The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool.

近来的雨水把那条瀑布搅成了泥水漩涡。

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Where 50-kilogram king salmon once fought their way up waterfalls to lay their eggs in gravel beds, there now are only concrete walls holding back still water and deep beds of muddy deposits.

50公斤重的大马哈鱼王曾经奋力爬上瀑布，把卵产在砾石床上，现在只有混凝土墙挡住静止的水和深深的泥床。

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Few will soon forget the footage of a 30ft wave, churning like an angry beast up the shore - cars, boats and even entire houses, some of them aflame, tossed in its muddy intensity.

人们不会很快忘记这样的镜头：30英尺高的巨浪就像一头愤怒的野兽奔腾上岸，汽车、船只乃至整幢房屋(其中有的正在燃烧)被混浊的泥水抛来抛去。

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