Ingaphezu kwamashumi asixhenxe imililo esaqhubeka ivutha ENew South Wales, kunye neshumi elinesixhenxe kubo babhengezwe ukuba yinqanaba elingxamisekileyo, amagosa omlilo ase-Australia athi, njengoko umoya ophezulu kunye nemozulu eyomileyo idala iimeko ezikufutshane ezifanelekileyo zokutshisa ngokukhawuleza.
Isibhakabhaka saseNew South Wales sikhazimla njengeorenji emva kokuba imililo yasendle igqugqisile yatshayela kwiindawo ezithile zeli lizwe, yabulala abantu ababini, ilinganisa amakhaya amaninzi kwaye yatshabalalisa uninzi lwendawo yokuhlala yekoala.
Imililo yebhrashi evuselelweyo-eye yatshisa rhoqo kwimpuma yeOstreliya kangangeenyanga-yaphakama ngamandla ngolwesiHlanu, yatshabalalisa amakhaya angaphezu kwe-100 eNew South Wales (NSW). Abantu abasixhenxe abakaziwa ukuba bangoobani kulo mlilo kwaye abangaphezu kwama-30 bonzakele.
Ngaphezulu kwemililo ye-70 iyaqhubeka nokuvutha kwi-NSW, kunye ne-17 kubo ibhengezwe kwinqanaba elingxamisekileyo, amagosa omlilo asekuhlaleni athi, njengoko imimoya ephezulu kunye nemozulu eyomileyo idala iimeko ezikufutshane ezifanelekileyo zokutshatyalaliswa ngokukhawuleza komlilo.
Iividiyo zivele kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ezibonisa lo mlilo njengoko wawutshayela amahlathi kunye neendawo zokuhlala e-NSW.
Imifanekiso yesathelayithi efakwe kwi-intanethi ikwabonelele ngeliso lentaka umlilo, ebonisa inkqubela yawo njengoko usiya ngasempuma ngaselunxwemeni.
Iimeko ziya kuba mbi kakhulu ngoMgqibelo, umkomishinala weNkonzo yoMlilo we-NSF yaseMaphandleni uShane Fitzsimmons uxelele I-ABC News.
"Ndilindele ukubona ezo nqanaba zilumkiso ziguquka yonke imini, mhlawumbi ziba mandundu, zinokwenzeka ngakumbi, njengoko imimoya yasemva kwemini ithatha kwaye ukuziphatha komlilo kusasazeka kancinci," utshilo umkomishinala.
Omnye wamaxhoba ngabantu basekoala basesichengeni, indawo yabo yokuhlala iye yatshatyalaliswa kakhulu emlilweni.
“Apho besicinga ukuba sineekoala, ngoku sicinga ukuba zitshisiwe,” uSue Ashton, umongameli weSibhedlele sasePort Macquarie Koala, uxelele ijelo leendaba lasekuhlaleni. "Umlilo unamandla kakhulu, yile nto yenzekayo."
Ngelixa u-Ashton wathi amanani awazange ahlaziywe emva kwemililo ehlaziyiweyo yangoLwesihlanu, waphawula ukuba malunga nesibini kwisithathu sendawo yokuhlala ye-koala kule ndawo yayitshatyalalisiwe ngaphambili, kwaye waxela kwangaphambili ukuba uninzi lweekoalas ezingama-350 zinokubhubha zizonke. Amanani anokunyuka emva kowona mlilo wamva nje.
Imililo eliqela ikwaxelwe ngokugquba kwilizwe laseQueensland, emantla e-NSW, ubuncinci omnye wabo ubekwe kwinqanaba likaxakeka. Ukulandela umyalelo ovela kwabasemagunyeni bomlilo basekuhlaleni, amawakawaka abahlali ashiye amakhaya awo kwaye achitha ubusuku kumaziko okufuduswa.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngaphezulu kwemililo ye-70 iyaqhubeka nokuvutha kwi-NSW, kunye ne-17 kubo ibhengezwe kwinqanaba elingxamisekileyo, amagosa omlilo asekuhlaleni athi, njengoko imimoya ephezulu kunye nemozulu eyomileyo idala iimeko ezikufutshane ezifanelekileyo zokutshatyalaliswa ngokukhawuleza komlilo.
- Over seventy fires continue to rage in New South Wales, with seventeen of them declared to be an emergency level, Australian fire officials say, as high winds and dry weather create near-ideal conditions for the blaze to rapidly spread.
- While Ashton said the figures were not updated after Friday's renewed fires, she noted that around two-thirds of the koala's habitat in the area had been destroyed previously, and predicted that as many as 350 koalas may have perished in total.
