Amajoni ase-US Army of the Arizona National Guard guide abakhenkethi abanjelwe zizikhukula kwi-UH-60 Blackhawk, ngoMgqibelo, Aug. 24, 2024, kwiHavasupai Reservation eSupai, Ariz. Iingxangxasi eziya kwigwebu elimdaka ngebala lalinoburhalarhume kodwa lingaqhelekanga kwixesha lemvula lasehlotyeni kwindawo ebekelwe iHavasupai, enye yezona ndawo zikude zelizwekazi lase-US elitsala abakhenkethi kwihlabathi liphela.
Kodwa ngeli xesha ingxangxasi yamanzi eyathumela amakhulu abantu abanyuk’ intaba bemka besiya kumhlaba ophakamileyo - abanye bengaphakathi kwiindonga nakwimiqolomba ekwindonga yomwonyo—yajika yaba yingozi. Owasetyhini wakhukuliswa waya kuMlambo iColorado ngaphakathi kweGrand Canyon, echukumisa inzame yokukhangela kunye nokusindisa iintsuku ezibandakanya iNkonzo yePaki yeSizwe kwindawo ekhethekileyo engaphaya kokufikelela kwiiselfowuni, ngaphakathi kwimiwonyo yentlango efikeleleka kuphela ngeenyawo, imeyile okanye ngeehelikopta. Kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-19 (iikhilomitha ezingama-30) ezantsi komsinga, iqela lokuzonwabisa lomlambo-rafting liya kusombulula ukukhangela. Emva koko, abasindileyo kunye nabahlanguli babambelele kumabali entlungu ekwabelwana ngayo, ukubonga kunye nentlonipho yamanzi ajika abe nobundlobongela obungalindelekanga.
Imvula yokuqala, kwalandela isiphithiphithi
Usuku lwezandyondyo zemvula lwaqala ngaphambi kokuba kuthi qheke ukusa kubakhweli abehla kumwonyo oluhlaza kuhambo oluziikhilomitha ezili-8 (iikhilomitha ezili-13) kwindlela yokubuyela umva ukuya kwilali esembindini wogcino lwaseHavasupai.
Ukusuka apho, abakhenkethi bahamba besiya kwiindawo zabo zoluhlu lweebhakethi-uthotho lweengxangxasi ezinkulu kunye nebala lenkampu elisecaleni komlambo. Amanzi alo mwonyo adla ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka atsala abakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela.
Ugqirha womzimba uHanna St. Denis, oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala, wahamba esuka eLos Angeles ukuya kubona imimangaliso yendalo kuhambo lwakhe lokuqala lokupakisha ubusuku bonke, kunye nomhlobo wakhe, ebetha umzila ngaphambi kokusa kweLwesine edlulileyo kwaye wafikelela ekugqibeleni kwiingxangxasi ezintathu ezinomfanekiso emini.
Yafika imvula. Ngaphantsi kweeNgxangxasi zeBeaver, indadi yabona umsinga okhawulezayo. Amanzi aqalisa ukuntshula kwiindonga ze-canyon, esusa amatye njengoko umlambo ujika umbala wetshokolethi kwaye udumbile.
“Kwakuyindlela yokucotha ukuba ibe mdaka emacaleni kwaye ibe banzi, emva koko saphuma apho,” utshilo uSt. Denis. Yena nabanye abakhweli bakhwela ileli ukuya kumhlaba ophakamileyo kungekho ndlela yokuhla njengoko amanzi ayenyuka. "Sasibukele imithi emikhulu ikhutshwa ngeengcambu, emhlabeni."
Wayengenayo indlela yokufowunela uncedo okanye abone kufutshane nomwonyo olandelayo.
Kwibala lenkampu elikufuphi, uMichael Langer oneminyaka engama-55 ubudala waseFountain Hills, eArizona, waphawula ukuba amanzi ethontsiza kumwonyo evela kwezinye iindawo.
“Kwimizuzwana elishumi emva koko, kwafika ilungu lesizwe libaleka kwiinkampu enkampini likhwaza, 'Izantyalantyala zemvula, kukhutshwa ngokukhawuleza, balekelani kwindawo ephakamileyo,'” uLanger wabalisa.
Kufuphi, iMooney Falls edumayo iye yakhula yaya kutsho ngokoyikekayo, njengoko abakhweli ababemanzi te bethontelana ukuya kwishelufu ephakamileyo begxalathelana kwii crannies.
Iimpawu zoxinzelelo
Ngentsimbi ye-1:30 emva kwemini amagosa eGrand Canyon National Park emelene nelizwe laseHavasupai aqalisa ukufumana iminxeba yonxunguphalo evela kwizixhobo eziqhagamshelwe ngesathelayithi ezinokudlulisa izilumkiso zeSOS, imiyalezo ebhaliweyo kunye neefowuni zelizwi apho iiselfowuni zingangeni khona.
“Ubuncinane balo mwonyo, kunzima kakhulu ukukhupha unxibelelwano; bekungekho nakuphi na ukuqonda okucacileyo malunga nobungakanani bobomi bomntu obulahlekileyo okanye ukwenzakala ekuqaleni,” utshilo uJoelle Baird, isithethi sepaki.
Ipaki ibambene neengxelo ezigqithisileyo zokwenzakala kwabantu abaninzi kodwa yaqinisekisa isiganeko esothusayo. Abakhweli ababini - umyeni nenkosikazi - bakhukuliswe sisikhukula njengoko babehamba kufutshane nendawo apho iHavasu Creek igalela khona kuMlambo iColorado.
Nge-4 pm, ikhefu kwimozulu yavumela ipaki ukuba ithumele i-helicopter kwaye iququzelele i-patrol yomhlaba ngokukhawuleza kwindawo, kusho uBaird.
U-Andrew Nickerson, umyeni, walandwa ngobo busuku liqela elalirhuqa umgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-450 (iikhilomitha ezingama-450) zomlambo onqumla kwiGrand Canyon.
"Ndandiyimizuzwana yokufa xa umntu ongamaziyo etsiba kwisihlenga somlambo kwaye wabeka ubomi bakhe emngciphekweni ngaphandle kokuthandabuza ukundihlangula kumanzi alwayo," uNickerson wabhala kamva kumajelo asekuhlaleni.
Umfazi wakhe, u-Chenoa Nickerson, oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala, wakhukuliseka kwijelo eliphambili lomlambo kwaye akaziwa. Ibhulethi yokukhangela yaphuma ngoLwesihlanu i-brunette engekho, inde inamehlo aluhlaza. Njengoninzi lwabakhweli eHavasupai, wayenganxibanga ibhatyi yobomi.
Ixesha lesikhukula
Isazi ngemozulu sase-Arizona State u-Erinanne Saffell uthe izandyondyo zemvula ezityhutyha umwonyo zazinzima kodwa azifani, nangaphandle kokuthathela ingqalelo ubushushu behlabathi obubangelwa ngabantu obukhokelele kwimozulu egqithisileyo.
“Yinxalenye yexesha lethu leemonsoon kwaye imvula iyehla kwaye ayinandawo yokuya, kwaye ke inokuhamba kwaye ibangele umonakalo omkhulu kubantu abasendleleni,” utshilo.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-02-2024