Uphahla yenye ye Isikhululo senqwelomoya iIstanbul's izikhululo zemithwalo ziye zadilika phantsi kwekhephu elinzima, akukho nzakala, xa isiphango sekhephu esinqabileyo sagubungela ummandla osempuma weMeditera ngoMvulo, sibangela ukucima umbane kunye nesiphithiphithi sezithuthi.
Esona sikhululo seenqwelomoya sixakekileyo eYurophu kwanyanzeleka ukuba sivale, samisa iinqwelomoya ukusuka kuMbindi Mpuma kunye neAfrika ukuya eYurophu naseAsia namhlanje.
Amagosa okuhamba eTurkey athi ukuvalwa namhlanje kuphawula ukuvalwa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha ukusukela oko kwathatha indawo yesikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Ataturk esidala njenge-hub entsha ye-Istanbul. Oosaziwayo Iinqwelomoya ngo-2019.
“Ngenxa yeemeko ezimbi, zonke iinqwelomoya Isikhululo senqwelomoya iIstanbul zimisiwe okwethutyana ukuze zikhuseleke kwinqwelomoya,” satsho isikhululo seenqwelomoya kwingxelo kuTwitter.
Isikhululo senqwelomoya iIstanbul inike inkonzo abakhweli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-37 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ibe yenye yezona ndawo zibalulekileyo zomoya ehlabathini.
Airlines Turkish ithe yayimisa zonke iinqwelomoya zesikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Istanbul kude kube yintsimbi yesi-4am (01:00 GMT) ngoLwesibini.
Ukuvalwa kwelizwe kubangele intloko ebuhlungu kubahlali abazizigidi ezili-16 besona sixeko sikhulu saseTurkey, apho iimoto zakhwelana zadibana zityibilika, izitrato ezigutyungelwe liqhwa kunye neendlela ezinkulu zajika zaba yindawo yokupaka.
Iofisi yerhuluneli yase-Istanbul ilumkise abaqhubi ukuba abanakukwazi ukungena esixekweni besuka eThrace, ummandla onqumla kwinxalenye yaseYurophu yaseTurkey ukuya kumda osentshona kunye neBulgaria neGrisi.
Udederhu lweevenkile luvalwe kwangethuba, iinkonzo zokuhanjiswa kokutya zavalwa kwaye iindawo zokuthengisela ezidumileyo zesixeko “zesimit” zema zingenanto kuba abathengisi bebengakwazi ukudlula ekhephini.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Istanbul governor's office warned drivers they would not be able to enter the city from Thrace, a region stretching across the European part of Turkey to its western border with Bulgaria and Greece.
- "Ngenxa yeemeko ezimbi, zonke iinqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Istanbul ziye zamiswa okwethutyana ukuze zikhuseleke kwinqwelomoya," utshilo isikhululo seenqwelomoya kwingxelo ye-Twitter.
- The roof of one of the Istanbul Airport‘s cargo terminals collapsed under the heavy snow, causing no injuries, when rare snowstorm blanketed swathes of the eastern Mediterranean region on Monday, causing blackouts and traffic havoc.
