Nge-9 ka-Agasti (Reuters) – Iintsalela zesiphepho iDebby zibangele izikhukula ezikhawulezileyo kumantla ePennsylvania nakumazantsi eNew York state ezishiye abantu abaninzi bevaleleke emakhayeni abo ngoLwesihlanu, batsho abasemagunyeni.
Abantu abaliqela bahlangulwe ngesikhephe nangeehelikopta kulo lonke eli phondo njengoko uDebby wayebaleka ngesantya esiphezulu kulo mmandla, echitha iisentimitha ezimbalwa zemvula emhlabeni owawusele umanzi ukususela ekuqaleni kwale veki.
“Sele sihlangule abantu abangaphezu kwama-30 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye siyaqhubeka nokukhangela indlu ngendlu,” utshilo uBill Goltz, umphathi womlilo eWestfield, ePennsylvania, enabemi abayi-1,100. “Siyaphuma kule dolophu. Okwangoku, asikabikho bantu bafayo okanye benzakeleyo. Kodwa iidolophu ezikufutshane zinabantu abalahlekileyo.”
I-National Weather Service ikhuphe izilumkiso zenkanyamba kule ndawo. UDebby, ohlulwe yinkanyamba esuka kwisiphepho esishushu waya kwingxinano ngoLwesine, ubangele iinguqu ezibulalayo ekuqaleni kweveki kwaye bekulindeleke ukuba aqhubeke nokwenza njalo ngaphambi kokuba ivuthuze elwandle ngoMgqibelo emva kwemini.
Abalawuli basePennsylvania naseNew York bakhuphe izibhengezo zentlekele kunye nongxamiseko ukuze kukhululwe izixhobo zokunceda iindawo ezikumntla wePennsylvania nakumzantsi weNew York apho izikhukula zequbuliso zishiye abantu bengenanto kwaye bedinga ukuhlangulwa.
I-NWS ikhuphe izilumkiso zezikhukula kunye noonogada beenkanyamba kwiindawo ezithile ukusuka kunxweme lwaseGeorgia ukuya eVermont, njengoko isiphepho sasisiya emantla-mpuma ngesantya seemayile ezingama-35 (56 km) ngeyure, ngokukhawuleza kakhulu kunangaphambili kweveki.
IDebby, isivuthuvuthu esihamba kancinci phantse iveki yonke, iwise imvula efikelela kwi-25 intshi (63 cm) xa isiya emantla yaza yabulala ubuncinane abantu abasibhozo.
Ukususela oko yafika okokuqala njengesivuthuvuthu seSigaba 1 kwiGulf Coast yaseFlorida ngoMvulo, iDebby igubungele amakhaya neendlela, yaza yaphoqa abantu ukuba baphume kwaye yasindisa abantu ngamanzi njengoko yayinyuka kancinci inyuka iMpuma Seaboard.
Inkonzo yemozulu ivakalise iingxelo zeenkanyamba ezimbalwa ukusukela ngoLwesine. KwiBrowns Summit, eNorth Carolina, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-130 kumntla-ntshona weRaleigh, umfazi oneminyaka engama-78 ubudala ubulewe xa umthi wawela ekhayeni lakhe elihambayo, i-WXII enxulumene neNBC ibike, icaphula amapolisa.
Ngaphambili, i-twister yabulala indoda xa indlu yayo yadilika eWilson County empuma yeNorth Carolina. Yonakalise ubuncinane izindlu ezili-10, icawa kunye nesikolo.
INorth neSouth Carolina zichaphazeleke kakhulu yimvula enkulu kaDebby.
Kwidolophu yaseMoncks Corner eSouth Carolina, amaqela okuhlangula asebenza ngamanzi akhawulezayo aqokelelwe ngoLwesihlanu njengoko izikhukula eziyingozi zinyanzelise ukuba abantu baphume kwaye kuvalwe umgaqo omkhulu ophakathi kwamazwe.
Ekuqaleni kweveki, inkanyamba yavuthuza eMoncks Corner, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-80 emantla eCharleston, yajika iimoto yaza yatshabalalisa indawo yokutyela yokutya okukhawulezayo.
EBarre, eVermont, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-11 kumzantsi-mpuma wesixeko saseMontpelier, uRick Dente wachitha intsasa yakhe ebopha iithayile zeplastiki phezu kophahla kwaye ejikeleza iingcango ngeengxowa zesanti kwivenkile yakhe yosapho, iDente's Market.
IVermont, ekwimeko yongxamiseko karhulumente, sele ijongene neemvula ezininzi ezivela kwinkqubo eyahlukileyo egubungele iindlela, yonakalise amakhaya kunye nemilambo evuthuzayo kunye nemijelo enamanzi akhukulayo.
Iintsalela zeDebby zingazisa enye imvula engaphezulu kwe-intshi ezi-3 (7.6 cm) nangaphezulu, itsho njalo inkonzo yemozulu.
“Sikhathazekile,” utshilo uDente, ecinga ngevenkile ebisoloko ikho kusapho ukususela ngo-1907, kwaye ebesebenza ukusukela ngo-1972. Ngaphambili yayiyivenkile yokutya, ngoku inceda kakhulu abakhenkethi abafuna izinto zakudala kunye nezinto ezixabisekileyo.
“Ngalo lonke ixesha xa lina imvula, kuba kubi ngakumbi,” utshilo. “Ndixhalabile ngalo lonke ixesha xa lina imvula.”
Singabonelela ngesixhobo sokulinganisa ukuhamba kwamanzi esiphathwa ngesandla esinokujonga izinga lokuhamba kwamanzi ngexesha langempela, nceda ucofe umfanekiso ukuze ufumane iinkcukacha.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Agasti-14-2024