- INew Orleans ilindele umthelela omkhulu ovela eSiphepho u-Ida.
- Isiphepho esishisayo manje sihlukaniswa njengesiphepho seSigaba 1.
- Izibikezelo ezengeziwe zathi i-Ida ingaphenduka isiphepho esikhulu seSigaba 3.
Njengoba iNew Orleans ilungiselela ukuwa kweNkanyamba u-Ida, imeya yedolobha ikhiphe futhi yayalela ukuthi kukhishwe bonke abantu abahlala ngaphandle kohlelo lwedolobha.
“Manje isikhathi sokuqala,” New Orleans IMeya uLaToya Cantrell uthe esithangamini nabezindaba ngoLwesihlanu ngesikhathi enxusa izakhamuzi zaseNew Orleans ukuthi ziqoqe izimpahla zihambe ngaphambi kokuba kuqale lesi siphepho.
Uyala ikakhulukazi wonke umuntu ohlala ngaphandle kohlelo lwama-levee oluvikela indawo kwizikhukhula ukuba zithuthele ezindaweni eziphephile, futhi weluleka nalabo abangaphakathi ukuthi nabo bacabange ukushiya.
Labo abangaphakathi kwesibambiso nabo bangashiya ngokuthanda kwabo, kusho uCantrell.
The Isevisi Yesimo Sezulu Kazwelonke yase-US uthe ngoLwesihlanu isiphepho esishisayo, ebesizofika eCuba, manje sesichazwe njengesiphepho sohlobo olungu-1, nomoya waso ufinyelela ijubane lamakhilomitha angu-120 ngehora. Uhulumeni waseCuba usuvele ukhiphe isexwayiso sesiphepho ezifundazweni ezisentshonalanga yesizwe.
Izibikezelo ezengeziwe zathi i-Ida ingaphenduka isiphepho esikhulu seCandelo 3 esinemimoya efinyelela kumakhilomitha ayi-193 ngehora lapho ifinyelela ogwini lwase-US. “Umkhondo wesimo sezulu usuqonde ngqo eNew Orleans. Akulungile, ”kusho uJim Kossin, ongusosayensi omkhulu we-Climate Service.
UMbusi waseLouisiana uJohn Bel Edwards umemezele isimo esibucayi kuhulumeni ngoLwesine ngenxa yesimo sezulu esiza ngempelasonto.
"Ngeshwa, lonke ugu lwaseLouisiana njengamanje lusekukhoneni kwesimo sezulu," kusho u-Edwards, wengeza ngokuthi "ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa, wonke umuntu kufanele abe esendaweni lapho ehlose ukuqeda lesi siphepho."
Isiphepho u-Ida singahlasela kahle kakhulu New Orleans ngosuku olufanayo olwahlaselwa yiSiphepho uKatrina eminyakeni engu-16 edlule - Agasti 29.
Emuva ngo-2005, uKatrina wadlula nemiphefumulo engaba ngu-1,800 80 ngenkathi idabula indawo esukela ogwini oluphakathi neLouisiana iye ngasemzaneni wombuso waseMississippi-Alabama. Kuphinde kwabangela izikhukhula eziyinhlekelele eNew Orleans, cishe idolobha elingamaphesenti angama-XNUMX ngaphansi kwamanzi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The US National Weather Service said on Friday that the tropical storm, which was about to reach Cuba, was now classified as a Category 1 hurricane, with its winds reaching a speed of 120 kilometers an hour.
- “Now is the time to start,” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a press conference on Friday as she urged New Orleans residents to pack up supplies and leave before the storm hits.
- As as New Orleans braces for Hurricane Ida's landfall, the city’s mayor has issued and order of the evacuation for all residents living outside the city's levee system.
