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Paradise in peril. As the world battles a pandemic, large swaths of the African continent have been submerged by floods.

天堂岌岌可危。当全世界都在与疫情作斗争时，非洲大陆大片地区被洪水淹没了。

This is the scene in the eastern Ugandan city of Jinja along the shores of lake Victoria.

这是乌干达东部金贾市维多利亚湖沿岸的场景。

Since march flooding has left more than 400 people dead in east Africa.

自三月以来，东非洪水已造成四百多人死亡。

In Uganda catholic relief services estimates that as many as 580 000 people are affected,

在乌干达，天主教救援机构估计，多达58万人受到影响，

from nice lakeshore homes in Kampala to small farms along the Kenya border.

从坎帕拉风景优美的湖边住宅到肯尼亚边境沿线的小农场都未能幸免。

And you're a smallholder farmer who normally benefits from farming on a riverbank.

小农户通常只能从在河岸耕种中获益。

And suddenly there's this raging flash flood that comes down the hills and mountains, because of this very intense rainfall, you know, you lose everything.

突然间，由于这场异常猛烈的降雨，从山上倾泻而下一场汹涌的山洪，一切都被冲走了。

In the town of Jinja, radio host and environmental activist John Hillary says flooding doesn't just destroy homes, it ruins the very fabric that holds society together.

在金贾市，电台主持人兼环保活动家约翰·希拉里（John Hillary）表示， 洪水不仅摧毁了房屋，还摧毁了将社会团结在一起的结构。

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