[(Title)] Longtime Iowa sportscaster killed as rain swamps Des Moines, Iowa

A longtime Iowa sportscaster has died in flash flooding in Des Moines amid heavy rain that forced the evacuation of some homes and businesses in one suburb.

在得梅因暴雨导致的洪灾中，爱荷华州一位体育主持人死亡，这场暴雨迫使一个郊区的家庭和企业撤离。

Police said 66-year-old Larry Cotlar died Saturday when he was swept away in floodwater after his van stalled on a flooded north Des Moines street. Cotlar had worked as the voice of Drake University's teams since 2005.

警方说，66岁的拉里·科特拉上周六去世，当时他被洪水冲走。他的面包车停靠在一个洪水泛滥的得梅因街上，科特拉自2005年起担任德雷克大学队的发言人。

Drake athletics director Briand Hardin said he respected Cotlar's work and who he was.

德雷克田径总监白里安·哈丁说他很尊重科特拉的工作以及他这个人。

"We all had the utmost respect — not just for Larry's talent, but for the kind of quality person and colleague he was. Larry was loyal, passionate and tireless," Hardin said.

哈丁说：“我们都非常尊重 - 不仅仅是为了拉里的才能，而是因为他是那种崇高的人和同事。拉里是忠诚的，热情的和不知疲倦的，“哈丁说。 

Witnesses told police Cotlar was swept away as he got out of his stalled van. His body was found nearly four hours later, several blocks away.

目击者告诉警方，科特勒离开他停车的货车时被冲走了。 将近四个小时后，他的尸体被发现时，已经隔了好几个街区。

The flooding was fueled by 3 to 8 inches (7.5 to 20 centimeters) of rain that fell across the Des Moines area Saturday night. Homes and businesses along Walnut Creek in the suburb of Clive had to be evacuated.

周六晚，得梅因地区的遭遇3到8英寸（7.5到20厘米）的降水，引发了洪水。 克莱夫郊区核桃溪沿岸的家庭和企业不得不撤离。

Some streets remained blocked Sunday morning.

后日早上,一些街道仍然被堵住了.

In the suburb of Urbandale, residents of a duplex escaped shortly before an explosion from a ruptured gas line leveled their home after the basement flooded.

在Urbandale郊区，在地下室被洪水淹没之后，一条双层汽车的居民在爆裂后的天然气管线爆炸前不久逃过一劫，他们家园被夷为平地。

"It flushed me and my wife to the point we thought we were gone. We managed to get to the ceiling and get air," Shane Rhoades told the Des Moines Register. "My wife found a window over here and we swam out, got our three children out."

“它把我和妻子都冲到我们认为我们已经活不成了，我们设法到达天花板并呼吸空气，”Shane Rhoades告诉得梅因登记处说，“我妻子在这里找到了一扇窗户，我们游了出来，把我们三个孩子弄出去了。”

The area is getting some relief. The National Weather Service predicts that Thursday will be the next chance for rain. But rivers and reservoirs in the area are already full and may continue rising in the days ahead.

国家气象局预测，星期四将迎来下一轮降水的，但是该地区的河流和水库已经满了，可能在今后几天还会继续增加。

The Army Corps of Engineers predicts that the reservoir that protects Des Moines from Des Moines River flooding will crest next weekend at a level above the lip of the concrete emergency spillway.

陆军工程兵团预测，保护得梅因不受得梅因河洪水影响的水库将在下周末达到超过具体紧急溢出线的水平。

Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie said the city doesn't expect any uncontrolled flood releases from the reservoir.

得梅因市长弗兰克·科尼说，该市不希望水库中释放出任何不受控制的洪水。