洛杉矶全市备战厄尔尼诺 已清理逾3.1万处排水口、消防站备沙袋
洛杉矶市长办公室10月5日宣布，面对今冬可能出现的强厄尔尼诺天气，市政府提前部署防灾：市政队伍已清理超过3.1万处雨水井与排水系统，并巡查加固山坡地与近年过火区域，已安装逾1.3万英尺的防护栏与沙袋，另在25处地点预备防护措施。
市府同时预置发电机、水泵等应急设备，消防局备妥洪水与激流救援力量，水电局在新启用的部门应急指挥中心统筹停电应对。市府提醒居民透过 NotifyLA 注册警报、清理屋顶排水沟，住在过火区或易淹地区的居民可到各消防站免费领取沙与沙袋。
Los Angeles Clears 31,000 Catch Basins and Stages Sandbags Ahead of Potentially Historic El Niño
Los Angeles announced on October 5 that it is preparing citywide for a potentially historic El Niño this winter. City crews have cleared more than 31,000 catch basins and drainage sites, inspected and reinforced vulnerable hillsides and burn scars, and installed more than 13,000 feet of K-rail and sandbags, with added protections planned at 25 locations.
The city is prepositioning generators, pumps and other emergency equipment; the Fire Department is readying flood and swift-water rescue crews, and the Department of Water and Power will run outage response from its new emergency operations center. Residents are urged to sign up for NotifyLA alerts, clean gutters and drains, and pick up free sand and sandbags at fire stations if they live near burn scars or in flood-prone areas.
图片来源：图片来源：洛杉矶雨后积水街道，Busition 摄，CC BY 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）/ Flooded street in Los Angeles after rain, photo by Busition, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
