Izibukeli zaseMaine zikhukhuleke zaya olwandle ngesiphepho

EDGARTOWN, Mass. - Igagasi elikhulu elikhuthazwe yisiphepho uBill likhukhulele izethameli laya olwandle epaki iMaine ngeSonto ngesikhathi igagasi elihlaselwe yisiphepho lihehe ababukeleyo kanye nama-daredevils ngasogwini lwaseMpumalanga Seaboard.

Owesilisa, owesifazane nentombazane eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala badonswe olwandle ngase-Acadia National Park, kusho uCoolon Petty Officer u-2nd Class Shane Coxon, kanti nabatakuli bebefuna abanye okukholakala ukuthi badukile emagagasini.

"Lokhu kuyimiphumela yeSiphepho uBill" kuhambisana nomthelela wamaza amakhulu, kusho umqaphi wepaki uSonia Berger.

Le ntombazane ibingaphenduli ngesikhathi ihlengwa, lona wesifazane ubonakale ephuke umlenze kanti le ndoda ibinenkinga yenhliziyo edlule ebibukeka sengathi iyazilungisa, kusho uCoxon.

Isiphepho naso sisolwe ngokufa kukabhukudi oneminyaka engu-54 ubudala ngoMgqibelo eFlorida. UKapteni waseVolusia County Beach Patrol uScott Petersohn uthe u-Angel Rosa wase-Orlando uqulekile ngesikhathi egeza olwandle ngamagagasi anamandla abangelwa nguBill eNew Smyrna Beach, ngasogwini oluphakathi neFlorida. Ube esehlonzwa njengoshonile esibhedlela.

Abaqaphi balapho baphinde bahlenga idlanzana lababhukudi okukholakala ukuthi balimele umgogodla.

Isikhungo sesiphepho besingamakhilomitha angaba ngu-400 entshonalanga naseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeNewfoundland ntambama ngeSonto, ngokusho kweNational Hurricane Center. Imimoya yayo enamandla kakhulu yehle yaya ku-75 mph, futhi yayihamba inyakatho-mpumalanga ngo-35 mph. Isiphepho kulindeleke ukuthi siqhubeke nokuphelelwa ngamandla njengoba sihamba phezu kwamanzi apholile.

Laba abathathu abasindiswe eMaine bebeyingxenye yesixuku santambama sezinkulungwane ebezime ogwini lolwandle olunamadwala ukuze zibuke amagagasi amakhulu namaza agagadayo.

UJames Kaiser waseBar Harbour ubethatha izithombe lapho ezwa ukumemeza ukuthi abantu bangenelwe emanzini angama-55 degree epaki iThunder Hole, okuyindawo ethandwa kakhulu izivakashi lapho amagagasi evame ukushayisana khona bese enza umsindo odumayo ngenkathi eshaya phezulu umoya.

"Ngangibona amakhanda abantu amabili ebhoboza emanzini," kusho uKaiser. Uthe wayecabanga ukuthi bazobuyiselwa ogwini ngoba amagagasi ayengena kanzima kodwa kunalokho umsinga wabasusa ogwini.

UKaiser uthe abantu abaningi abanyakazi nakancane uma bechaphazelwa amagagasi kunalokho babonakala behleka.

Abanye osebeni bathole imihuzukwana ngemuva kokushaywa ngamaza ngamagagasi, kusho uChief Ranger Stuart West oyi-Acadia National Park.

Ukuthungathwa kwamanzi kwabanye okukholakala ukuthi balahlekile kulindeleke ukuthi kumiswe ukushona kwelanga, kusho uWest. Amagagasi abegijima ngamamitha angu-10 kuya kwangu-12 ukuphakama nemimoya engama-25 ogwini, kusho uCoxon.

Ngasogwini lwaseNova Scotia's Atlantic, isiphepho silethe imvula enamandla nomoya onamandla, ophoqa ukukhanselwa kwezindiza nokuvalwa kwemigwaqo okwesikhashana. UBill wadabula amagatsha ezihlahleni eHalifax nakwezinye izindawo, futhi kwaba nezikhukhula ezithile zasendaweni. Amakhasimende angaba ngu-40,000 eNova Scotia Power alahlekelwe amandla, kepha kancane kancane ayebuyiselwa ngeSonto.

UCraig MacLaughlan, oyisikhulu esiphezulu kwaNova Scotia's Emergency Management Office, uthe akukho monakalo omkhulu osubikiwe esifundazweni.

Lesi siphepho sidonse ababukeli benethemba lokuthola amazwibela amagagasi ashayisayo njengoba edabula i-Atlantic Canada.

Yize bexwayiswa kaninginingi, abantu babuthane ePeggy's Cove, eNova Scotia, nasendleleni yokuhamba ebhodini yedolobha iHalifax njengoba ukuvuvukala kukhula ngokuqina ngamandla nosayizi.

“Kuze kube manje, kuhle impela,” kusho uHeather Wright, owayehamba ethekwini leHalifax.

EMassachusetts, uMongameli uBarack Obama nomndeni wakhe bafika eCape Cod ngeSonto ntambama bezovakasha emva kwesiphepho esidlule kahle empumalanga.

Abantu abaningana kudingeke ukuthi basindiswe emanzini aseMassachusetts, kubalwa namakhumbi ambalwa abebhajwe olwandle olunzima ePlymouth, kusho uPeter Judge, okhulumela iMassachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

Uthe ukuqhuma kwamagagasi okunamandla nokuguguleka kolwandle yizinto ezikhathaza kakhulu ngeSonto.

"Into yethu enkulu njengamanje yigagasi elibi nje," esho.

Abantu abaningi bavele eSouth Beach eMartin's Vineyard ngamakhamera nama-camcorder abo bezobuka amagagasi amakhulu futhi bahlasela i-Atlantic.

UTony Dorsey waseGofftown, NH, unekamu esivinini. Uthe amagagasi akhuphukela esiqongweni sezindunduma eSouth Beach ngesikhathi samaza amakhulu, futhi afaka “ama-roller amakhulu.

"Kwagcwala olwandle," esho. “Kubuyise olwandle. Akucekelwanga phansi kakhulu, kodwa kuzolwakha kabusha ulwandle. ”

Isiphepho sabambezela noma samisa ukuhanjiswa kwezikebhe ukusuka eNew York kuya eMaine, futhi kwagcina amabhishi amaningi evaliwe.

EMontanauk, NY, ababhukudi babengavunyelwe emanzini, kodwa abagibeli bamanzi babephume begibela amagagasi. Okhulumela amapaki ombuso uGeorge Gorman uthe bacishe baba ngu-2,000 16 abashayeli bezindiza abaqhamuke eMontanauk ngeSonto - okuyisibalo esake sabalwa kakhulu lapho. Ajabulele amagagasi afinyelela phezulu ngamamitha ayi-XNUMX.