- INew Orleans ilindele impembelelo ebalulekileyo kwiNkanyamba uIda.
- Isiqhwithi setropiki ngoku sichazwa njengeNkanyamba yokuqala.
- Uqikelelo olongezelelweyo lwathi i-Ida inokujika ibe yinkanyamba enkulu yeCandelo 3.
Njengokufika kweNew Orleans ngenxa yokuwa komhlaba kweNkanyamba u-Ida, usodolophu wesixeko ukhuphe wayalela ukuba kukhutshwe bonke abahlali abahlala ngaphandle kwenkqubo yesixeko.
“Lixesha lokuba uqale ngoku,” New Orleans USodolophu, u-LaToya Cantrell uthe kwinkomfa yoonondaba ngolwe-Sihlanu njengoko ebongoza abahlali baseNew Orleans ukuba bapakishe izinto abazokuzihamba kwaye bahambe ngaphambi kokuba kufike isaqhwithi.
Uye wayalela wonke umntu ohlala ngaphandle kwenkqubo ye-levee ekhusela indawo kwizikhukula ukuba ifudukele kwiindawo ezikhuselekileyo, kwaye wacebisa abo bangaphakathi ukuba bacinge ukushiya nabo.
Abo bangaphakathi kwinqanaba banokuhamba ngokuzithandela, utshilo uCantrell.
The Inkonzo yeSizwe yeMozulu yaseMelika utshilo ngolwe-Sihlanu ukuba isaqhwithi setropiki, esasisele siza kufika eCuba, ngoku sasichazwa njengenkanyamba yodidi 1, nemimoya yayo efikelela kwisantya seekhilomitha ezili-120 ngeyure. Urhulumente waseCuba sele ekhuphe isilumkiso senkanyamba kumaphondo esizwe esentshona.
Uqikelelo olongezelelweyo lwathi i-Ida inokujika ibe yinkanyamba enkulu yeCandelo 3 kunye nemimoya ukuya kuthi ga kwi-193 yeekhilomitha ngeyure xa ifikelela kunxweme lwase-US. Umzila wengqikelelo uye ngqo ngqo eNew Orleans. Ayilunganga, ”utshilo uJim Kossin, isazinzulu esiphakamileyo kwiNkonzo yezeMozulu.
Irhuluneli yaseLouisiana uJohn Bel Edwards ubhengeze imeko kaxakeka kurhulumente ngoLwesine ngolindelo lwenkqubo yemozulu efika emhlabeni kule mpelaveki.
"Ngelishwa, yonke indawo eselunxwemeni yaseLouisiana okwangoku ikwi-cone eqikelelweyo," utshilo u-Edwards, esithi, "ngokuhlwa kwangoMgqibelo, wonke umntu kufuneka abe kwindawo apho azimisele ukuphuma kwesi saqhwithi."
Inkanyamba u-Ida ingabetha kakuhle New Orleans ngomhla ofanayo nowahlasela iNkanyamba uKatrina kwiminyaka eli-16 eyadlulayo-nge-29 ka-Agasti.
Emuva ngo-2005, uKatrina wabulala abantu abayi-1,800 xa behamba kwindawo ehamba ukusuka kunxweme laseLouanaana ukuya kummandla welizwe laseMississippi-Alabama. Ikwabangele intlekele yezikhukula eNew Orleans, malunga neepesenti ezingama-80 zedolophu phantsi kwamanzi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I-US National Weather Service yathi ngoLwesihlanu ukuba isivunguvungu se-tropical, esasiza kufikelela eCuba, ngoku sahlelwa njengeNqanaba 1, imimoya yayo ifikelela kwisantya seekhilomitha ezili-120 ngeyure.
- “Ngoku lixesha lokuba siqale,” utshilo uSodolophu waseNew Orleans uLaToya Cantrell kwinkomfa yabezindaba ngoLwesihlanu njengoko wayebongoza abahlali baseNew Orleans ukuba bapakishe iimpahla kwaye bahambe ngaphambi kokuba kufike uqhwithela.
- Njengoko iNew Orleans ijongana nokuwa kweNkanyamba i-Ida, usodolophu wesixeko ukhuphe kunye nomyalelo wokukhutshwa kwabo bonke abahlali abahlala ngaphandle kwenkqubo ye-levee yesixeko.
