Ibhomu 'lelava', idwala elincibilikisiwe, lishaye isikebhe sokuvakasha olwandle eduze nesiQhingi Esikhulu saseHawaii, sagqobhoza uphahla lomkhumbi futhi salimaza abantu ababegibele, kusho uMnyango Wezomlilo kulesi siqhingi.
Balinganiselwa ku-22 abantu abalimele ngesikhathi udaka lushayisa isikebhe, ebesithwele abantu abangu-52 sebebonke. Okunye ukulimala kwezivakashi kubhekwe njengokubucayi. Abantu abayishumi balashelwe khona lapho ngesikhathi isikebhe sibuyela e-Wailoa Harbour, kwathi abanye bathunyelwa esibhedlela.
Ibhomu lelava yinto engokwemvelo eyenzeka lapho ukugeleza okushisayo kwelava kuhlangana namanzi abandayo olwandle, ukusabela okuholele ekutheni kubangele ukuqhuma.
Intaba-mlilo yaseHawaii i-Kilauea ibilokhu iqhuma izinyanga ezingaphezu kwezimbili, kwaqubula ukuthuthwa kwabantu futhi kwenziwa neziqhingi ezintsha.
Ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo ngoLwesihlanu kubhidlize amakhulu emizi esiQhingini Esikhulu, lapho kugeleza udaka lwentaba olwandle. Ngenkathi uquqaba olushisayo lupholile, baveza isiqhingi esisha esisha esilinganiselwa ukuthi singaba ngamamitha angama-20 kuye kwangama-30 ububanzi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ibhomu 'lelava', idwala elincibilikisiwe, lishaye isikebhe sokuvakasha olwandle eduze nesiQhingi Esikhulu saseHawaii, sagqobhoza uphahla lomkhumbi futhi salimaza abantu ababegibele, kusho uMnyango Wezomlilo kulesi siqhingi.
- Ibhomu lelava yinto engokwemvelo eyenzeka lapho ukugeleza okushisayo kwelava kuhlangana namanzi abandayo olwandle, ukusabela okuholele ekutheni kubangele ukuqhuma.
- A crater's explosion on Friday destroyed hundreds of homes on the Big Island, with lava flows entering the ocean.
