EPuerto Rico, umonakalo ovela Fiona kwakunzima ukuyikhumbula. Iindlela zonakele, uphahla lwakrazulwa izindlu, ibhulorho yakhukuliseka, izigidi zishiywe zingenamanzi okusela, yaye isi-1.2 sesigidi asikafumani mbane.
Inkanyamba uFiona yalahla ngaphezulu kwee-intshi ze-30 zemvula kwiindawo zasePuerto Rico kwaye yaqhuma iTurks kunye neCaicos kusasa ngoLwesibini njengesaqhwithi seCandelo 3, sabetha iziqithi ngeemvula ezinkulu kunye nemimoya ephezulu. Isaqhwithi senza okufanayo ngempelaveki ukuya kutsho ngoMvulo kulo lonke elasePuerto Rico naseDominican Republic njengoko izandyondyo zemvula zakhokelela kwizikhukula, kwaye imimoya enamandla yabangela umbane omkhulu.
UManuel Crespo, intatheli yeendaba kunye ne-anchor yemozulu yeTeleOnce, wayekwindawo emazantsi-ntshona ePuerto Rico ngoMvulo ekuseni kwaye uxelele i-AccuWeather ukuba izikhukula ezivela eFiona "zibi kakhulu kunokuba abantu bebecinga ukuba ziya kuba njalo," wongeza ukuba abantu ebethetha nabo awulungiselelwanga lo mlinganiselo wemvula.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kubikwe ukubhubha kwabantu abane kumantla eCaribbean ngenxa kaFiona. Indoda eneminyaka engama-70 ubudala yabulawa ePuerto Rico xa izama ukuzalisa i-generator ngepetroli ngelixa isebenza, ibeka umlilo, i-AP yabika. Indoda eneminyaka engama-58 ubudala yasweleka xa yatshayelwa ngumlambo waseLa Plata ophuphumayo emva kwendlu yakhe e-Comerio, ePuerto Rico, isithethi sikaRhuluneli uPedro Pierluisi uxelele i-CNN. Amagosa axelele amajelo asekuhlaleni ukuba u-Isidro Quiñones, indoda eneminyaka engama-60 ubudala yasweleka eDominican Republic xa umthi wawela phezu kwakhe. Kwaye kwingxelo evela kwiReuters, ngaphambi kokuba uFiona afike ePuerto Rico, umntu omnye wasweleka kwichweba laseFrench Caribbean eGuadeloupe, eyinxalenye yeLeeward Islands.
Ingxelo evela kuSihlalo woMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean
Obekekileyo. UKenneth Bryan, uSihlalo weBhunga labaPhathiswa nabaKomishinala bezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean Tourism, wongezelela wathi: “Ndiqinisekile ukuba ndithethela onke amaQeqeba am aBalungiseleli ngokuthi iingcinga nemithandazo yethu isiya kubazalwana noodade bethu abakummandla weCaribbean ukuba sithandazele ukuba sithandazele. zichatshazelwa kukutshatyalaliswa kweNkanyamba uFiona.
Ndiyathemba ukuba wena, izihlobo zakho kunye nabo usebenza nabo nikhuselekile kwaye nikhuselekile.
Ndiyayiqonda into yokuba iimfuno zosapho lwakho, abahlobo kunye noluntu yeyona nto uyixhalabeleyo ngoku, kwaye ndifuna wazi ukuba i-CTO ikulungele ukukunceda ngazo naziphi na iindlela esinokuthi ngazo, ukuba kwaye xa usifuna kwiiveki ezizayo. .
“NjengeZiqithi ezikwiCaribbean ezikummandla wenkanyamba, sonke siye sajamelana nempembelelo yezaqhwithi neenkanyamba yaye siyayiqonda le nto utyhubela kuyo. Siyazi ukuba kuya kuba neenyanga ezininzi ezinzima ezizayo kwabo bachaphazeleka kakhulu.
“Kodwa ngokholo lwethu olomeleleyo kunye nokuzinikela kwethu kwimpilo-ntle yomnye nomnye, siya kuphumelela koku. Njengommandla, sinamandla kwiinkqubo zethu zenkxaso ezihlangeneyo kwaye thina singachatshazelwa yiNkanyamba uFiona, sikulungele ukunceda abamelwane bethu bengingqi abasweleyo. "
Njengoko iNkanyamba uFiona isuka emantla Caribbean NgoMvulo ngokuhlwa, iye yaqina kwinkanyamba yokuqala enkulu, ethathwa njengeCandelo le-3 okanye ngaphezulu kwiSaffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ye-2022 ye-Atlantiki yenkanyamba. Ababikezeli be-AccuWeather balumkisa ukuba i-Fiona inokomelela kwiCandelo lesi-4 njengoko isondela ngokuyingozi eBermuda kamva kule veki. I-surf erhabaxa kulindeleke ukuba ivakale phezulu nasezantsi kuNxweme lwase-US oluseMpuma.
I-AccuWeather iqikelela impembelelo yezoqoqosho kwisiqithi ukusuka eFiona ukuba ibe malunga ne-10 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. "Umonakalo mkhulu," utshilo uMongameli weRiphabhliki yaseDominican uLuis Abinader, ingxelo yeReuters.
Umgqatswa weSenate yase-US eFlorida, uVal Demings, uthe kwi-twitter:
“Kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva iPuerto Rico isachacha kwiNkanyamba uMaria njengoko ngoku ijongene neNkanyamba uFiona. IPuerto Rico ifuna okungakumbi kuneengcamango nemithandazo yethu. Bafuna uncedo lwethu ukubuyisela isiqithi sabo esihle. "
Ingxelo yase-US
Ngaphambi kokuwa kukaFiona, uMongameli uJoe Biden ubhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo kumhlaba wase-US ngeCawa kusasa. Isenzo sigunyazisa i-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ukulungelelanisa iinzame zokunceda kwintlekele kwisiqithi. UDeanne Criswell, umlawuli we-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), uya kuhamba ePuerto Rico ngoLwesibili ukudibana noRhuluneli uPierluisi kwaye ahlole umonakalo owenziwe nguFiona.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ndiyayiqonda into yokuba iimfuno zosapho lwakho, abahlobo kunye noluntu yeyona nto uyixhalabeleyo ngoku, kwaye ndifuna wazi ukuba i-CTO ikulungele ukukunceda ngazo naziphi na iindlela esinokuthi ngazo, ukuba kwaye xa usifuna kwiiveki ezizayo. .
- And in a report from Reuters, before Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico, one person died in the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, which is a part of the Leeward Islands.
- UManuel Crespo, intatheli yeendaba kunye ne-anchor yemozulu yeTeleOnce, wayekwindawo emazantsi-ntshona ePuerto Rico ngoMvulo ekuseni kwaye uxelele i-AccuWeather ukuba izikhukula ezivela eFiona "zibi kakhulu kunokuba abantu bebecinga ukuba ziya kuba njalo," wongeza ukuba abantu ebethetha nabo awulungiselelwanga lo mlinganiselo wemvula.
