Forecasters in the United States say Monday was the world's hottest day on record.

美国气象预报员称，周一是全球有记录以来最热的一天。

And it had bad timing too because another storm that hit this part of the world days before Dennis arrived, so the ground was already soaked with rain likely making the flooding caused by Dennis even worse.

而且其时机也很糟糕，因为在丹尼斯风暴到来的几天前，另一场风暴也袭击了这一地区，因此早已被雨水浸透的土地很可能会使丹尼斯风暴造成的洪灾更加严重。