I-BEIJING - Uthuli lusebenza ngendlela yalo kwimingxuma yezitshixo kunye nezakhelo zefestile, kwaye zivumba njengobumdaka obungcolileyo bokungcola, umsi kunye neengqungquthela zetsimbi. Isibhakabhaka sijika i-magenta kwaye zonke izakhiwo ziyanyamalala. Amehlo ayakrazuka kwaye nomqala ubabuhlungu ngenxa yokukhohlela.
Izaqhwithi zesanti zasentlakohlaza zase-China zasentlakohlaza zavuthuza ngamandla ngakumbi impelaveki, zizisa inkxwaleko kubantu abasebenza ngaphandle ngoMvulo eBeijing nakwindawo ebanzi yelizwe.
“Ingena emqaleni wakho, phantsi kweempahla zakho, ebhedini yakho,” watsho utshayela isitrato saseBeijing uXue Yuan. "Ndiyithiyile, kodwa akukho nto unokuyenza."
Izivunguvungu ziyimveliso yokukhula kwentlango kwi-Inner Mongolia kunye neminye imimandla yeNtlango yaseGobi kumakhulu eekhilomitha ukuya emantla nasentshona yeBeijing okubangelwa kukutyisa kakhulu, ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, imbalela kunye nokuxinana kwedolophu. Imimoya ebhudla ngamandla ifunqula uthuli oluvuthuzayo kunye nokungcola, ixube nongcoliseko lwemizi-mveliso.
Isalathiso somgangatho womoya waseBeijing samiselwa kwiNqanaba lesi-4, ibakala elinye elingcono kunelona Nqanaba 5 linzulu kakhulu elafikelelwa ngoMgqibelo njengoko umxube wesanti, uthuli kunye nongcoliseko lwaqhuma ikomkhulu. Izazi ngemozulu zesiXeko zithi iimeko ziza kuphucuka, kodwa zalumkisa ukuba isanti iza kuhlala phakathi evekini.
Amanqanaba ongcoliseko abhalisiweyo eHong Kong, iikhilomitha ezingama-1,240 (iikhilomitha ezingama-2,000) ukuya emazantsi, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yezaqhwithi. Izikolo ziye zacetyiswa ukuba zirhoxise imisebenzi yangaphandle kwaye ubuncinci abantu abadala abangama-20 bafuna uncedo lwezonyango ngenxa yokuphefumla, utshilo unomathotholo waseHong Kong iRTHK.
Ngaphesheya kweekhilomitha ezili-100-(160-kilometer)-ububanzi beTaiwan Strait, abahlali besiqithi bagquma imilomo yabo ukunqanda ukuphefumla kwigrit enokubangela ukuphazamiseka kwesifuba kunye neengxaki zokuphefumla nakubantu abasempilweni. Iimoto ezigqunywe yiSanti kwimizuzu nje ye-10 kwaye ezinye iinqwelomoya ziye zarhoxiswa ngenxa yokungaboni kakuhle okubangelwa sisiphango sesanti.
Abahlali baseBeijing bazingela ezindlini njengoko uthuli olucolekileyo lungena ezindlini naseziofisini, lusenza ukubonakala malunga neemitha ezingama-3,000 (i-1,000 leemitha).
Ngaphandle, abantu babebaleka kwiindlela zendledlana ezinesanti, begqume ubuso babo ngeetshefu ezikhazimlayo okanye benxibe iimaski zotyando. Kwakungekho ngxelo zikhawulezileyo zezigulo ezinxulumene nothuli.
Kwisilumkiso esithunyelwe ngoMvulo kwiziko lewebhu, iSikhululo seMeteorological saseTshayina sibongoze abantu baseBeijing abazizigidi ezingama-22 ukuba bavale iingcango kunye neefestile kwaye bakhusele izixhobo zombane kunye nezoomatshini.
I-China Central Television ixelele ababukeli ukuba bacoce iimpumlo zabo ngamanzi anetyuwa kwaye basuse i-grit ezindlebeni nge-cotton swabs efakwe etywaleni.
Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, iBeijing iye yazama ukulwa neziphumo zokuba yintlango ngokutyala ingca kunye neebhiliyoni zemithi ukubamba intlango, uninzi lwayo lungenamsebenzi. Ngokuhambisana nokuzisa ungcoliseko, izaqhwithi zigxininisa ingxaki yamanzi ezayo emantla ukuba urhulumente ufuna ukuqhubela phambili ngeprojekthi enkulu yokumpompa amanzi asuka emazantsi.
U-Li Dongping, umkhenkethi otyelele i-Tiananmen Square evela emazantsi e-China, uthe kusekuninzi ekufuneka kwenziwe ukonyusa ukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo kunye nokwazisa uluntu.
“Kufuneka siphucule indawo esisingqongileyo, sityale imithi emininzi kwaye siphucule iziseko ezingundoqo zomhlaba, kananjalo kufuneka siphakamise imvakalelo yethu yokhuseleko lokusingqongileyo,” utshilo uLi.
Isaqhwithi samva nje bekulindeleke ukuba sitshayela eMzantsi Korea ngoLwesibini, utshilo uKim Seung-bum weKorea Meteorological Administration. Isaqhwithi sentlabathi esihlasele i-China kwimpelaveki sibangele olona thuli lubi “luthuli olumthubi” eMzantsi Korea ukusukela ngo-2005, kwaye abasemagunyeni bakhupha ingcebiso enqabileyo yothuli kwilizwe lonke.
I-grit evela kwizaqhwithi zesanti yaseTshayina ifunyenwe ukuba ihambe ukuya kuthi ga kwintshona ye-United States.
Usasazo lweendaba lukamabonakude wasemini lubonise isixeko sabakhenkethi saseHangzhou kunxweme olusempuma yeTshayina, apho iibhulorho ezintle kunye neepagodas ezisecaleni kwamanzi zazifihlwe kumxube wesanti kunye nenkungu.
Uzakuzo wase-US eBeijing ulumkise ngelithi izinto ezisemoyeni zenza iimeko zibe “yingozi,” nangona umoya onamandla usasaza olunye ungcoliseko kunye nomgangatho womoya kamva waphuculwa ukuba “ungabikho mpilweni.”
UDuan Li, isithethi seSikhululo seMeteorological saseBeijing, uthe iimeko zesi sixeko zibonakala zimbi kakhulu ngenxa yokuba isaqhwithi sangoMgqibelo sabeka igrit eluphahleni lwendlu, kwiindlela zokuhamba kunye nemithi. Imimoya yangoMvulo yathwala intlabathi eyongezelelekileyo yaza yavusa into esele ikhona.
Isitshingitshane esikhulu sokugqibela esabetha iBeijing ngowama-2006, xa umoya wawisa malunga neetoni ezingama-300,000 zesanti kwikomkhulu.
