Kushone okungenani abantu abangu-15 ezikhukhuleni eziyinhlekelele ezisenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-US

• Inyakatho-mpumalanga ye-US yacekelwa phansi yizikhukhula ezinkulu.
• Izinsalela zesiphepho u-Ida zisike indlela ebulalayo enqamula enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-United States.
• Abaphathi baseNew York naseNew Jersey bamemezela isimo esiphuthumayo.

Imvula enkulu ihlasele indawo kaMasipala waseNew York City ngoLwesithathu ebusuku kwaze kwaba uLwesine, okuholele ekufeni kwabantu abaningi, njengoba izinsalela zeSiphepho u-Ida zisika indlela ebulalayo enqamula enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-United States.

UMbusi waseNew York uKathy Hochul umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo njengoba izinsalela zase-Ida zidale izikhukhula ezinkulu eNew York City nakwezinye izingxenye zombuso.

UMbusi waseNew Jersey uPhil Murphy naye umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo ngokuphendula u-Ida, njengoba naye enza New York City IMeya uBill de Blasio ekuqaleni kobusuku.

Isibalo sabantu abashonile sikhuphuke usuku lonke lwangoLwesine njengoba izikhulu ziqala ukuqonda ubukhulu bomonakalo. Emini, kucishe kwashona abantu abangaba ngu-20, kwabikwa abantu abaningi eNew York, eNew Jersey, ePennsylvania, noyedwa eMaryland.

Abathathu kwabashonile kwenzeke emndenini owodwa New York City idolobha laseQueens. Amalungu omndeni amathathu, kubalwa nomfana oneminyaka emibili, bacwile endaweni yaseFlushing. Abanye ababili babulawa endaweni yaseJamaica ngesikhathi izikhukhula zidilika udonga lomuzi wabo.

Abanye abantu abane bashone endaweni yokuhlala e-Elizabeth, eNew Jersey, kubika i-AP. Imeya ka-Elizabeth phambilini ibike yabika abantu abahlanu abashonile kule nxanxathela.

Endaweni enkulu yaseFiladelfiya, okungenani kube nokufa kwabantu abathathu obekuqinisekiswe yizikhulu, okubandakanya nokushona kowesifazane oshaywe yisihlahla esiwayo elokishini lase-Upper Dublin.

E-Rockville, eMaryland, kubulawe indoda eneminyaka engu-19 ngesikhathi kunezikhukhula eRock Creek Woods Apartments eTwinbrook Parkway. Ngokusho kweFox5, le ndoda ibizama ukusiza umama wayo ngesikhathi ekhukhulwa.

Bekukhona nokushona kwabantu abaningi ezimotweni, okuyinhlekelele ebangele nokufa okungenani komshayeli oyedwa ePassaic, eNew Jersey. Ngesikhathi amanzi ezikhukhula engena emigwaqweni edolobheni, umshayeli wemoto oneminyaka engu-70 ukhukhulwe ngemuva kokuba umndeni wakhe usindisiwe.

Isimo sezulu esinjalo esingumlando saphinde senza ukuthi ihhovisi leNational Weather Service (NWS) laseNew York likhiphe izexwayiso zalo eziphuthumayo zesikhukhula okokuqala ngqa, njengoba kwakukhishwa enyakatho yeNew Jersey kwase kuthi omunye ukhishelwe izingxenye ezithile zeNew York City. Lesi sexwayiso sigcinelwe izimo zezikhukhula ezisongela ukuphila, futhi sisetshenziselwa “izimo ezingavamile ngokweqile lapho imvula enamandla kakhulu iholela engcupheni enkulu empilweni yabantu nasemonakalisweni omkhulu,” kusho i-NWS.