暴雨袭击了中国北方

Thunderstorms have struck northern China, bringing heavy rain and causing traffic chaos. Downpours battered the cities of Beijing and Zhengzhou, along with the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
雷暴袭击了中国北方，带来了暴雨并造成交通混乱。倾盆大雨袭击了北京市、郑州市以及内蒙古自治区。

Heavy rain pelted Beijing from around 10 pm on Tuesday, ending what had earlier been a sunny day. Hail fell in some parts of the Chinese capital.
星期二的时候，北京从晚上10点钟左右就开始下起暴雨，第二天早些时候雨就停了，阳光明媚。中国首都一些地区还下起了冰雹。

The thunderstorm was heaviest in Beijing's central and southern districts, which saw an average of 9 millimeters of rain.
北京中心城区和南部城区的雷暴是最大的，平均降水量为9毫米。

Meteorological authorities issued this year's first hail alert, as well as a severe rainstorm alert.
气象局发布了今年第一个冰雹预警信号，以及严重的暴雨预警信号。

This time of year typically sees Beijing hit by storms, strong winds and brief, but heavy, rainfall.
每年的这个时候北京一般会遭到暴雨、强风以及短时的强降雨。

The latest round of storms also battered Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province.
最新一轮的暴风雨还袭击了河南省会郑州。

The rain only lasted half an hour, but caused traffic jams and havoc for pedestrians and commuters.
这场雨只持续了半个小时，但却造成了交通阻塞、瘫痪，影响了行人和通勤者。

Zhengzhou motorist said, "I thought I would be okay, but a bus came by causing water to splash into my car's exhaust and now my car's broken down."
郑州的汽车驾驶员表示：“我觉得我本来应该没事的，但是一辆公车经过，把水溅入我的车的排气装置，现在我的车抛锚了。”

An hour after the rain stopped, roads remained inundated with water due to slow drainage.
雨停之后的一个钟头，由于排水缓慢，道路仍然被水浸。

In north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, rain-triggered floods destroyed a bridge on the Jining-Tongliao Railway. Almost 4-thousand passengers were stranded on five stalled trains late on Monday.
在中国北方的内蒙古自治区，大雨引发的洪涝破坏了集宁至通辽铁路的一座桥。周一晚些时候，将近4000名乘客被困在5辆滞留的火车上。

Most of the passengers were transported by car to their destinations or other train stations nearby.
大多数乘客乘汽车前往目的地或者附近其它火车站。