Isiphepho uDouglas asizange sibe buthaka njengoba kwakulindelekile.
Intatheli yakwa-AP ibuze ukuthi kungani kubonakala sengathi abantu baseHawaii abasithathi ngokungathi sína iSiphepho uDouglas.
UMeya uCaldwell uthe iHawaii yasinda iminyaka engaphezu kweyisi-8 esiphepho esibi, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi abantu bakhululeke kakhulu ukuthi bangaqondi ubucayi balesi siphepho. UMeya waseHonolulu uCaldwell ufuna wonke umuntu aqonde ukuthi umthelela wesiphepho esiseduze uzozwakala emahoreni ambalwa. “Lesi isiphepho esibi kakhulu.”
UMbusi waseHawaii u-Ige ugcizelele lo mlayezo ngokuthi, uDouglas akazange abe buthaka njengoba bekulindelekile. Ihlala iyisiphepho esiyingozi esigabeni sokuqala.
I-Hawaii Tourism Authority ayizange iwuhambele lo mhlangano, ngakho-ke akuzange kucace ukuthi zingaki izivakashi okwamanje ezivalelwe zodwa emakamelweni azo amahhotela. Izivakashi ezihlala e-Quarantine zivunyelwe ukuthi zithenge igilosa nemithi edingekayo ukulungiselela isiphepho esisondelayo.
UMbusi waseHawaii u-Ige kanye neMeya uKirk Caldwell kanye nezinye izimeya ezintathu bakhulume nezakhamuzi zaseHawaii kanye nezivakashi ngo-11.30 ekuseni namhlanje ekuseni. Isiqhingi saseHawaii sasinda, kodwa isiphepho sizoba nomthelela oseduze eMaui, e-Oahu, kanye nobusuku bonke eSiqhingini saseKauai.
I-FEMA, i I-Federal Emergency Management Agency ukuqinisekisile ukuthi zonke izinsiza zabo zikhona.
Ngokusekelwe ku-11 am isibikezelo esivela eCentral Pacific Hurricane Centre, iSiphepho uDouglas siyaqhubeka nokuletha usongo olukhulu ku-Oahu. Ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi wonke umuntu uyabona futhi kugcizelelwe ubucayi bosongo, iDolobha lizobe likhala inhlabamkhosi yangaphandle ngo-12 pm I-Sirens izokhala ithoni enganyakazi imizuzu emi-3.
UMeya uCaldwell uhlangane nabasebenzi namhlanje ekuseni njengoba isikhungo seDolobha kanye Nesifunda sase-Honolulu Emergency Operations siqala ukusebenza amahora angama-24 ngaphambi kwemithelela engaba khona yeSiphepho uDouglas. Izakhamizi zase-O'ahu ziyacelwa ukuthi zilungiselele umoya onamandla, ukuntweza emanzini okuyingozi, izimvula ezinamandla nezikhukhula ezingaba khona emahoreni angama-24 alandelayo.
U-O'ahu uhlala ngaphansi kwewashi lesiphepho namuhla ekuseni nemimoya enamandla engu-90 mph.
Ukukhathazeka kukaMaui yiHana kanye nesiqhingi saseMolokai.
Izikhumulo zezindiza zizohlala zivuliwe eSifundazweni SaseHawaii ngezindiza ezithile ezisebenza ngezindiza ezidlula zonke eziya ezweni lase-US.
UMongameli u-Donald J. Trump umemezele ukuthi kunesimo esiphuthumayo esikhona eSifundazweni SaseHawaii futhi wayala usizo lwe-Federal ukuze lwengeze imizamo yokusabela yezwe neyendawo ngenxa yezimo eziphuthumayo ezibangelwe yiSiphepho uDouglas kusukela ngomhlaka-23 Julayi 2020, nokuqhubeka.
Isenzo sikaMongameli sigunyaza uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya, I-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), ukuthi uqondise yonke imizamo yokusiza ezinhlekeleleni enenjongo yokudambisa ubunzima nokuhlupheka okubangelwa isimo esiphuthumayo kubantu bendawo, kanye nokuhlinzeka ngosizo olufanele oludingekayo. izinyathelo eziphuthumayo, ezigunyazwe ngaphansi kweSihlokwana V soMthetho we-Stafford, ukusindisa izimpilo nokuvikela impahla nempilo yomphakathi kanye nokuphepha, kanye nokunciphisa noma ukugwema usongo lwenhlekelele ezifundeni zaseHawaii, Kauai, neMaui kanye neDolobha neSifunda. we Honolulu.
Ngokukhethekile, i-FEMA igunyazwe ukuhlonza, ukuhlanganisa, nokuhlinzeka ngokubona kwayo, izinto zokusebenza kanye nezinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze kudambiswe imithelela yesimo esiphuthumayo. Izinyathelo zokuvikela eziphuthumayo, ezikhawulelwe ekusizeni i-Federal ngqo kanye nembuyiselo yokunakekelwa kwabantu abaningi okuhlanganisa ukuphuma nokusekelwa kwendawo yokukhosela kuzonikezwa ku-75% ye-Federal funding.
