About two million people in the Chilean capital Santiago have been left without drinking water after sanitation plants were contaminated by muddy flood waters. From there, is Gideon Long.
由于净水处理厂被带有淤泥的洪水污染而没有饮用水，智利首都圣地亚哥大约二百万人离开了这座城市。Gideon Long从圣地亚哥报道。
The flood sent tons of mud flowing down rivers forcing the closure of the plants. As a result, some 600,000 families in Santiago, around a third of the city’s population have been left without water. The authorities have been distributing emergency supplies from tankers. People rushed out to buy bottled water and restaurants have been forced to close. Santiago citizens have been told only to use hospitals if they really need to. The problem could hardly have come at a worse time. This is the middle of the Chilean summer when temperatures regularly top 30℃.
洪水顺流而下裹挟着成吨的淤泥，迫使工厂关闭，造成圣地亚哥大约60万家庭(近三分之一该市人口)无水可喝，不得不弃城而去。当局已用水箱分配紧张供应水。人们冲向商店，购买瓶装水，饭店不得不关门停业。圣地亚哥市民们被告之，如果确实需要，他们才能住进医院。无水问题偏偏在最为糟糕的时期出现，现在是智利的夏季，温度通常高达30℃。
