Heavy rain at the desert festival "Burning Man" Thousands of people stranded Nevada, USA (2023/09/04)- Easy News

砂漠の祭典「バーニングマン」で豪雨　数千人が立ち往生　アメリカ・ネバダ州(2023年9月4日)

Heavy rain at the desert festival "Burning Man" Thousands of people stranded Nevada, USA (2023/09/04)

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アメリカ・ネバダ州で行われる砂漠の祭典「バーニングマン」を季節外れの豪雨が襲い、数千人が立ち往生しています。　
The "Burning Man" desert festival held in Nevada, USA encountered unseasonably heavy rain, leaving thousands of people stranded.
「バーニングマン」は砂漠の真ん中で1週間ほどテントで暮らす野外フェスティバルで、セレブにも人気ということもあり、今年は約7万人が集まりました。　
“Burning Man” is an outdoor festival where people live in tents for about a week in the middle of the desert and is popular with celebrities, with about 70,000 people attending this year.
まもなくフィナーレを迎える予定でしたが、1日から2日にかけて平年3カ月分に相当する20ミリの雨となり、砂漠が泥に変わって数千人が身動きが取れなくなっています。　
The final night was scheduled to be held in a short time but from the 1st to the 2nd, but heavy rain with 20 mm of rain, equivalent to 3 months of normal rain, turned the desert into mud and thousands of people were stuck in place.
豪雨のなか、1人が死亡したほか、10キロメートルほど歩いて避難する人もいて、主催者は食料を分け合いパニックにならないように呼び掛けています。　
In the torrential rain, one person died and others had to walk 10 kilometers to evacuate, and organizers are urging people to share food and not panic. 　
先月、カリフォルニア州では26年ぶりに熱帯低気圧が上陸するなど、気候変動の影響でアメリカ西部は異常気象となっています。
Last month, the American West saw unusual weather due to the effects of climate change, such as the first tropical storm to make landfall in California in 26 years.

アメリカ・ネバダ州で行われる砂漠の祭典「バーニングマン」を季節外れの豪雨が襲い、数千人が立ち往生しています。　

数

Several, a number of; number, numeral, figure; destiny, fate; law

砂漠

Desert

州

Sandbank, sandbar

人

Person

千

1,000, thousand

季節外れ

Unseasonable, out of season

豪雨

Torrential rain, heavy rain, cloudburst, downpour

祭典

Festival

立ち往生

bring to a standstill, stalling, stranding

ネバダ

Nevada
「バーニングマン」は砂漠の真ん中で1週間ほどテントで暮らす野外フェスティバルで、セレブにも人気ということもあり、今年は約7万人が集まりました。　

人気

Sign of life, human presence; humanity, humaneness

集まり

Gathering, meeting, assembly, collection, attendance

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

暮らす

To live, to get along; to spend (time)

砂漠

Desert

週間

Week, weekly

テント

Tent

人

Person

今年

This year

万

Many, all

真ん中

Middle, centre, center, mid-way

フェスティバル

Festival (esp. music, film, etc.)

野外

outdoors, outside, open air; fields, outskirts, suburbs

セレブ

wealthy socialite, celebrity
まもなくフィナーレを迎える予定でしたが、1日から2日にかけて平年3カ月分に相当する20ミリの雨となり、砂漠が泥に変わって数千人が身動きが取れなくなっています。　

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

迎える

To go out to meet; to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to reach, to approach, to enter (a phase, era, etc.); to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for, to summon, to invite; to approach (a certain time, a point in one''s life, etc.)

予定

Plans, arrangement, schedule, program, programme, expectation, estimate

泥

Mud, slush, (wet) dirt, mire; thief

分

Part, segment, share, ration; rate; degree, one''s lot, one''s status, relation, duty, kind, lot; in proportion to, just as much as

数

Several, a number of; number, numeral, figure; destiny, fate; law

砂漠

Desert

相当

Befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable; considerable, substantial; to be worthy of, to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.), to be equivalent; extremely, considerably

人

Person

雨

Rain

千

1,000, thousand

カ月

(number of) months

にかけて

Till, to, over (a period), through (e.g. monday through thursday), about (approx. time or place), on; concerning (an area of expertise); to swear by (one''s sword, god, etc.)

身動き

Moving about, stirring about

平年

Non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
豪雨のなか、1人が死亡したほか、10キロメートルほど歩いて避難する人もいて、主催者は食料を分け合いパニックにならないように呼び掛けています。　

者

Person

死亡

Death, mortality; to die, to pass away

食料

Food

人

Person

パニック

Panic

避難

Taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape

豪雨

Torrential rain, heavy rain, cloudburst, downpour

主催

Sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one''s auspices), promotion, organizing, organising, hosting, staging
先月、カリフォルニア州では26年ぶりに熱帯低気圧が上陸するなど、気候変動の影響でアメリカ西部は異常気象となっています。

熱帯

Tropics

異常

Strangeness, abnormality, disorder

影響

Influence, effect; to influence, to affect, to have an influence on, to impact, to have an effect on

気候

Climate

州

Sandbank, sandbar

気圧

Atmospheric pressure

上陸

Landing, disembarkation, landfall

気象

Weather, climate; disposition, temperament

先月

Last month

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

変動

Change, fluctuation

カリフォルニア

California

西部

Western part, the west (of a region), the west (i.e. of the us)