Abahambi ngaphesheya kwe-Eastern United States ngoLwesine beboshelwe enye yezimpelasonto eziyingozi kakhulu zikaKhisimusi emashumini eminyaka, ngokubikezela kwe-Forecasters of "BombClone" eyayizoletha iqhwa elinamandla nemimoya enamandla njengoba amazinga okushisa ehla.
Isimo sezulu sezulu sikazwelonke u-Ashton Robinson Cooke uthe umoya obandayo uhamba empumalanga ezweni lonke e-United States kanye nabantu abangaba yizigidi eziyi-135 abazothintwa yizixwayiso zomoya obandayo ezinsukwini ezizayo. Izindiza kanye nethrafikhi yesitimela ngokuvamile ziphazamisekile.
"Lokhu akufani nezinsuku ezineqhwa lapho useyingane," kusho uMongameli uJoe Biden exwayiswe ehhovisi le-oval ngoLwesine ngemuva kwesithangami esifingqiwe yizikhulu zombuso. "Le yindaba engathí sina."
Ababikezeli balindele i- "Bomb cyclone" - uhlelo olunobudlova lapho ingcindezi ye-barometric yehla ngokushesha - ngesikhathi sesiphepho esakha amachibi amakhulu.
ENingizimu Dakota, i-Rosebud Sioux Simon Manager Robert Oliver yathi ukusula imigwaqo ukuze bakwazi ukuhambisa imigwaqo nezinkuni ezingenamlilo ezibangela amamitha ayi-10 kwezinye izindawo. Uthe abantu abahlanu bashonile ezivunguvungwini zakamuva, kufaka phakathi isivunguvungu seqhwa ngesonto eledlule. U-Oliver akazange anikeze eminye imininingwane ngaphandle kokusho ukuthi umndeni wawulila.
NgoLwesithathu, amaqembu abaphathi abezimo eziphuthumayo akwazile ukutakula abantu abangu-15 abahlaselwe emakhaya abo kodwa kwadingeka ayeke ekuseni ngoLwesine ekuseni njengoketshezi lwe-hydraulic emimoyeni esindayo e-minus degree degree.
"Besinovalo oluncane lapha, sizwa nje ukuthi sihlukaniswe kancane futhi singabandakanyi," kusho umhlangano wentando yeningi uSean Bordeaux, owathi uphelelwe yiPropane ukuyoshisa indlu ayibhulile.
Amazinga okushisa kulindeleke ukuthi alahle masinyane eTexas, kepha abaholi boMbuso bafunge ukuthi bangavimba ukuphindaphindwa kweSiphepho sikaFebhuwari 2021 esacekela phansi amagridi kahulumeni futhi wabulala amakhulu abantu.
UTexas Gov. Greg Abbott uyazethemba ukuthi umbuso ungaphatha i-Energy Energy ekhulayo njengoba amazinga okushisa ehla.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ukuzethemba kuzotholakala ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo ngoba abantu babona ukuthi sinamazinga okushisa aphansi we-Ultra kanye nenethiwekhi azokwazi ukusebenza kalula," etshela izintatheli ngoLwesithathu.
Isimo sezulu esibandayo sisabalale e-El Paso nakuwo wonke umngcele kuya eCiudad Juarez, eMexico, lapho abafuduki benamatende noma bagcwalise khona amakhotho alindele isinqumo sokuthi bavame ukuqeda imingcele yokufuna indawo yokukhosela.
Kwezinye izingxenye zezwe, abaphathi bayesaba ukuphuma kwamandla futhi baxwayise abantu ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo zokuvikela abadala nabangenamakhaya nemfuyo, futhi bahlehlise ukuhamba lapho kungenzeka khona.
Amaphoyisa aseMichigan State alungiselela ukuthumela ezinye izikhulu ukusiza abashayeli bezimoto. Kanye nama-90 enyakatho ne-Indiana, izazi zezulu ezixwayiswe ngesivunguvungu seqhwa eziqala ngoLwesine ebusuku njengoba amaqembu alungele ukucacisa kuze kufike onyaweni lweqhwa. Cishe amalungu ayi-150 onogada wezwe athunyelwa ukuzosiza abahambi be-Indiana Snowbound.
Izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-1,846 ngaphakathi, ukuya nokubuya e-United States zikhanseliwe kusukela ngoLwesine ntambama, ngokusho kokulandela iwebhusayithi ehleleka. Izindiza zibuye zikhansele izindiza ezingama-931 ngoLwesihlanu. I-O'Hare's O'hare kanye nezikhumulo zezindiza zaseMary, kanye nesikhumulo sezindiza saseDenver, kubikwa ukuthi kukhanselwa kakhulu. I-Delta ephoqelekile i-Delta iyeke ukundiza kusuka ku-hab yayo eSeattle.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Amtrak ikhanseliwe insizakalo emizileni engaphezu kwama-20, ikakhulukazi eMidwest. Izinsizakalo phakathi kweChicago neMilwaukee, Chicago noDetroit, noSt. Louis, eMissouri, neKansas City bamiswa ngoKhisimusi.
EMontana, amazinga okushisa aphonsele amadigri angama-50 e-Elk Park, kudlula intaba ekwahlukaniseni izwekazi. Ezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka ze-ski zimemezele ukuvalwa ngenxa yokubanda kakhulu okubandayo kanye nemimoya ephezulu. Abanye bafinyeze imisho yabo. Izikole nazo zavalwa futhi izinkulungwane zabantu zasala ngaphandle kukagesi.
EBuffalo ehamba phambili, eNew York, izibikezeli zibikezele "isiphepho sempilo yonke" ngenxa yeqhwa echibini, umoya ugobhoza kuze kube ngu-65 mph, ama-Power aphelelwe amandla okuphuma kwamandla. IMeya yeBuffalo Byron Brown ithe isimo seziphuthumayo izoqala ukusebenza ngoLwesihlanu, kulindeleke ukuthi kugcwale umoya ngomoya ku-70 mph.
I-denver futhi ayikho isihambi esivunguvungwini sasebusika: uLwesine kwakuwusuku olubanda kakhulu eminyakeni engama-32, namazinga okushisa esikhumulweni sezindiza aphonsa ama-degree angama-24 ekuseni.
UCharleston, eSouth Carolina, wayenesexwayiso sasogwini esisogwini esisebenza ngoLwesine. Lesi sifunda siyindawo ethandwa izivakashi ngenxa yobusika obuthambile obungaphatha imimoya ephezulu nokubanda okwedlulele.
IGazethi ingumthombo ozimele, ophethwe ngumsebenzi wezindaba zasekhaya, zombuso, kanye nezindaba zikazwelonke e-Iowa.
Isikhathi Sokuposa: DEC-30-2022