Ngo-Agasti 9 (Reuters) -Iintsalela zesaqhwithi i-Debby zibangele izikhukula ezisemantla ePennsylvania nakumazantsi e-New York state ezishiye abantu abaninzi bevaleleke kumakhaya abo ngoLwesihlanu, abasemagunyeni bathi.
Abantu abaliqela bahlangulwa ngesikhephe kunye neehelikopta kuwo wonke lo mmandla njengoko uDebby wayetyhutyha loo ndawo, elahla ii-intshi ezininzi zemvula kumhlaba owawusele umanziswe ekuqaleni kwale veki.
“Siye sahlangula abantu abangaphezu kwama-30 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye sisaqhubeka sigqogqa indlu ngendlu,” utshilo uBill Goltz, umphathi wezomlilo eWestfield, ePennsylvania, enabemi abali-1,100. Siyayishiya idolophu. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, akukabikho mntu ubhubhileyo okanye wenzakala, kodwa iidolophu ezikufutshane zinabantu abalahlekileyo.
INkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe yakhupha izilumkiso malunga nenkanyamba kulo mmandla. I-Debby, ethotyiweyo ukusuka kwisaqhwithi ukuya kuxinzelelo lwangoLwesine, yazala amajikijolo abulalayo kwangoko evekini kwaye bekulindeleke ukuba aqhubeke nokwenza oko ngaphambi kokuba kubhubhe elwandle emva kwemini ngoMgqibelo.
Iirhuluneli zasePennsylvania naseNew York zikhuphe izibhengezo zentlekele kunye nezingxamiseko ukuba zikhulule izixhobo zokunceda imimandla ekumantla ePennsylvania nakumazantsi eNew York apho izikhukula zishiye abantu bexakiwe kwaye befuna ukuhlangulwa.
I-NWS ikhuphe izilumkiso zezandyondyo kunye neewotshi zenkanyamba kwiindawo ezithile ezisuka elunxwemeni lwaseGeorgia ukuya eVermont, njengoko isaqhwithi sasihamba sisuka kumntla-mpuma ngeemayile ezingama-35 (56 km) ngeyure, ngokukhawuleza kakhulu kunangaphambili evekini.
IDebby, isaqhwithi ebesihamba kancinci evekini, siye sanetha imvula kangangeesentimitha ezingama-63 kuhambo oluya ngasemantla yaza yabulala abantu abasibhozo ubuncinane.
Ukususela ekubeni yenze i-landfall yayo yokuqala njengeNkanyamba ye-1 kwi-Gulf Coast yaseFlorida ngoMvulo, i-Debby iye yantywila amakhaya kunye neendlela, kwaye yanyanzeliswa ukufuduka kunye nokuhlangula kwamanzi njengoko ihamba ngokukhawuleza kwi-Seaboard yaseMpuma.
Inkonzo yemozulu iye yanikela iingxelo zezaqhwithi ezimbalwa ukususela ngoLwesine. Kwi-Brown Summit, eNorth Carolina, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-80 (iikhilomitha ezili-130) kumantla ntshona eRaleigh, ixhego elineminyaka engama-78 ubudala labulawa xa umthi wawa kwikhaya lakhe elihambahambayo, iNBC yomanyano iWXII yaxela, icaphula umthetho.
Ngaphambili, i-twister yabulala indoda xa indlu yayo yawa eWilson County kwimpuma yeNorth Carolina. Wonakalise izindlu ezili-10 ubuncinane, icawa kunye nesikolo.
Emantla naseMazantsi eCarolina ziye zabethwa kakhulu yimvula enkulu kaDebby.
Kwidolophu yaseMzantsi Carolina yaseMoncks Corner, amaqela okuhlangula amanzi akhawulezayo ahlanganiswa ngolwesiHlanu njengesikhukula esiyingozi sokukhupha abantu ngenkani kunye nokuvalwa kohola wendlela.
Ekuqaleni kweveki, inkanyamba yabetha iMoncks Corner, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-80 kumantla eCharleston, ibetha iimoto yaza yatshabalalisa ivenkile yokutyela.
EBarre, eVermont, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-11 kumzantsi mpuma wedolophu enkulu iMontpelier, uRick Dente uchithe intsasa yakhe ekhusela iitela zeplastiki phezu kophahla kwaye ejikeleze iingcango ngeengxowa zesanti kwivenkile yosapho lwakhe, iMarike yaseDente.
I-Vermont, ephantsi kwemeko yonxunguphalo lwe-federal, sele ijongene nokubulawa kwezivunguvungu ezivela kwinkqubo eyahlukileyo ehlambulule iindlela, izindlu ezonakalisiweyo kunye nemilambo edibeneyo kunye nemifudlana yamanzi.
Iintsalela zeDebby zinokuzisa enye i-intshi ezi-3 (7.6 cm) okanye ngaphezulu kwemvula, isevisi yemozulu yatsho.
“Sinexhala,” watsho uDente, ecinga ngevenkile ebikwintsapho ukususela ngowe-1907, yaye ebeqhuba ukususela ngowe-1972.
Uthi: “Ngalo lonke ixesha kunetha imvula. Ndiba nexhala ngalo lonke ixesha xa kunetha.
Sinokubonelela ngenzwa yemitha ye-radar ebambe ngesandla ekwazi ukubeka iliso kwisantya sokuhamba kwamanzi ngexesha langempela, nceda ucofe umfanekiso ukuze ufumane iinkcukacha.
Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-14-2024