In the tsunami-devastated regions there was no food, no water, no electricity and the survivors had no communications.
在灾区，曾一度停水、断电、没有食物，幸存者和外界的联络中断。After seeing the water cut-off notice, everyone began to stock water. For now, the reserved water is enough to meet need for a whole week.
看到停水通知后大家都开始储水，目前贮备已经够一个星期使用了。Today the company a day to you, water bring inconvenience, do please understanding. Thank you!
今天公司停水一天，给各位带来不便，尽请谅解。谢谢！The county's drought will last for days, said the local water company. It is unknown when water supplies will resume.
当地自来水公司表示，县城将停水数日，恢复供水时间还不能确定。It remained unclear Sunday if Myanmar flagged its decision on the dam to China in advance, or if it acted unilaterally.
直到周日仍不清楚缅甸是否将其叫停水电站建设的决定事先通知了中方，此举亦或只是缅甸的单方面行为。Sihem, who lives with her parents and six sisters, says the electricity has been off for a month and the water off for longer.
西赫姆（Sihem）和她的6个姐妹与父母住在一起。她表示，这里停电已经有1个月了，停水时间则更长。Even the provincial government is lighting candles now just to convene, and if that's where they're at, other cities must be worse.
贵阳前几天已经大面积停电停水了，贵州省委开会都是点蜡烛了，省会尚且如此，更何况其他城市。Our residence is short of water these two days. So when my daughter and I reach home this afternoon, I let her finish her homework first.
我们的小区这两天停水。因此，当我的女儿今天下午回到家后，我第一时间让她完成家庭作业。By me, I just understand it as that there is no water coming out from the water faucet. so, if that, it just means I cann't wash to me.
而我对于停水的理解，只是理解成家里的水龙头没有水出来了。所以，如果这样子的话，对于我来说，只是代表我不能用水来洗。