A "ibhomu cyclone" isimo sezulu kulindeleke ukuthi silahle iqhwa, siwise amandla futhi siwise izihlahla eCalifornia nase-Oregon kubangele usizi kwabazoba khona. Abahambi bokubonga. Isivunguvungu sebhomu ukwehla ngokushesha komfutho womoya futhi singaletha amagagasi olwandle afinyelela kumafidi angama-35, ukuvunguza komoya okungafika ku-75 mph, kanye neqhwa elinzima ezintabeni.
Ukubuka kwesimo sezulu, izexwayiso, nezixwayiso zithunyelwe engxenyeni esentshonalanga yezwe. “Isishingishane sebhomu” siqale imashi yaso ebheke entshonalanga sisuka ogwini lwaseCalifornia ngasekupheleni kukaLwesibili.
NgoLwesibili, umonakalo ohlobene nesimo sezulu ubudlangile ezweni lonke. Iziphathimandla nhlangothi zombili zomngcele we-California-Oregon zibike ukuphahlazeka okuningi nemigwaqo evaliwe. AbeNational Weather Service banxuse abantu ukuthi balinde ukuya eholidini kuze kube ngcono isimo sezulu.
Amakhulu ayevalekile
Amakhulu ezimoto asale evaleleke ngoLwesithathu ku-Interstate 5 elibangise enyakatho esuka eCalifornia e-Oregon ngemuva kwesiphepho. Iqhwa lalahlwa futhi ladala izimo ezimhlophe kuzo zombili izinhlangothi zomngcele we-California-Oregon. Isithwathwa siphinde savala okwesikhashana ingxenye ye-Interstate 80 enyakatho yeLake Tahoe, eduze komugqa we-Nevada-California.
Isiphepho sesibili saqala ukushaya oGwini oluseNtshonalanga yase-US Sizoletha iqhwa ezintabeni nomoya nemvula ngasogwini lwase-California nase-Oregon.
Imigwaqo eminingi ivaliwe eningizimu ye-Oregon ngenxa yezihlahla eziwile nezintambo zikagesi nezimo zokushayela ezinjengesiphephozi sezulu. Eminye imigwaqo yehliswe yaba umzila owodwa, kusho uMnyango Wezokuthutha e-Oregon.
Yini ongayilindela
U-Angela Smith, umphathi wehhotela le-Oceanfront Lodge e-Crescent City, eNyakatho California, uphelelwe amandla isikhashana phakathi nemvula nomoya onamandla. Uthe ihhotela selikulungele ukumelana nezimvula ezinamandla.
“Kuphephezela kahle ngaphandle kodwa ngenxa yokuthi sisogwini, yonke into yakhelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwabantu,” kusho uSmith.
Izibikezelo zixwayise “ngobunzima bezimo zokuhamba ezingenakwenzeka” ezindaweni eziningi ezisenyakatho ye-Arizona kamuva kuleli sonto. Leso siphepho kulindeleke ukuthi silahle cishe amafidi angu-2 eqhwa. Isiphepho esisondelayo sisheshise ukuvalwa kwaminyaka yonke kwasebusika komgwaqo omkhulu oholela eNyakatho Rim yeGrand Canyon ngezinsuku ezingu-5.
