PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla kuhlasele izwe elimpofu laseHaiti ngoLwesibili ntambama, lapho kudilika khona isibhedlela abantu bekhala becela usizo. Ezinye izakhiwo nazo zilimele.
Ukuzamazama komhlaba bekunesilinganiso sokuqala esingu-7.0 futhi kusendaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-14 ukusuka enhlokodolobha yasePort-au-Prince, ngokusho kwe-US Geological Survey.
Umthwebuli wevidiyo we-Associated Press ubone isibhedlela esicekeleke phansi ePetionville, kanti isikhulu sikahulumeni wase-US sabika ukuthi sibone izindlu eziwele emgodini.
Ayikho eminye imininingwane mayelana nezingozi noma omunye umonakalo etholakale ngokushesha.
“Wonke umuntu uthukile futhi uyavevezela,” kusho uHenry Bahn, isikhulu esivakashele eMnyangweni Wezolimo wase-United States. “Isibhakabhaka simpunga ngothuli nje.”
U-Bahn uthe wayeya ekamelweni lakhe lasehhotela ngesikhathi umhlaba uqala ukuzamazama.
“Ngavele ngabambelela ngabhampa odongeni,” esho. "Ngizwa nje umsindo omkhulu nokumemeza nokuklabalasa kude."
UBahn uthe bekugcwele amatshe indawo yonke wabona umhosha osekwakhiwe kuwo imizi eminingi. “Igcwele nje izindonga eziwile nemfucumfucu nocingo oluhlabayo,” esho.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- An Associated Press videographer saw the wrecked hospital in nearby Petionville, and a U.
- Bahn said there were rocks strewn all over the place and he saw a ravine where several homes had been built.
- “I just hear a tremendous amount of noise and shouting and screaming in the distance.
