Umonakalo oyintlekele: I-Puerto Rico ehlaselweyo kunye nezikhukula iba mnyama

Amakhulu abahlali akhutshiwe ePuerto Rico njengoko amanzi akhukulayo avela kwimvula eyaziswa yiNkanyamba uFiona enyuka ngokukhawuleza.

I-Hurricane Fiona yabetha i-US Territory kwisikhumbuzo seNkanyamba uHugo, eyabetha. iPuerto Rico I-33 iminyaka edlulileyo.

I-8 ukuya kwi-intshi ye-12 yemvula sele iwile kwiindawo ezixhaphakileyo kwesi siqithi, ngokoqwalaselo lwamva nje. Nangona kunjalo, iindawo zasekhaya ziye zaqinisekisa iingxelo zemvula engaphezulu kwe-intshi ezingama-20, kunye nezinye eziseza.

I-Hurricane Fiona igrogrise ngokulahla amanqanaba emvula "embali" kwisiqithi izolo nanamhlanje, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-intshi ezingama-32 (810 mm) engekho kumbuzo kwiindawo ezisempuma nakumazantsi ePuerto Rico.

Izandyondyo zezandyondyo zamanzi zikhukulise imigangatho yokuqala nakwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwingingqi esemazantsi ePuerto Rico.

Irhuluneli yasePuerto Rico ibhengeze ukuba inkqubo yombane ye-US Territory yaphuma ngokupheleleyo kwinkonzo ngenxa yeFiona, ithumela abahlali abangaphezu kwesigidi kwisimo esimnyama izolo.

Igridi yothumelo ikhuphe i-1.4-yezigidi ezilandelelwe abahlali besiqithi izolo ngokuhlwa, ngokutsho kwePowerOutage.US.

Uqhanqalazo lube ngabahlali abangaphezu kwama-500,000 ngentsasa yangeCawa ngaphambi kokucima kukagesi kummandla wonke. Ukucima kwe-Intanethi kwisiqithi sonke nako kuye kwanda njengoko umbane ucima.

I-LUMA Energy, esebenzisa igridi yombane yasePuerto Rico, ithe “kungathatha iintsuku ezininzi” ukubuyisela inkonzo.

Amaziko onyango ePuerto Rico asebenza kwiijenereyitha, ezinye zazo sele zisilele. Abasebenzi basekuhlaleni baye babalekiselwa ukuya kulungisa iijenereyitha kwiZiko loMhlaza eliBanzi, apho izigulane ezininzi kwafuneka zikhutshwe.

“Umonakalo esiwubonayo uyintlekele,” utshilo iRhuluneli yasePuerto Rico, uPedro Pierluisi,

UMongameli uJoe Biden ibhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo ePuerto Rico njengoko iliso lesiphango lisondela kwikona esezantsi-ntshona ye-US Territory.