Izikhukula ezinkulu zigubungele iindawo ezisemantla eQueensland – imvula enkulu ithintele imizamo yokukhupha abantu kwindawo yokuhlala ehlaselwe ngamanzi anyukayo. Imozulu embi ebangelwa sisivuthuvuthu setropiki iJasper ithulule imvula yonyaka kwezinye iindawo. Imifanekiso ibonisa iinqwelomoya zibambeke kwindlela yeenqwelo moya yesikhululo seenqwelo moya saseCairns, kunye nengwenya eyi-2.8m ebanjwe emanzini akhukulayo e-Ingham. Abasemagunyeni barhoxisa ukukhutshwa kwabantu abangama-300 baseWujal Wujal ngenxa yeemeko ezimbi. Akukho kufa okanye abantu abalahlekileyo abaxeliweyo okwangoku. Nangona kunjalo, abasemagunyeni balindele ukuba izikhukula zibe zezona zibalaseleyo kweli lizwe, kwaye imvula enamandla kulindeleke ukuba iqhubeke iiyure ezingama-24. Amakhulu abantu ahlangulwe – izindlu ezininzi zigcwele amanzi, umbane kunye neendlela zivaliwe kwaye amanzi okusela akhuselekileyo encipha. Isixeko saseCairns sifumene imvula engaphezulu kwe-2m (7ft) ukusukela oko kwaqala umcimbi wemozulu. Isikhululo seenqwelo moya saso sivaliwe emva kokuba iinqwelomoya zivaleleke zizikhuthuzo zendlela yeenqwelo moya, nangona abasemagunyeni besithi amanzi asele ehlile. Inkulumbuso yaseQueensland uSteven Miles uxelele i-Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) ukuba intlekele yendalo “ibe yeyona imbi kakhulu endiyikhumbulayo. “Ndithethe nabantu basekuhlaleni baseCairns… kwaye bathi abakaze bayibone into efana nayo,” utshilo. “Ukuba umntu ovela kumantla eQueensland athethe loo nto, oko kuthetha into ethile.” Imephu ye-BBC ibonisa inani lilonke lemvula efunyenweyo kumantla eQueensland kwiveki ukuya kutsho nge-18 kaDisemba, kunye nokuphakama kwe-400mm efunyenweyo ejikeleze iCairns kunye neWujal Wujal Imvula ithintela ukufuduka Kwidolophu ekude yaseWujal Wujal, malunga ne-175km (iikhilomitha ezili-110) emantla eCairns, abantu abalithoba kuquka nomntwana ogulayo bachithe ubusuku phezu kophahla lwesibhedlele emva kokuba abasebenzi bezonyango bengakwazi ukufikelela kubo. Eli qela lifuduselwe kwenye indawo ngoMvulo, kodwa uMnu. Miles uthe unyanzeleke ukuba ayeke ukufuduka kwabanye abantu ngenxa yemozulu embi. Elinye ilinge liza kwenziwa kusasa ngoLwesibini ngexesha lendawo, i-ABC ibike. Bonke abaseleyo "bakhuselekile kwaye bakwindawo ephakamileyo", utshilo uSekela Khomishinala waseQueensland uShane Chelepy. UMnu. Miles wayekhe wavakalisa "iinkxalabo malunga namanzi okusela, malunga nelindle, umbane kunye nonxibelelwano, iindlela - uninzi lweendlela zivaliwe kwaye asinakufumana inkxaso yomoya". Ababikezeli bezulu bathi imvula enkulu iza kuqhubeka phantse ngoMvulo kwaye ihambelane nomsinga ophezulu, nto leyo eyandisa impembelelo iindawo ezisezantsi. Nangona kulindeleke ukuba imvula iqale ukuhla ngoLwesibini, imilambo ayikafiki phezulu kwaye iza kuhlala ikhukhumele kangangeentsuku. Iinqwelomoya zikaJoseph Dietz zintywilisele kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCairnsIzikhukula zikaJoseph Dietz zigubungele iindawo ezininzi kumantla eQueensland, kuquka nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCairns.
Kulindeleke ukuba imilambo eliqela iphule amarekhodi abekwe ngexesha lesiganeko sezikhukula ngo-1977. Umzekelo, uMlambo iDaintree sele udlule irekhodi yangaphambili nge-2m, emva kokufumana imvula engama-820mm kwiiyure ezingama-24.
Amagosa karhulumente aqikelela ukuba irhafu yale ntlekele iza kudlula i-A$1bn (£529m; $670m).
IMpuma Ostreliya ithwaxwe zizikhukula ezixhaphakileyo kwiminyaka yakutshanje kwaye eli lizwe ngoku lijongene nesiganeko semozulu i-El Nino, esidla ngokunxulunyaniswa neziganeko eziqatha ezifana nemililo yasendle kunye neenkanyamba.
I-Australia ibisoloko ithwaxwa ziintlekele ezininzi kwiminyaka yakutshanje – imbalela enkulu kunye nemililo yamahlathi, iminyaka elandelelanayo yezikhukula ezibalaseleyo, kunye neziganeko ezintandathu zokufunxwa kwezityalo kwiGreat Barrier Reef.
Ingxelo yamva nje ye-UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) iyalumkisa ukuba ikamva leentlekele eziya zisiba mandundu linokwenzeka ngaphandle kokuba kuthathwe amanyathelo angxamisekileyo okunqanda utshintsho lwemozulu.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Sep-23-2024