(CNN) - Inani elirekhodiwe lokukhithika kubikwe ngoMgqibelo ntambama ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-Washington, DC-ndawo njengoba isiphepho esikhulu seqhwa sihlasele oGwini LwaseMpumalanga - futhi iqhwa lisawa.
Ukunqwabelana esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Washington Dulles kufinyelele amayintshi angu-13, kwephula irekhodi elidala lama-intshi angu-10.6 elibekwe u-December, 12, 1964. E-Reagan National 13.3 amayintshi eqhwa abikwa. Irekhodi elidala lapho lalingama-intshi angu-11.5 elibekwe ngoDisemba 17, 1932.
Isiphepho sigubuzele isifunda esimaphakathi ne-Atlantic kanye nephaseji elinabantu abaningi be-I-95, futhi ama-intshi angu-10 kuya kwangu-20 eqhwa abikezelwe ngenxa yobuningi besifunda. Bona imininingwane yamanje yokubambezeleka kwendiza kusizindalwazi se-FAA
EVirginia, kushone umuntu oyedwa ngasekupheleni kukaLwesihlanu kwathi abanye ababili bashona ngoMgqibelo esiphepho esinamandla, kusho uMnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo eVirginia. Bekulindelwe iqhwa elinzima kakhulu esifundazweni.
Lesi simo sezulu esibi sidale isimemezelo esiphuthumayo enhlokodolobha yezwe, savala amakhulu abashayeli bezimoto, sadala umonakalo ezikhumulweni zezindiza, sabangela ukucisha kukagesi, sasabisa nangokuvalela izinkumbi zabantu abathenga uKhisimusi ezindlini.
Yonke imigwaqo yezindiza esikhumulweni sezindiza iReagan National ivaliwe kwaze kwaba ihora lesithupha ekuseni ngeSonto, kanti ulayini wesitimela iMetrorail oya esikhumulweni sezindiza wavalwa ngenxa yeqhwa, kusho isikhulu sezindiza zedolobha engosini yabo. Itheminali ihlale ivuliwe.
I-National Weather Service ikhiphe isexwayiso ngesiphepho sezulu endaweni ye-DC, kodwa yanciphisa lokho kwaba isexwayiso ngesiphepho sasebusika kuze kube ngu-6 ekuseni ngeSonto. Izibikezelo zithe isivunguvungu somoya esingafika ku-40 mph "kulindeleke ukuthi sidale izimo ezimhlophe kamuva namhlanje ntambama."
Lesi siphepho sasuka eTennessee naseNorth Carolina saya ezifundazweni eziseningizimu yeNew England, sacishe savala iBaltimore, Philadelphia naseNew York.
Ezinye izindawo ezinesibindi nokulindela iqhwa elinzima zihlanganisa i-Baltimore, eMaryland, lapho kumenyezelwe khona isexwayiso ngesishingishane; ePhiladelphia, ePennsylvania; I-New York; eRichmond, eVirginia; kanye nezifunda ukusuka eTennessee naseNyakatho Carolina kuya ezifundazweni eziseningizimu yeNew England.
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EVirginia, abezimo eziphuthumayo bathe imigwaqo eminingi esifundeni esisentshonalanga ithathwa njengeyingozi, abashayeli bezimoto bebevaleleke ezweni lonke, kanti izikhulu zendawo nezasesifundazweni bezibasiza.
"Njengoba siqhubeka nokusiza abashayeli abavaleleke, nginxusa kakhulu wonke umuntu ukuthi ahlale ekhaya futhi aphume emigwaqeni," kusho uMichael Cline, umxhumanisi wesifundazwe eMnyangweni Wezokuphathwa Kwezimo Eziphuthumayo eVirginia. “Kunamakhulu ezimoto ezilahliwe noma ezibhajwe emigwaqeni. Sekuvele kuneqhwa emigwaqweni, futhi iqhwa lisawa.”
Izingxenye ze-US 29 kanye ne-Interstates 77 kanye ne-81 zivaliwe. Bangaphezu kuka-500 abantu asebengene ezindaweni zokukhosela ezindaweni eziningi zaseVirginia. Amakhasimende angaphezu kuka-29,000 aphelelwe amandla eSigodini saseShenandoah, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kunqamuke okuningi. Abantu ezindaweni ezisogwini bayaxwayiswa ukuthi bazilungiselele izikhukhula.Bona imininingwane yethrafikhi nokuvalwa kwemigwaqo engosini ye-US DOT
Umkhulumeli uthe iVirginia National Guard isebenzisana nezinye izinhlaka ukuthutha abashayeli abavaleleke ibayise ezindaweni zokukhosela, futhi bathola ukudla namanzi kubantu abavaleleke ezimotweni zabo. Babalelwa ku-25 abantu abathuthelwe endaweni yokukhosela eNyuvesi yaseVirginia.
Unogada umisa izikhungo kuso sonke isifunda, futhi amalungu angafinyelela kwangu-300 azofakwa enkundleni ekupheleni kosuku.
EWashington, uMeya u-Adrian M. Fenty uthe lesi siphepho “mhlawumbe sikhulu esike sasibona eminyakeni embalwa edlule.”
"Sizophonsa konke esinakho ukuze sigcine isifunda sivulekele ibhizinisi kule mpelasonto ematasa yangaphambi kweholide," kusho uFenty ngesikhathi ememezela isimo esiphuthumayo seqhwa.
Isimo esiphuthumayo seqhwa se-DC, esiqale ukusebenza ngo-7 am ngoMgqibelo, size njengoba ibhizinisi elibalulekile liqhubeka eSigele sase-US. Ngokungakhathazwa yizimo ezikhithika, izigele zaphasisa umthethosivivinywa wokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezokuvikela futhi zawuchitha umthetho wokunakekelwa kwezempilo ophikisanayo.
Imeya inxuse izakhamizi ukuthi zihlale phansi.
“Sinxusa wonke umuntu ukuthi uma ungayi ndawo linda. Leli qhwa kufanele liphele ekuseni [ngeSonto] ngokuhlanza amahora angu-24. Kufanele sibe nemigwaqo eminingi elungele ukuhamba ngehora lejubane ngoMsombuluko. Futhi, ngethemba, konke kwenziwe phakathi kukaMsombuluko noLwesithathu.”
Isifunda sitshale abasebenzi ukuthi balime usawoti futhi balime futhi saphawula ukuthi ngaphansi kwesimo esiphuthumayo seqhwa eWashington, "zonke izimoto kumele zisuswe ngokushesha emizileni yezimo eziphuthumayo zeqhwa" futhi ukupaka akuvunyelwe kuleyo migwaqo.
Kube nezingozi zezimoto kanti amakhulu amaphoyisa atshalwe. Abantu abayisishiyagalolunye baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela ngemuva kokushayisana kwebhasi ne-snowplow yedolobha, kusho isikhulu sezomlilo e-DC. Ukulimala akubhekwa njengokubi kakhulu.
Isifunda sithe uhlelo lukaloliwe luzosebenza “eduze kakhulu nesimiso esijwayelekile lapho kuneqhwa elingafika kumayintshi ayisithupha.”
Uma iqhwa linqwabelana ngaphezu kwamayintshi angu-8, isevisi yesitimela engaphansi komhlaba ingase imiswe futhi futhi kuzovulwa iziteshi ezingaphansi komhlaba kuphela. Kusukela ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, umzila wesitimela kamasipala wawusebenza ngokujwayelekile, kodwa amabhasi ayehamba emizileni yeqhwa ephuthumayo.
Khonamanjalo, izitimela zakwaMetrorail eWashington bekufanele ziyeke ukusebenza eziteshini ezihamba phezulu ngoMgqibelo ntambama ngenxa “yeqhwa elinzima elimboze ujantshi wesithathu ofakwe ugesi, ongamayintshi ayisishiyagalombili ngaphezu komhlaba. Ujantshi wesithathu kumele ungabi naqhwa neqhwa ngoba uwumthombo kagesi onika izitimela amandla,” kusho umbiko wezindaba wesifunda.
Izitimela zizoshintshwa zibe ukuhamba ngaphansi komhlaba, kanti iziteshi zakwaMetrorail ezingaphansi komhlaba zizohlala zivuliwe kuze kube u-3 ekuseni, isikhathi esivamile sokuvala ngoMgqibelo ebusuku.
“Besilokhu sikuqaphe ngeso lokhozi ukukhithika kwesimo sezulu kusukela izolo ebusuku,” kusho iMenenja Jikelele yeMetro uJohn Catoe. “Sagijima izitimela ubusuku bonke ukuze sigcine ujantshi uhlanzekile eqhweni naseqhweni, kodwa sifika ngokushesha lapho sibeka khona izitimela engcupheni yokubhajwa kujantshi weqhwa. Ukuvimbela lokho ukuthi kungenzeki, sizoyeka ukusebenza phezulu ngo-1 ntambama”
Izikhulu zithe yonke isevisi yeMetrobus izoma ngo-1 ntambama “ngoba imigwaqo iyashesha ukudlula.”
ENtshonalanga Virginia, uGov. Joe Manchin ngoMgqibelo umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo futhi "wagunyaza ukusetshenziswa kweNational Guard ukusiza ngokususa iqhwa nosizo oluphuthumayo nokusebenza." UManchin esitatimendeni uthe iWest Virginia isebenzela ukusiza abashayeli abavaleleke, ukusula imigwaqo, nokubuyisela ukunqamuka kukagesi.
“Kodwa-ke, iqhwa lisaqhubeka nokunqwabelana njengoba isiphepho siya enyakatho sidlula esifundazweni,” esho. “Nginxusa zonke izakhamuzi ukuthi zigweme ukuhamba kungenasidingo. Lesi isiphepho esikhulu futhi akufanele banezele engozini ngokushayela uma kungadingeki ukuba babe ngaphandle.”
UManchin uphinde wakhansela iphathi kaKhisimusi yaminyaka yonke ngoMgqibelo eNdlini Yombusi.
Abahambi ngezindiza abasendleleni eya ezindaweni zokuvakasha bangase babhekane nokubambezeleka, kusho uTammy Jones, okhulumela iFederal Aviation Administration. IVirgin America Airlines ithe ikhansela zonke izindiza ezingenayo neziphumayo eziya eWashington/Dulles Airport ngoMgqibelo ngaphambi kwesiphepho. Iqhwa neqhwa kubangele ukubambezeleka kokufika kwendiza e-Philadelphia International Airport.
I-Delta Air Lines ithe isikhansele zonke izindiza ezingena neziphuma ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-Washington futhi ingase ikhansele ukuhamba nokuphuma kwezindiza endaweni yaseNew York ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngoMgqibelo.
Okhulumela i-AirTran, uQuinnie Jenkins, uthe bonke abafike eBaltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Reagan National Airport, naseDulles bakhanseliwe futhi ukuhamba kwabambezeleka kakhulu.
I-American Airlines iphinde ikhansele zonke izindiza ezingena neziphumayo eziya ezikhumulweni zezindiza ze-DC, e-Baltimore, nase-Philadelphia ngenxa yesimo sezulu.
ERoanoke, eVirginia, isikhumulo sezindiza sesifunda siphinde saqala ukusebenza ngoMgqibelo ntambama kuvulwe umzila wezindiza owodwa ngemuva kokuphoqeleka ukuthi uvale ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku, ngokusho kokhulumela isikhumulo sezindiza uSherry Wallace.
INational Football League imemezele ukuthi izikhathi zokuqala kwemidlalo emibili zisusiwe kusukela ngo-1 ntambama zayiswa ku-4:15 ntambama ngeSonto ngenxa yesimo sezulu. Bangumdlalo weChicago Bears-Baltimore Ravens eBaltimore kanye nomncintiswano weSan Francisco 49ers-Philadelphia Eagles ePhiladelphia.
ENyakatho ne-Carolina, i-State Highway Patrol ithe bathole izingcingo ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 ukusiza ezingozini noma abashayeli abavaleleke ngamayintshi angu-8 eqhwa.
Kulindeleke ukuthi lesi siphepho sihlasele ezingxenyeni ezithile zeNorth Carolina ngoMgqibelo, kusho abesimo sezulu. Kodwa kwakusenesexwayiso sesiphepho sasebusika esasisebenza kuze kube kusihlwa. Izibikezelo zilindele ama-intshi angu-8 eqhwa ezingxenyeni ezimaphakathi neNorth Carolina.
E-Asheville, eNyakatho Carolina, iqhwa lamboza imigwaqo, okwenza kube nzima ukuhamba. Ezinye izakhamizi, njenge-iReporter Ed Jenest, zibone ukuthi kungcono ukuhlala ekhaya.
“Usuku oluhle lokungayi ndawo,” esho. “Silalela umculo futhi sivutha bhe.”
Lesi siphepho kulindeleke ukuthi sidale isiphithiphithi kubahambi ngezimpelasonto kanye nabathengi bakaKhisimusi, kodwa okhulumela i-UPS ngoLwesihlanu uthe amaphakheji athunyelwe akumele abambezeleke.
"Into enhle ngathi nakubambangi bethu ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka ngempelasonto," kusho okhulumela i-UPS uNorman Black.
Uthi amaphakheji abekelwe ukulethwa kwangoMsombuluko "asezinndizeni ezifika namuhla kusihlwa futhi ezilayisha namuhla kusihlwa."
I-UPS ayilokothi ibe namaphakheji ahambayo ngeSonto, ngisho nangeSonto elingaphambi kukaKhisimusi. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ivolumu yangoMgqibelo ngokuvamile ilula - ngenxa yokuthi ukuletha ngoMgqibelo kuyisevisi ye-premium - Black ulindele izinkinga ezimbalwa.
Okusho ukuthi, ngaphandle uma imigwaqo iseyinhlamba futhi izikhumulo zezindiza azikahlanzwa ngoMsombuluko.
