Abahambi abanqamula ingxenye enkulu yempumalanga ye-United States ngoLwesine balungiselela enye yezimpelasonto eziyingozi kakhulu zikaKhisimusi emashumini eminyaka, nababikezeli bexwayisa “ngesishingishane sebhomu” esizoletha iqhwa elinamandla nomoya onamandla njengoba amazinga okushisa ehla.
Isazi sezulu seNational Weather Service u-Ashton Robinson Cooke uthe umoya obandayo uya empumalanga unqamula enkabeni ye-United States futhi cishe abantu abayizigidi eziyi-135 bazothintwa ngezexwayiso zomoya obandayo ezinsukwini ezizayo.Izindiza kanye nokuhamba kwezitimela ngokuvamile kuphazamisekile.
"Lokhu akufani nezinsuku ezineqhwa lapho useyingane," kuxwayisa uMongameli uJoe Biden eHhovisi le-Oval ngoLwesine ngemuva kwesithangami sezikhulu zikahulumeni.“Lena yindaba ebucayi.”
Ababikezeli balindele "isiphepho sebhomu" - uhlelo olunodlame lapho ukucindezela kwe-barometric kwehla ngokushesha - phakathi nesiphepho esakha eduze namaLwandle Amakhulu.
ENingizimu Dakota, iMenenja Yezimo Eziphuthumayo yaseRosebud Sioux Tribal uRobert Oliver uthe iziphathimandla zezizwe bezisebenza ukusula imigwaqo ukuze zilethe i-propane nezinkuni ezindlini, kodwa zibhekane nomoya ongaxoleli obangele ukukhukhuleka kweqhwa ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-10 kwezinye izindawo.Uthe bahlanu abantu abashonile ezivunguvungwini zakamuva, okubalwa nesiphepho sangesonto eledlule.U-Oliver akazange anikeze eminye imininingwane ngaphandle kokuthi umndeni usazilile.
NgoLwesithathu, ithimba labaphathi bezimo eziphuthumayo likwazile ukuhlenga abantu abangu-15 abebevaleleke ezindlini zabo kodwa kudingeke ukuthi bame ekuseni ngoLwesine njengoba uketshezi olusebenzisa uketshezi emishinini emikhulu luqalwa yimimoya engu-41-degree.
"Besinovalo kancane lapha, sivele sazizwa sihlukanisiwe futhi sikhishwe inyumbazane," kusho ilungu leDemocratic Assembly uSean Bordeaux, othe uphelelwe yi-propane ukushisisa indlu abeyibhukhile.
Kulindeleke ukuthi amazinga okushisa ehle ngokushesha eTexas, kodwa abaholi bezifundazwe bafunge bagomela ukuthi bazovimbela ukuphindeka kwesiphepho sangoFebhuwari 2021 esacekela phansi ugesi saphinde sabulala amakhulu abantu.
Uhulumeni wase-Texas u-Greg Abbott uyaqiniseka ukuthi umbuso ungabhekana nokukhuphuka kwesidingo samandla njengoba amazinga okushisa ehla.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ukuzethemba kuzotholakala ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo ngoba abantu bayabona ukuthi sinezinga lokushisa eliphansi kakhulu futhi inethiwekhi izokwazi ukusebenza kalula," etshela izintatheli ngoLwesithathu.
Isimo sezulu esibandayo sesidlulele e-El Paso nangaphesheya komngcele saya eCiudad Juarez, eMexico, lapho abokufika bekanise noma bagcwalise izindawo zokukhosela belindele isinqumo sokuthi iMelika izoyisusa yini imingcele evimbe abaningi ukuthi bafune indawo yokukhosela.
Kwezinye izingxenye zezwe, iziphathimandla zesaba ukunqamuka kukagesi futhi zaxwayisa abantu ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo zokuphepha ukuze bavikele abantu abadala nabangenamakhaya kanye nemfuyo, futhi bahlehlise uhambo lapho kungenzeka khona.
Amaphoyisa aseMichigan State alungiselela ukuthumela amanye amaphoyisa ukusiza abashayeli.Ngaphakathi kwe-Interstate 90 enyakatho ye-Indiana, izazi zezulu zixwayise ngeziphepho zeqhwa eziqala ngoLwesine ebusuku njengoba abasebenzi belungiselela ukukhukhula kuze kube yiqhwa.Cishe amalungu angu-150 e-National Guard nawo athunyelwa ukusiza abahambi base-Indiana abahamba eqhweni.
Izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-1,846 ngaphakathi, eziya noma ezibuya e-United States bezikhanseliwe kusukela ngoLwesine ntambama, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yomkhondo i-FlightAware.Izindiza ziphinde zakhansela izindiza ezingama-931 ngoLwesihlanu.Izikhumulo zezindiza zaseChicago i-O'Hare neMidway, kanye nesikhumulo sezindiza saseDenver, zibike ukukhanselwa okuningi.Imvula eshubile iphoqe iDelta ukuthi iyeke ukundiza isuka endaweni yayo eSeattle.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Amtrak ikhanseliwe insiza emizileni engaphezu kwama-20, ikakhulukazi eMidwest.Amasevisi phakathi kwe-Chicago ne-Milwaukee, i-Chicago ne-Detroit, ne-St. Louis, Missouri, ne-Kansas City amisiwe ngoKhisimusi.
E-Montana, amazinga okushisa ehle afinyelela ku-minus 50 degrees e-Elk Park, indawo eyintaba e-Continental Divide.Ezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka eqhweni zimemezele ukuvalwa ngenxa yokubanda kakhulu nomoya onamandla.Abanye bazifinyezile izigwebo zabo.Izikole nazo zavalwa kwasala izinkulungwane zabantu zingenawo ugesi.
EBuffalo edume ngokukhithika kweqhwa, eNew York, ababikezeli babikezele “isivunguvungu sempilo yonke” ngenxa yeqhwa echibini, ukuvunguza komoya okufika ku-65 mph, ukunqamuka kukagesi kanye nokwenzeka kokunqamuka kukagesi okusabalele.IMeya yaseBuffalo uByron Brown uthe isimo esiphuthumayo sizoqala ukusebenza ngoLwesihlanu, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi isivunguvungu sifinyelele ku-70 mph.
I-Denver nayo ijwayelene nezivunguvungu zasebusika: NgoLwesine bekuwusuku olubanda kakhulu eminyakeni engama-32, amazinga okushisa esikhumulweni sezindiza ehla afinyelela ku-24 degrees ekuseni.
I-Charleston, eSouth Carolina, ibe nesexwayiso sezikhukhula zasogwini esisebenza ngoLwesine.Lesi sifunda siyindawo ethandwa izivakashi ngenxa yobusika obupholile obukwazi ukumelana nemimoya enamandla kanye nokubanda okukhulu.
IGazethi iwumthombo ozimele, ophethwe ngabasebenzi wezindaba zasendaweni, zesifunda, nezikazwelonke e-Iowa.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-30-2022