Umonakalo oyinhlekelele: I-Puerto Rico eshayiwe futhi egcwele izikhukhula iba mnyama

Amakhulu ezakhamuzi akhishwe ePuerto Rico njengoba amanzi ezikhukhula emvula eyalethwa iSiphepho uFiona ekhuphuka ngokushesha.

ISiphepho u-Fiona sahlasela i-US Territory ngosuku lokukhumbula iSiphepho u-Hugo, esagadla. E-Puerto Rico Iminyaka engu-33 edlule.

Imvula engama-intshi angu-8 kuye kwayi-12 isivele ine ezindaweni ezisabalele esiqhingini, ngokusho kokubona kwakamuva. Kodwa-ke, izindawo zasendaweni ziyiqinisekisile imibiko yemvula engaphezu kwama-intshi angu-20, kanti kuseza.

Isiphepho u-Fiona sisabise ngokulahla amazinga emvula “omlando” esiqhingini izolo nanamuhla, okungafika kuma-intshi angu-32 (810 mm) angekho embuzweni ezingxenyeni ezisempumalanga neziseningizimu yePuerto Rico.

Amanzi ezikhukhula adlayo akhukhula ezitezi zokuqala ngisho nomgwaqo wezindiza wezindiza esifundeni esiseningizimu yePuerto Rico.

Umbusi wasePuerto Rico umemezele ukuthi uhlelo lukagesi lwase-US Territory alusebenzi ngokuphelele ngenxa kaFiona, nokuthumele izakhamizi ezingaphezu kwesigidi esimweni sokucinywa kukagesi izolo.

Igridi kagesi ikhiphe izakhamuzi ezingu-1.4-million ebezilandelwa umkhondo izolo kusihlwa, ngokusho kwe-PowerOutage.US.

Ukucima kube nezakhamuzi ezingaphezu kuka-500,000 ngeSonto ekuseni ngaphambi kokucisha kukagesi kuyo yonke indawo. Ukucima kwe-inthanethi kuso sonke isiqhingi nakho kwanda njengoba ugesi ucima.

I-LUMA Energy, esebenzisa igridi kagesi yasePuerto Rico, ithe “kungathatha izinsuku ezimbalwa” ukubuyisela insiza.

Izikhungo zezokwelapha zasePuerto Rico zisebenza ngamajeneretha, amanye awo asehlulekile. Abasebenzi bendawo baphuthunyiswe ukuyolungisa amajeneretha e-Comprehensive Cancer Center, lapho iziguli eziningi kudingeke ukuthi zikhishwe.

"Umonakalo esiwubonayo uyinhlekelele," kusho uMbusi wasePuerto Rico uPedro Pierluisi,

UMongameli uJoe Biden imemezele isimo esiphuthumayo e-Puerto Rico njengoba iso lesiphepho lisondela ekhoneni eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-US Territory.