Agasti 9 (Reuters) - Izinsalela zesiphepho iDebby zibangele izikhukhula ezinkulu enyakatho yePennsylvania kanye naseningizimu yesifundazwe saseNew York ezishiye abantu abaningi bevaleleke emakhaya abo ngoLwesihlanu, kusho iziphathimandla.
Abantu abaningana basindiswa ngesikebhe nangezindiza ezinophephela emhlane kulo lonke isifunda njengoba uDebby edlula ngokushesha endaweni, echitha amasentimitha ambalwa emvula ezweni elalivele limanzi kusukela ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
“Sesenze ukutakula okungaphezu kuka-30 kuze kube manje futhi siyaqhubeka nokusesha indlu ngendlu,” kusho uBill Goltz, inhloko yomlilo eWestfield, ePennsylvania, enabantu abangu-1,100. “Siyaphuma edolobheni. Kuze kube manje, asikaze sibe nokufa noma ukulimala. Kodwa amadolobha aseduze anabantu abalahlekile.”
I-National Weather Service ikhiphe izixwayiso zesiphepho endaweni. UDebby, owehliswe esiphephweni esishisayo waba yisimo sezulu esibi ngoLwesine, udale iziphepho ezibulalayo ekuqaleni kwesonto futhi bekulindeleke ukuthi aqhubeke nokwenza kanjalo ngaphambi kokuba ziqhume olwandle ngoMgqibelo ntambama.
Ababusi basePennsylvania naseNew York bakhiphe izimemezelo zezinhlekelele nezimo eziphuthumayo ukuze kukhululwe izinsiza zokusiza izindawo ezisenyakatho yePennsylvania naseningizimu yeNew York lapho izikhukhula ezisheshayo zishiye abantu bengenamakhaya futhi bedinga ukutakulwa.
I-NWS ikhiphe izixwayiso zezikhukhula kanye nokuqapha iziphepho ezingxenyeni zendawo esukela ogwini lwaseGeorgia kuya eVermont, njengoba isiphepho sihamba enyakatho-mpumalanga ngesivinini samamayela angu-35 (56 km) ngehora, ngokushesha okukhulu kunasekuqaleni kwesonto.
IDebby, isiphepho esihamba kancane cishe isonto lonke, yehle imvula engamasentimitha angu-63 ngesikhathi isiya enyakatho futhi yabulala okungenani abantu abayisishiyagalombili.
Selokhu yafika okokuqala njengesiphepho seSigaba 1 eGulf Coast eFlorida ngoMsombuluko, iDebby ifake izindlu nemigwaqo emanzini, yaphoqa abantu ukuba baphume futhi yasindisa abantu ngamanzi njengoba ikhuphuka kancane kancane e-Eastern Seaboard.
Insizakalo yesimo sezulu iveze imibiko yeziphepho ezimbalwa kusukela ngoLwesine. E-Browns Summit, eNorth Carolina, cishe ngamakhilomitha angu-130 enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeRaleigh, owesifazane oneminyaka engu-78 ubudala wabulawa lapho isihlahla siwela endlini yakhe ephathwayo, kubika i-NBC affiliate WXII, icaphuna abomthetho.
Ngaphambilini, i-twister yabulala indoda lapho indlu yayo iwa eWilson County empumalanga yeNorth Carolina. Yalimaza okungenani izindlu eziyi-10, isonto kanye nesikole.
INyakatho neNingizimu Carolina zithinteke kakhulu yimvula enkulu kaDebby.
Edolobheni laseMoncks Corner eSouth Carolina, amaqembu okuhlenga abantu abasebenzisa amanzi asheshayo aqoqwe ngoLwesihlanu njengoba izikhukhula eziyingozi ziphoqelele abantu ukuba baphume futhi kuvalwe umgwaqo omkhulu ophakathi kwezifundazwe.
Ekuqaleni kwesonto, isiphepho sadlula eMoncks Corner, cishe ngamakhilomitha angu-80 enyakatho yeCharleston, sashintsha izimoto futhi salimaza indawo yokudlela yokudla okusheshayo.
EBarre, eVermont, cishe ngamakhilomitha ayi-11 eningizimu-mpumalanga yenhloko-dolobha iMontpelier, uRick Dente wachitha isikhathi sakhe sasekuseni ebopha ama-tarps epulasitiki phezu kophahla futhi ezungeze iminyango ngezikhwama zesihlabathi esitolo somndeni wakhe, iDente's Market.
I-Vermont, engaphansi kwesimo esiphuthumayo sikahulumeni, isivele ibhekene nezimvula eziningi ezivela ohlelweni oluhlukile oluye lwagugula imigwaqo, lonakalise izindlu kanye nemifula evuvukele kanye nemifudlana enamanzi akhukhula.
Isikhungo sezulu sithe izinsalela zaseDebby zingaletha enye imvula engamasentimitha angu-7.6 noma ngaphezulu.
“Sikhathazekile,” kusho uDente, ecabanga ngesitolo ebesilokhu sikhona emndenini kusukela ngo-1907, futhi ebesilokhu sisebenza kusukela ngo-1972. Sake saba yisitolo sokudla, manje sisebenzela kakhulu izivakashi ezifuna izinto zakudala nezinto eziyigugu.
“Njalo uma lina, kuba kubi kakhulu,” esho. “Ngikhathazeka njalo uma lina.”
Singakunikeza inzwa yemitha yokugeleza yeradar ephathwa ngesandla engaqapha izinga lokugeleza kwamanzi ngesikhathi sangempela, sicela uchofoze isithombe ukuthola imininingwane.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Agasti-14-2024