Kumenyezelwe isimo esiphuthumayo e-US Midwest ngale mpelasonto yeholidi lika-Thanksgiving njengoba isiphepho sezulu silahla iqhwa ezifundeni ezimbalwa izolo esidale ukukhanselwa kwezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-800 nokuvalwa kwemigwaqo.
Izindiza ezisuka e-US nazo zamiswa, okwenza izindiza ezithintekile zafika cishe ku-1,200.
Izindawo ezishayeke kakhulu kube yiChicago, Illinois naseKansas City, Missouri, kanti iqhwa nomoya onamandla kubikwe eNebraska, Missouri, nase-Iowa. Futhi isiphepho asikakapheli - kulindeleke ukuthi sihlasele naseMichigan nase-Indiana.
Umbusi waseKansas uJeff Colyer ukhiphe isimo esiphuthumayo esifundazweni sakhe lapho indawo enkulu ye-Interstate 70, ehlanganisa iningi lesifunda, yavalwa phakathi kweJunction City neWaKeeney.
Empumalanga ye-Illinois iqhwa lawa cishe amayintshi angu-2 ngehora, futhi iqhwa elifinyelela kuma-intshi angu-10 lehla eduze kwase-O'Hare naseMidway Airport yaseChicago.
Empumalanga Nebraska, ingxenye ye-Interstate 80 phakathi kweLincoln ne-Omaha ivaliwe ngeSonto ekuseni ngenxa yezingozi eziningi ngemuva kokuthi iqhwa limboze kuleyo ndawo. EMissouri, ingxenye ye-Interstate 29 yavalwa eduze komngcele we-Iowa.
Isazi sesimo sezulu u-Todd Kluber weNational Weather Service uthe, “Kuzokonakala.” Kude esenyakatho-ntshonalanga kwakukhona isibikezelo samasentimitha angu-12 eqhwa elinomoya ongafika kumamayela angu-50 ngehora - ingxube ephelele yesiphepho seqhwa. U-Kluber ubikezele ukuthi imvula izovula iqhwa elinamandla futhi “eduze nezimo ezimhlophe” okubangele izimo zokuhamba eziyingozi.
