About a year ago, we had several days of torrential rain, almost non-stop.
大约一年前，我们这里下了好几天的暴雨，几乎完全不停的那种。
torrential (大雨)倾盆的
non-stop 不停的、不间断的
My entire neighborhood got flooded.
我住的这个区域都被淹了。
entire 整个的、完全的
neighborhood 周边地区、(城镇中的)居住区/地段
be/get flooded 淹没、使充满水
The water was up to my knees, and the traffic came to a complete standstill.
水涨到了我的膝盖，交通完全瘫痪了。
up to ... 高达...
come to a standstill 停止、停顿、停滞
摘自微信公众号“杨帅英语口语”2022.05.25
