Ipakethi yamandla eHydraulic

Abakhenkethi kulo lonke elasempuma ye-United States ngoLwesine balungiselela eyona mpelaveki iyingozi yeKrisimesi kumashumi eminyaka, kunye nababikezeli besilumkiso "ngenkanyamba yebhombu" eya kuzisa ikhephu elinamandla kunye nemimoya enamandla njengoko amaqondo obushushu ehla.
Isazi ngemozulu kwiNkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe uAshton Robinson Cooke uthe umoya obandayo uhamba ngasempuma kumbindi we-United States kwaye malunga ne-135 yezigidi zabantu baya kuchatshazelwa zizilumkiso zomoya obandayo kwiintsuku ezizayo. Iinqwelomoya kunye nokuhamba koololiwe ngokubanzi kwaphazamiseka.
“Oku akufani neentsuku ezinekhephu xa wawusengumntwana,” ulumkise uMongameli uJoe Biden kwiOfisi ye-Oval ngoLwesine emva kwengcaciso ngamagosa omanyano. “Lo ngumbandela onzulu.”
Ababikezeli balindele "i-cyclone yebhomu" - inkqubo enobundlobongela xa uxinzelelo lwe-barometric lwehla ngokukhawuleza - ngexesha lesiphepho esenza kufuphi neLwandle Olukhulu.
Emazantsi eDakota, uManejala weNgxaki yaseRosebud Sioux Tribal uRobert Oliver uthe abasemagunyeni bezizwe basebenza ukucoca iindlela ukuze bakwazi ukuhambisa ipropane kunye neenkuni ezindlini, kodwa bajongana nemimoya engaxoleli eyabangela ikhephu ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezili-10 kwezinye iindawo. Uthe bahlanu abantu ababhubhileyo kwizaqhwithi zakutsha nje, kuquka nekhephu kwiveki ephelileyo. UOliver khange anike zinkcukacha ngaphandle kokuba usapho luzilile.
NgoLwesithathu, amaqela olawulo olungxamisekileyo akwazile ukuhlangula abantu abali-15 ababevaleleke kumakhaya abo kodwa kuye kwafuneka bayeke kwangentseni ngoLwesine njengoko ulwelo lwehydraulic kwisixhobo esinzima sikhenkceke kwimimoya engama-41-degree.
“Besinoloyiko oluncinci apha, siziva sibodwa kwaye singabandakanywanga,” utshilo uSean Bordeaux, oweDemocratic Assembly, othe waphelelwa yipropane ukutshisa indlu awayeyibhukishe.
Kulindeleke ukuba amaqondo obushushu ehle ngokukhawuleza eTexas, kodwa iinkokeli zakwarhulumente ziye zafunga ukuba zizakuthintela ukuphinda kwenkanyamba kaFebruwari 2021 eyatshabalalisa igridi yamandla karhulumente yaza yabulala amakhulu abantu.
URhuluneli waseTexas uGreg Abbott uqinisekile ukuba urhulumente unokumelana nokunyuka kwemfuno yamandla njengoko amaqondo obushushu ehla.
"Ndicinga ukuba ukuzithemba kuya kufumaneka kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zizayo kuba abantu babona ukuba sinamaqondo obushushu asezantsi kakhulu kwaye inethiwekhi iya kukwazi ukusebenza ngokulula," uxelele iintatheli ngoLwesithathu.
Imozulu ebandayo isasazeke yaya kutsho e-El Paso nangaphaya komda ukuya eCiudad Juarez, eMexico, apho abafuduki baye bamisa iinkampu okanye bazalise iindawo zokuhlala belindele isigqibo malunga nokuba i-United States iza kuzisusa kusini na izithintelo eziye zagcina abantu abaninzi befuna indawo yokuhlala.
Kwezinye iindawo zelizwe, abasemagunyeni boyika ukucinywa kombane kwaye balumkisa abantu ukuba bathathe amanyathelo okukhusela abantu abadala kunye nabangenamakhaya kunye nemfuyo, kwaye bahlehlise uhambo apho kunokwenzeka.
Amapolisa aseMichigan State alungiselela ukuthumela amagosa ongezelelweyo ukunceda abaqhubi. Ngaphakathi kwe-Interstate 90 kumantla e-Indiana, izazi ngemozulu zilumkise ngekhephu izaqhwithi eziqala ngoLwesine ebusuku njengoko abasebenzi belungiselela ukucoca ukuya kutsho kunyawo lwekhephu. Malunga namalungu ali-150 oMkhosi weSizwe nawo athunyelwa ukunceda abahambi bekhephu base-Indiana.
Ngaphezulu kwe-1,846 yeenqwelo moya ngaphakathi, ukuya nokubuya e-United States bezirhoxisiwe ukusukela ngenjikalanga yangoLwesine, ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi yokulanda iFlightAware. Iinqwelomoya zirhoxise iinqwelomoya ezingama-931 ngoLwesihlanu. Izikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseChicago, iO'Hare kunye neMidway, kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDenver, zixele ezona zinto zirhoxisiweyo. Imvula eqhaqhazelisa amazinyo yanyanzela iDelta ukuba iyeke ukubhabha isuka kwindawo yayo eSeattle.
Ngeli xesha, i-Amtrak iye yarhoxisa inkonzo kwiindlela ezingaphezu kwama-20, ubukhulu becala eMidwest. Iinkonzo phakathi kweChicago neMilwaukee, Chicago kunye neDetroit, kunye neSt. Louis, Missouri, kunye neKansas City ziyanqunyanyiswa ngeKrisimesi.
E-Montana, amaqondo obushushu ehla ukuya kutsho kwi-minus 50 degrees e-Elk Park, intaba enqumla kwi-Continental Divide. Ezinye iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo i-ski zibhengeze ukuvalwa ngenxa yokubanda okugqithisileyo kunye nomoya onamandla. Abanye baye bazifinyeza izigwebo zabo. Izikolo nazo zavalwa kwaye amawakawaka abantu basala engenambane.
Kwi-Buffalo enekhephu edumileyo, eNew York, ababikezeli baqikelele “isaqhwithi sobomi bonke” ngenxa yekhephu echibini, ukuvuthuza komoya ukuya kuthi ga kwi-65 mph, ukucima kombane kunye nokubakho kokucima kombane okuxhaphakileyo. Usodolophu waseBuffalo uByron Brown uthe imeko yonxunguphalo iya kuqala ukusebenza ngolwesiHlanu, kunye nemimoya elindeleke ukuba ifikelele kwi-70 mph.
I-Denver nayo ayiqhelekanga kwiizaqhwithi zasebusika: NgoLwesine yayiyeyona mini ibanda kakhulu kwiminyaka engama-32, kunye namaqondo obushushu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ehla ukuya kuthi ga kwi-24 degrees ekuseni.
ICharleston, eSouth Carolina, inesilumkiso sokhukula elunxwemeni olusebenzayo ngoLwesine. Lo mmandla uthandwa kakhulu kubakhenkethi ngenxa yobusika obupholileyo obunokumelana nemimoya ebhudla ngamandla kunye nengqele egqithisileyo.
IGazethi ngumthombo ozimeleyo, ophethwe ngumsebenzi weendaba zasekhaya, zelizwe, nezesizwe e-Iowa.