TOPEKA – Isiphepho esihamba kancane esisakaza iqhwa, iqhwa nemvula emigwaqweni ecwebezelayo emaphakathi nezwe futhi saphazamisa ukuhamba kwezindiza ngoLwesine, nokwenza uhambo lwangomzuzu wokugcina lwamaholide lube ubuqili kodwa sathembisa uKhisimusi omhlophe kwabanye.
I-National Weather Service ikhiphe izexwayiso zeqhwa ezingxenyeni zase-Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota naseTexas. Ixwayise ngokuthi ukuhamba kuzoba yingozi kakhulu kulezo zindawo ngempelasonto futhi abashayeli kufanele bapakishe izinto zokusinda ebusika okuhlanganisa nethoshi namanzi uma kunesimo esiphuthumayo.
Imigwaqo eshelelayo kusolwa ukuthi okungenani kushone abantu abangu-12 kusukela ngoLwesibili kanti izikhulu zixwayise ngokuthi kuzoba kubi kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma sekuhwalele.
Izexwayiso zesiphepho sasebusika bezisebenza kuwo wonke amaThafa naseMidwest, kanti kungenzeka kube neqhwa elilodwa noma amabili kwezinye izindawo namuhla. NgoLwesine ntambama, izingxenye zeningizimu-mpumalanga yeMinnesota zase zithole amayintshi angu-8.
I-Oklahoma Highway Patrol ivale i-Interstate 40 esempumalanga e-El Reno ngenxa yezingozi eziningi, kodwa abasebenzi bebesebenza amahora angu-12 ukuze bagcine eminye imigwaqo emikhulu ivuliwe. Uhulumeni wase-Texas u-Rick Perry uvule izisebenzi zezempi nezimoto eziphuthumayo ukuze zisize abashayeli bezimoto. Futhi eNyakatho Dakota, uGov. John Hoeven uthe ubeke amasosha ezwe engeziwe kanye noGada Lwesizwe endaweni elindile.
UScott Blair, oyisazi sezulu seNational Weather Service eTopeka, uthe umoya usuba yinkinga enkulu njengoba isivinini somoya sifinyelela ku-25 mph kanye nezivunguvungu ezifinyelela ku-40 mph.
“Umoya uyabulala, ikakhulukazi uma ungenalutho,” kusho umshayeli weloli uJim Reed ngesikhathi esitobhini e-Omaha, Neb., njengoba elibangise eLincoln eyolanda umthwalo wenyama yenkomo ngaphambi kokuqala impelasonto yakhe yeholide ende.
“Noma yini efakwe ebhokisini, njengenqola yesiqandisi njengoba nginayo … iba njengoseyili omkhulu emoyeni,” esho.
Isiphepho sasebusika siholele u-Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson ukuthi avale amahhovisi esifunda endaweni yase-Topeka ngasekuqaleni kobusuku obandulela uKhisimuzi.
UParkinson utshele abasebenzi bombuso endaweni ukuthi bangahamba usuku lonke ngo-3 ntambama
Okhulumela uBeth Martino uthi uParkinson wenze umsebenzi wokugcina abasebenzi bephephile.
Empumalanga yeKansas, uTony Glaum wayehamba nomkakhe nendodakazi beya ekhaya labazali bakhe enyakatho yeManhattan. Uthe bebecabanga ukuhlala ubusuku bonke, kunokuthi bathathe uhambo lwabo olwandulela olwandulela uKhisimusi olujwayelekile bebuyela ekhaya.
UGlaum, 43, waseLeavenworth, uthe yena nendodakazi yakhe babone kubanda emoyeni.
“Impela uyawuzwa umoya. Kuzwakala sengathi inyakaziswa ngendlela exakile,” usho kanje. "Kuzwakala kungalungile."
Noma kunjalo, uthe, ubheke ngabomvu uKhisimusi omhlophe: "Ngicabanga ukuthi iqhwa lingaba lihle kakhulu."
Cishe izindiza ezihleliwe eziyi-100 ezisuka eMinneapolis-St. I-Paul International Airport ikhanseliwe ngoLwesine kanti inqwaba yabambezeleka. Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Will Rogers World Airport e-Oklahoma City sivale imigwaqo yezindiza yaso emithathu sakhansela cishe izindiza ezingama-30. Ukubambezeleka kudlule amahora amabili kubikwe e-Houston's Hobby Airport.
Izihambi eziningi zathatha kancane lezi ziphazamiso.
UDavid Teater, 58, kanye no-Aaron Mayfield, 29, bobabili baseMinneapolis, bebendizela e-Los Angeles besendleleni eya e-Australia beyovakasha eholidini. Babezinikeze usuku olwengeziwe lokuhamba, belindele ukuthi bazobambezeleka ndawana thize endleleni, futhi bafika esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMinneapolis bephethe izinto zokufunda nokunye okulula.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi umzila wezindiza kufanele ususwe,” kubikezela uTeater.
U-Nick Shogren, 56, kanye nendodakazi yakhe eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, uSophie, wasePark Rapids, eMnn., bebendizela eCancun, eMexico, bevakashele e-Isla Mujeres izinsuku ezingu-10. Bahamba ngemoto baya eMinneapolis ngoLwesithathu, uhambo lwabo olujwayelekile lwamahora amathathu luthatha ihora elengeziwe ngenxa yeqhwa, bahlala ehhotela.
UShogren uthe babheke ukungenzi lutho ngaphandle kokuphumula “uma singaphuma lapha.”
Ngemva kokwehlisa indodana yabo encane esikhumulweni sezindiza, uTheresa noFrank Gustafson baseChaska, Minn., balibangise eMall of America eBloomington, lapho abathengi babeyindlala khona.
“Manje njengoba sesiqedile ukuthola abantu yonke indawo, sesiphumile sijabulela ukusa,” kusho u-Theresa Gustafson, 45, owayethenga izipho zikaKhisimusi ngomzuzu wokugcina.
AbakwaGustafson babehlele ukubuyela ekhaya ngemva kwalokho bahlale. Babenethemba lokuthi imigwaqo yayizocaca ngokwanele ngoKhisimusi ukuze indodakazi yabo endala ikwazi ukuhamba ngemoto isuka edolobheni eliseduze.
Isiphepho saqala eNingizimu-ntshonalanga - lapho izimo ezifana ne-blizzard zivala imigwaqo futhi zabangela inqwaba ehlanganisa izimoto ze-20 e-Arizona ngoLwesibili - futhi sasakazekela empumalanga nasenyakatho, okubangela izeluleko zesimo sezulu kusukela e-Rocky Mountains kuya eLake Michigan.
Imigwaqo eshisekayo, eneqhwa isolwa ngezingozi ezishone kubantu abayisithupha e-Nebraska, abane e-Kansas, eyodwa e-Minnesota kanye neyodwa ngase-Albuquerque, i-NM A isiphepho esiseningizimu ye-Phoenix sibangele uchungechunge lwezingozi ezibulale okungenani abantu abathathu ngoLwesibili.
Isimiso esifanayo sasiletha imvula enkulu nokuduma kwezulu okunamandla ezingxenyeni zeGulf Coast namaphakathi nezwe. Izikhulu zase-Arkansas zivale ingxenye ye-Interstate 30 eningizimu ye-Little Rock ngoLwesine ngenxa yezikhukhula ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili zemvula enamandla. Umoya onamandla uwise isihlahla emzini oseLouisiana, kwashona indoda, kusho iziphathimandla.
Imimoya enamandla neqhwa kubangele ukucisha kukagesi eNebraska, Illinois nase-Iowa.
Lesi siphepho siphoqe ukuthi kuvalwe iSikhumbuzo Sesizwe saseMount Rushmore eSouth Dakota futhi siholele uHulumeni uMike Rounds ukuthi akhansele izinhlelo zokuhamba futhi ahlale ePierre ngoKhisimusi. Imizuliswano imemezele isimo esiphuthumayo ngoLwesibili ngaphambi kokuthi kuze kufike isiphepho.
NgoLwesine, umbusi uxwayise abantu ukuthi bangakhohliswa yisiphepho, ethembisa ukuthi "sizofika lapha."
Ababhali be-Associated Press uMartiga Lohn eMinneapolis, uJean Ortiz noJosh Funk e-Omaha, Neb., Michael J. Crumb e-Des Moines, Iowa, James MacPherson e-Bismarck, ND, Tim Talley e-Oklahoma City, kanye noCaryn Rousseau noMichael Tarm eChicago. ufake isandla kulo mbiko.
