Isiphepho iMorakot sihlasele empumalanga yeChina, sabulala ingane, sacekela phansi amakhulu emizi namapulazi acwila emanzini. Isikhungo sezindaba saseChina iXinhua sithi umfana oneminyaka emine ushone ngeSonto ngesikhathi kuwa umuzi wakhe edolobheni laseWenzhou esifundazweni iZhejiang. Ithi leli dolobha seliqophe imvula engu-70 centimeters selokhu iMorakot ifike ngeSonto esifundazweni iFujian eningizimu.
Iziphathimandla zaseShayina zikhiphe abantu abayisigidi babayisa endaweni ephephile ezifundazweni ezimbili ngaphambi kokuthi isiphepho sihlasele umoya ohamba amakhilomitha angu-120 ngehora. Izibikezelo zabikezela ukuthi iMorakot izoba buthaka njengoba ihambela enyakatho phezu komhlaba.
Ngaphambili, lesi sishingishane sabangela izikhukhula ezinamandla kunazo zonke eminyakeni engu-50 eningizimu yeTaiwan. ICentral News Agency yakulesi siqhingi ithi kushone abantu abayisikhombisa kwathi abanye abangu-46 abadukile. Lesi siphepho silahle imvula engaphezu kwamasentimitha angu-250 eningizimu yeTaiwan kusukela ngoLwesihlanu, sacwilisa amadolobhana futhi savika izinkulungwane zabantu.
Uhulumeni waseTaiwan utshale izinkulungwane zamasosha namaphoyisa ukusiza ngemizamo yokuhlenga neyokusiza. ICentral News Agency yaseTaiwan ithi uMengameli uMa Ying-jeou kanye noNdunankulu uLiu Chao-shiuan bavakashele eningizimu yesiqhingi ngeSonto ukuyohlola umonakalo. Izikhulu zaseTaiwan zilinganisela ukuthi lesi sishingishane sibangele izigidi zamaRandi ekulahlekelweni kwezolimo.
Kwesinye isigameko, ihhotela elinezitezi eziyisithupha liwile esifundeni saseTaitung ngemva kokuba amanzi ezikhukhula ecekele phansi isisekelo salo. Abasebenzi nezihambeli zase zikhishiwe. Ngaphambi kokushaya iTaiwan, izimvula nomoya ovela eMorakot kubangele izikhukhula ePhilippines, kwashona okungenani abantu abangu-21, okuhlanganisa izivakashi ezimbili zaseFrance kanye nowaseBelgium.
Izivunguvungu zivame ukuhlasela isifunda sase-Asia-Pacific phakathi kukaJulayi noSepthemba.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Chinese authorities evacuated one million people to safety in the two provinces before the storm hit with winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour.
- It says the city has recorded 70 centimeters of rain since Morakot made landfall earlier Sunday in Fujian province to the south.
- Taiwan’s Central News Agency says President Ma Ying-jeou and Prime Minister Liu Chao-shiuan toured the south of the island Sunday to inspect the damage.
