Izinkulungwane zayala ukuthi zikhishwe esiqhingini iVanuatu njengoba intaba-mlilo isongela ukuqhuma

Abantu abayi-11,000 bayalelwe ukuthi basuse isiqhingi eVanuatu lapho intaba-mlilo eduma kakhulu isongela ukuqhuma.

Izikhulu eziqhingini zeziqhingi zasePacific zanquma ukuthi azinakubeka impilo yabantu engcupheni ngakho-ke zayalela ukukhishwa okuphoqelekile kwesiqhingi sase-Ambae.

I-Ambae ingesinye seziqhingi ezingama-65 ezihlala abantu esizweni sePacific cishe ikota eyodwa yendlela esuka e-Australia iya eHawaii.

Izikhulu zikhuphule isilinganiso somsebenzi wentabamlilo saya ezingeni lesine ngempelasonto, esikalini lapho izinga lesihlanu limele ukuqhuma okukhulu. NgoMsombuluko izikhulu zimemezele ukuthi kunesimo esiphuthumayo futhi bezithuthele abantu abaseduze nentaba-mlilo kwezinye izindawo zesiqhingi.

Amasosha aseNew Zealand andizele intaba-mlilo ngoLwesibili athi izinsika ezinkulu zomusi, umlotha namatshe entaba-mlilo beziqhamuka emgodini wentaba-mlilo.

Ezinye izakhamizi sezivele zashiya isiqhingi ngokuzithandela. Iziphathimandla zithi azinayo indlela yangempela yokubikezela ukuthi intaba-mlilo izokwenzani ngokulandelayo nokuthi abaphumayo kuzodingeka bakulinde.

Okhulumela uhulumeni uHilaire Bule uthe ukuthuthwa kwabantu kuzokwenziwa ngesikebhe bese kuqhubeka kuze kube ngumhla ka-6 Okthoba. Uthe izakhamizi zizothuthelwa eziqhingini eziseduze. Izikhulu bezisungula iziza ezimbili ePentecost Island, uthe, lapho abantu abazothuthwa bezofakwa khona ezakhiweni zikahulumeni noma ezinkambeni zesikhashana zamakamu.

UDickinson Tevi, okhulumela i-Vanuatu Red Cross Society, uthe isikhungo sokusiza besilokhu sithumela imishini yamanzi nendawo yokuhlala esiqhingini sase-Ambae.

"Abantu besaba kakhulu ngomsindo wokuduma oqhubekayo," esho. "Abaqiniseki futhi bayesaba."

UBule uthe uhulumeni ukhiphe imali engu-200m vatu ($ 1.9m) ukwenza lo mzamo wokususa abantu futhi uthumele amaphoyisa angama-60 ukuthi asize abantu bahambe futhi aqinisekise ukuthi akukho ukuphanga.

"Sizilungiselele iziphepho ngokubeka izikhungo zokukhipha abantu esiqhingini kodwa asikulungele ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo," kusho uBule. "Uhulumeni kufanele abeke inqubomgomo ukuze abhekelele lokhu esikhathini esizayo."

IVanuatu iyikhaya labantu abangaba ngu-280,000 futhi ijwayele ukuba nezinhlekelele zemvelo, inezintaba-mlilo eziyishumi nanhlanu ezishisayo kanye neziphepho ezivamile nokuzamazama komhlaba. Ihlala “kwindandatho yomlilo” yasePacific, udonga lwamaphutha okuzamazama komhlaba azungeze i-Pacific Ocean lapho ukuzamazama komhlaba nezintaba-mlilo zivame khona.