- Here, in the American West,
在美国西部地区 - storms can strike with devastating force.
暴风雨会带来灾难性的影响 - After ten months of drought,
十个月的干旱以后 - millions of tonnes of water
百万吨降水 - are dumped on the land in under an hour.
在一小时内倾泻而下 - Over millions of years,
数百万年来 - sand and gravel carried by the rampaging floods
挟带着砂石的湍急洪水