Umsakazo we-DBS ungenile Dominica iphansi, ngokusho kwe-Observer Radio Antigua.
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UNdunankulu waseDominica Roosevelt Skerrit usanda kulahlekelwa yindlu yakhe, njengoba isigaba 5 Isiphepho uMaria sihlasela izwe lakhe. I-Dominica. Imibiko yendiza yase-US Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter ibonisa ukuthi uMaria wawela eDominica cishe ngo-915 PM ET.
Amandla eSiphepho anamandla kakhulu eDominicana kuneSiphepho i-Irma ngesikhathi sigadla esiqhingini noma eBarbuda ngesonto eledlule futhi siyibhubhisa ngokuphelele, kodwa i-Maria mass incane kakhulu.
Cishe u-2/5 we Dominica's umnotho ubhanana. 2/5 okungenzeka ukuthi ikhishwa esiqhingini njengamanje, kusho ama-tweets. Ezokuvakasha nazo ziyingxenye ebalulekile yomnotho.
Njengoba sinezakhamuzi ezingu-73,000 kuphela, isiqhingi saseCaribbean iDominica asinawo amabhishi kodwa sibusiswe ngezimpophoma ezihlanzekile, amahlathi angenazimvula kanye nechibi elibilayo elingajwayelekile eliseMorne Trois Pitons National Park, elingamakhilomitha ayisithupha kuphela ukusuka empumalanga yenhloko-dolobha, iRoseau.
I-Dominica iyisiqhingi esinezintaba ezineziphethu ezishisayo zemvelo namahlathi emvula. I-Morne Trois Pitons National Park iyikhaya lechibi elishiswa yintabamlilo, elimbozwe ngesitimu. Leli paki liphinde lihlanganise nezikhala zesulfure, iTrafalgar Falls engamamitha angu-65 ubude, kanye neTitou Gorge ewumngcingo. Entshonalanga kunenhloko-dolobha yaseDominica, iRoseau, enezindlu zamapulangwe ezimibalabala nezingadi zezitshalo.
I-Dominica ibiyimfihlo kwezokuvakasha futhi ithandwa izivakashi eziningi ezivela eNyakatho Melika, eYurophu naseNingizimu Melika.
Imvelo ayizange ihlale inomusa ku-Dominica.
NgoSeptemba 20, 1834, isiphepho esinamandla sahlasela isiqhingi, sabangela ukuqhuma kwesiphepho esingamamitha angu-12 esacekela phansi iRoseau futhi sashiya abantu abangu-230 befile. Ngomhla zingama-29 kuNcwaba, 1979, iSiphepho uDavid - isiphepho seSigaba 5 esinemimoya engu-150 mph - sacekela phansi noma salimaza amaphesenti angu-80 ezindlu zaseDominica, saqothula isivuno sikabhanana futhi sabulala abantu abangu-56.
Kulo nyaka, inhlekelele iphinde yagadla ngendlela yeTropical Storm Erika, eyafika ngo-Agasti 28, yalahla amasentimitha angu-10 emvula esiqhingini, yabangela ukukhukhuleka kodaka okuyingozi futhi yacaba yonke imizana ngaphambi kokudlulela eGuadeloupe, ePuerto Rico naseDominican Republic.
