高雄水患自1988年以來最嚴重
Taiwan experienced serious effects of Typhoon Gaemi during the week of July 22.
台灣在7月22日當週遭受凱米颱風的嚴重影響。
serious(adj.)嚴重的、嚴厲的、嚴肅的severe(adj.)嚴重的、嚴厲的effect(n.)效果、結果side effect副作用affect(v.)影響、對～發生作用、使～感動affection(n.)感情effective(adj.)有效的、生效的impact(n.)影響(常搭配on)
The storm hit the island hard with heavy rains, strong winds and flooding.
這場風暴帶來了大雨、強風和洪水，重創台灣。
hit(v.)襲擊hard(adv.)猛力地、辛苦地(adj.)困難的、堅硬的hardly(adv.)幾乎不
The Taipei Times reported that as of July 27 the typhoon had killed at least 7 people and had injured more than 785.
《台北時報》報導，截至7月27日，這場颱風已造成至少7人死亡，超過785人受傷。
as of~自～起、截至～
Extremely heavy rains during the storm caused flooding across the country, especially in the southern areas.
豪雨造成全國各地洪水泛濫，尤其是南部地區。
exceptionally(adv.)異常地、極端地immensely(adv.)非常地cause(v.)造成result in導致=bring about=lead toparticularly(adv.)尤其是
Floodwaters in Tainan and Kaohsiung damaged cars, homes and roads.
台南和高雄的洪水毀損車輛、房屋和道路。
damage(v.)損壞、破壞(n.)損壞、賠償金cause damage to …對～造成損害damaged(adj.)損害的
News sources have reported that the flooding in Kaohsiung was the worst the city has experienced since 1988.
報導指出，高雄的水災是自1988年以來最嚴重的一次。
Typhoon Gaemi also caused problems in the waters around Taiwan.
凱米颱風也在台灣周邊海域引發了問題。
waters(n.)水域、領海
The powerful storm sank a cargo ship off the coast of Kaohsiung on July 25 and also caused eight other incidents at sea.
7月25日，強大的風暴在高雄外海造成一艘貨輪沉沒，並造成其他八起海上事故。
sink(v.)(使)沈沒、滲透(n.)洗手槽sink in被領會、滲入off the coast of~在～沿岸、在～海域incident(n.)事件
The Taipei Times reported that the Taiwan Coast Guard was able to save three of the cargo ship’s nine crew members.
據《台北時報》報導，台灣海巡署成功救起貨輪上九名船員中的三名。
crew(n.)全體船員、機組人員staff(n.)全體員工gang(n.)一群人cabin crew空服人員a crew member機務人員crew cut平頭
In addition, the Coast Guard helped the crews of other ships that had difficulties because of the storm.
此外，海巡署也協助其他因風暴而遇到困難的船隻船員。
rescue(v.)拯救(n.)救援rescue attempt救援行動liberate(v.)救援、解救difficulty(n.)困難(常搭配in)hardship(n.)困難misfortune(n.)災難、不幸obstacle(n.)障礙have no problem doing sth.做～很順利