I-TOPEKA-Isiphepho esihamba kancinci sisasaza ikhephu, imvula kunye nemvula enqumla phakathi kwendlela enezinto eziphazamisayo kwaye iphazamise iinqwelomoya ngoLwesine, isenza uhambo lokuhamba ngeholide ngomzuzu wokugqibela lukhohlise kodwa luthembisa iKrisimesi emhlophe kwabanye.
INkonzo yeSimo sezulu yeSizwe ikhuphe izilumkiso nge-blizzard kwiindawo ze-Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota naseTexas. Yalumkisa into yokuba ukuhamba kuyakuba yingozi kakhulu kwezi ndawo ngeempelaveki kwaye abaqhubi kufuneka bapakishe ikhithi yokusinda ebusika kubandakanya isibane namanzi kwimeko kaxakeka.
Iindlela ezimtyibiliziyo zibekek 'ityala lokufa kwabantu abali-12 ukusukela ngoLwesibini kwaye amagosa alumkisile ukuba azakuba mbi ngakumbi, ngakumbi xa sele kumnyama.
Izilumkiso zesaqhwithi sasebusika zazisebenza kuwo onke amaThafa kunye naseMidwest, ngonyawo okanye ezimbini zekhephu ezinokwenzeka kwezinye iindawo namhlanje. NgoLwesine emva kwemini, iinxalenye zasemazantsi mpuma eMinnesota zazisele zifumene ii-intshi ezisi-8.
I-Oklahoma Highway Patrol ivale i-Interstate 40 esempuma e-El Reno ngenxa yeengozi ezininzi, kodwa abasebenzi basebenza iiyure ezili-12 ukuze kugcinwe ezinye iindlela ezinkulu. I-Texas Gov. Rick Perry isebenze emkhosini kunye nezithuthi ezingxamisekileyo ukunceda abaqhubi. Kwaye eMntla Dakota, u-Gov. U-John Hoeven uthe ubeke amajoni ongezelelweyo kurhulumente kunye noNogada weSizwe kulindelwe.
UScott Blair, iNzululwazi yezeMozulu yeSizwe eTopeka, uthe umoya uye waba ngumcimbi onobuzaza, ngesantya somoya ukuya kuthi ga kwi-25 mph kunye nemimoya efikelela kwi-40 mph.
"Umoya ungumbulali, ngakumbi xa ungenanto," utshilo uJer Reed ngexesha lokumisa e-Omaha, e-Neb., Njengoko wayesiya eLincoln eyokulanda inyama yenkomo ngaphambi kokuba aqale impelaveki yakhe ende.
"Nantoni na edlalwa emanqindini, enje nge trailer efrijini njengokuba ndinayo ... iba ngathi yiseyile enkulu yomoya," utshilo.
Uqhwithela lasebusika lukhokele u-Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson ukuba avale ii-ofisi zikarhulumente kwindawo yase Topeka kwangoko nge-Eva kaKhisimusi.
UParkinson uxelele abasebenzi bakarhulumente kule ndawo ukuba banokuhamba ngemini ngo-3 emva kwemini
Isithethi uBeth Martino uthi uParkinson usebenze ukugcina abasebenzi bekhuselekile.
Kwimpuma yeKansas, uTony Glaum wayehamba nenkosikazi yakhe kunye nentombi yakhe kwikhaya labazali bakhe emantla eManhattan. Uthe bacinga ngokulala ubusuku obunye, kunokuba bathathe uhambo lwabo oluqhelekileyo lokuhamba ngeKhisimusi babuyele ekhaya.
UGlaum, 43, waseLeavenworth, uthe yena kunye nentombi yakhe baqaphela ukubanda emoyeni.
“Ungawuva umoya. Ingathi ivuseleleke ngendlela engaqhelekanga, utshilo. Ingathi ayilunganga. ”
Ukanti, uthe, ulindele iKrisimesi emhlophe: "Ndicinga ukuba ikhephu lingakuhle."
Phantse i-100 yeenqwelo moya ezicwangcisiweyo ezivela eMinneapolis-St. Isikhululo senqwelomoya samazwe aphesheya sasePaul sarhoxiswa ngoLwesine kwaye uninzi lwabambezeleka. Isikhululo senqwelomoya saseWill Rogers e-Oklahoma City savala enye yeendlela ezintathu saza sarhoxisa phantse iinqwelomoya eziyi-30. Ukulibaziseka kokuthabatha iiyure ezimbini kuxeliwe kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseHouston.
Abahambi abaninzi bakuthatha ukuphazamiseka bethatha amanyathelo.
UDavid Teater, oneminyaka engama-58, kunye no-Aaron Mayfield, 29, bobabini baseMinneapolis, babebhabha besiya eLos Angeles besendleleni eya e-Australia ukuya kwiholide yokuntywila. Bazinike usuku olongezelelekileyo lokuhamba, belindele ukuba bazakulibaziseka kwenye indawo apha endleleni, kwaye bafika kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseMinneapolis bephethe izinto zokufunda kunye namaqebengwana amashwamshwam.
"Ndicinga ukuba indlela yeenqwelo moya mayisuswe," utshilo uTeater.
U-Nick Shogren, oneminyaka engama-56, kunye nentombi yakhe eneminyaka eyi-17 ubudala, uSophie, wasePark Rapids, eMnn., Babehamba ngenqwelomoya besiya eCancun, eMexico, kwiholide yeentsuku ezili-10 e-Isla Mujeres. Baye baqhuba ukuya eMinneapolis ngoLwesithathu, uhambo lwabo lwesiqhelo lweeyure ezintathu luthatha iyure eyongezelelweyo ngenxa yekhephu elikhithikayo, bahlala ehotele.
UShogren uthe babekhangele phambili ekwenzeni nantoni na ngaphandle kokuphumla "ukuba singaphuma apha."
Emva kokushiya unyana wabo omncinci kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, uTheresa noFrank Gustafson waseChaska, Minn., Besiya eMall of America eBloomington, apho abathengi babenqabile.
“Ngoku xa sigqibile ukufumana abantu naphina, siphuma sonwabela intsasa,” utshilo u-Theresa Gustafson, 45, owayethenga izipho zekrisimesi ngomzuzu wokugqibela.
AbakwaGustafons baceba ukugoduka emva koko bahlale khona. Babenethemba lokuba iindlela ziya kucaca ngokwaneleyo ngeKrisimesi ukuba intombi yabo endala ihambe ukusuka kwidolophu ekufutshane.
Uqhwithela lwaqala eMzantsi-ntshona- apho iimeko ezifana ne-blizzard zavala iindlela kwaye zabangela inqwaba ebandakanya izithuthi ezingama-20 eArizona ngolwe-Lwesibini- yasasazeka empuma nasemantla, yabangela iingcebiso zemozulu ezivela kwiiRocky Mountains ukuya eLake Michigan.
Iindlela ezi-slick, ezinomkhenkce zabekwa ityala ngeengozi ezabulala abantu abathandathu e-Nebraska, abane e-Kansas, enye eMinnesota enye kufutshane ne-Albuquerque, i-NM Isivunguvungu sothuli emazantsi e-Phoenix sabeka uthotho lweengozi ezazibulale abantu abathathu ubuncinci ngoLwesibini.
Inkqubo enye yayizisa imvula enkulu kunye neendudumo ezinamandla kwiindawo zeGulf Coast nakwimimandla ekude. Amagosa e-Arkansas avale indawo ye-Interstate 30 emazantsi eLittle Rock ngoLwesine ngenxa yezikhukula emva kweentsuku ezimbini zemvula enkulu. Umoya omkhulu wawisa umthi kwikhaya elithile eLouisiana, wabulala indoda, abasemagunyeni bathi.
Imimoya enamandla kunye nomkhenkce kubangele ukunqamka kombane e-Nebraska, e-Illinois nase-Iowa.
Uqhwithela lunyanzelise ukuvalwa kweSikhumbuzo seLizwe i-Mount Rushmore eMzantsi Dakota kwaye kwakhokelela kwirhuluneli uMike Rounds ukuba arhoxise izicwangciso zokuhamba kwaye ahlale ePierre ngeKrisimesi. Imijikelezo ibhengeze imeko yongxamiseko ngoLwesibini ngaphambi kokuba isaqhwithi sihlasele.
NgoLwesine, irhuluneli ilumkise abantu ukuba bangakhohliswa ngabantu abazolileyo kwisaqhwithi, ethembisa ukuba "izakufika apha."
Ababhali beendaba beManyeneyo uMartiga Lohn eMinneapolis, uJean Ortiz noJosh Funk eOmaha, Neb., Michael J. Crumb eDes Moines, eIowa, James MacPherson eBismarck, ND, Tim Talley e-Oklahoma City, noCaryn Rousseau noMichael Tarm eChicago Ndenze igalelo kule ngxelo.
