部副主任杰夫·拜德說到。
“We want citizens to follow state and local warnings. There is a tremendous amount of flooding.”
“我們希望大家能遵守州和地方的警告。洪災泛濫的地方還非常多。”
The authorities at all levels of government set into motion a vast response plan that included thousands of National Guard soldiers and scores of aircraft.
各級政府已經啟動了一項龐大的應急計劃，調動了數千名國民警衛隊士兵和數十架飛機。
The Army Corps of Engineers was monitoring federal dams, helping with rescues, and deploying pumps and portable barriers.
陸軍工兵部隊正在監視聯邦水壩，幫助救援，部署水泵和便攜式防洪欄。
Specialized search-and-rescue teams from places as far as Nevada and New York were deployed throughout the region.
災區各地甚至還部署了從內華達，紐約等地遠道而來的專業搜救小組。
Yet the potential crisis points were widespread on Sunday,
然而，周日，面臨險情危機的地方仍普遍存在，
and emergency workers could only try to keep up in places like Fayetteville, one of North Carolina’s largest cities, where torrential rains fell Sunday.
而緊急救援人員只能努力保持周日遭遇暴雨的北卡最大城市之一費耶特維爾等地的救援工作。
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