USGS ibike ukuthi ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla amakhulu angu-7.5 kuhlasele eningizimu ye-Alaska, nokwenze kwaxwayiswa esifundeni.
Ukuzamazama komhlaba kubhaliswe cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-55 eningizimu yeSand Point, e-Alaska ngoMsombuluko, ekujuleni okuqhele ngamakhilomitha acishe abe ngu-90.
INational Weather Service imemezele isexwayiso se-tsunami kubahlali baseNingizimu Alaska naseNhlonhlweni yase-Alaska kungekudala ngemuva kwalolu dlame, kodwa yathi izinga lobungozi lisahlolwa “kolunye ugu lwase-US kanye naseCanada Pacific eNyakatho Melika.” Akukho ukulimala noma ukulimala kwesakhiwo okusabikiwe.
Labo abasesifundeni esithintekile baceliwe ukuthi baphume bangene maphakathi nezwe noma ezindaweni eziphakeme, nokuthi baziqhelelanise nogu, kanye namatheku, ama-marinas namabhayi. Uchungechunge lokundindizela komhlaba okurekhodiwe ngemuva kwesigameko sokuqala, ezimbili ezinkulu ngobukhulu obungu-5.8 no-5.2, zombili zingamakhilomitha angaphezu kuka-60 (100km) eningizimu yeSand Point, idolobha elincane elisenhlonhlweni yase-Alaska elinabantu abangaphezudlwana nje kwenkulungwane.
Ngaphesheya kweGulf of Alaska, iziphathimandla eBritish Columbia, eCanada nazo zithi zihlola ubungozi be-tsunami, zicela abahlali ukuba beme ukuze bathole izibuyekezo uma kungukuthi bacelwa ukuba baphume.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- I-National Weather Service imemezele isixwayiso se-tsunami ezakhamuzini zaseNingizimu Alaska nase-Alaska Peninsula ngokushesha ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba, kodwa yathi izinga lobungozi lisahlolwa “kwezinye izigu zase-US naseCanada Pacific eNyakatho Melika.
- Labo abasesifundeni esithintekile baye bacelwa ukuba baphume bathuthele phakathi nezwe noma ezindaweni eziphakeme, futhi baqhele ugu, kanye namachweba, ama-marina namatheku.
- Ukuzamazama komhlaba kubhaliswe cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-55 eningizimu yeSand Point, e-Alaska ngoMsombuluko, ekujuleni okuqhele ngamakhilomitha acishe abe ngu-90.
