(CNN) - Izixa zerekhodi zokuwa kwekhephu zixelwe ngoMgqibelo emva kwemini kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseWashington, DC-ndawo njengoko isitshingitshane esikhulu sekhephu sabetha i-East Coast - kwaye ikhephu lisawa.
Ukuqokelela kwi-Airport yaseWashington Dulles kwafikelela kwii-intshi ze-13, ukuphula irekhodi elidala le-intshi ye-10.6 ebekwe ngoDisemba, 12, 1964. Kwi-Reagan National 13.3 intshi yekhephu yabikwa. Irekhodi elidala apho laliyi-intshi ezili-11.5 ezibekwe ngoDisemba 17, 1932.
Isiqhwithi sigquma ummandla ophakathi kwe-Atlantiki kwaye i-I-95 i-corridor enabantu abaninzi, kunye ne-10 ukuya kwi-intshi ye-20 yekhephu yaqikelelwa ukuba i-swaths yommandla. Bona ulwazi lwangoku lokulibaziseka kwi-FAA Web site
EVirginia, umntu omnye usweleke ngolwesiHlanu kwaye abanye ababini basweleka ngoMgqibelo kwisiphango esikhulu, isebe lolawulo likaxakeka laseVirginia lathi. Bekulindelwe ikhephu elinzima ngakumbi kurhulumente.
Imozulu embi ibangele ukuba kwenziwe isibhengezo esingxamisekileyo kwikomkhulu lesizwe, kwabangela ukuba amakhulu-khulu abaqhubi beemoto baxinge, bazise unxunguphalo kwizikhululo zeenqwelo-moya, babangela ukucinywa kombane, baza bagrogrisa ngokuvalela inkitha yabathengi beKrisimesi ezindlwini.
Zonke iindlela zeenqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iReagan National zavalwa de kwayintsimbi yesi-6 kusasa ngeCawe, kwaye umzila kaloliwe kaMetrorail oya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya wavalwa ngenxa yekhephu, abasemagunyeni kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zemetropolitan batsho kwiWeb site yabo. Itheminali yahlala ivuliwe.
INkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe yakhupha isilumkiso seqhwa kwindawo ye-DC, kodwa yanciphisa oko kwisilumkiso sesiphango sasebusika kude kube ngu-6 ekuseni ngeCawa. Ababikezeli bathi umoya ovuthuzayo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-40 mph "bekulindeleke ukuba zenze iimeko ezimhlophe emva kwemini."
Isaqhwithi sasuka eTennessee naseNorth Carolina ukuya kumazantsi e-New England, saphantse savala iBaltimore, iPhiladelphia neNew York.
Ezinye iindawo ezinesibindi kunye nokulindela ikhephu elinzima ziquka i-Baltimore, eMaryland, apho isilumkiso seqhwithi sibhengezwe khona; ePhiladelphia, ePennsylvania; Inew york; eRichmond, eVirginia; kunye nemimandla ukusuka eTennessee naseNorth Carolina ukuya kumazantsi eNew England.
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EVirginia, i-arhente yolawulo olungxamisekileyo yathi iindlela ezininzi kwingingqi esentshona zijongwa njengengozi, abaqhubi beemoto baxakwe kulo lonke ilizwe, kwaye amagosa asekhaya kunye nakarhulumente ayebanceda.
“Njengoko siqhubeka nokunceda abaqhubi abavaleleke nzima, ndibongoza wonke umntu ukuba ahlale ekhaya nangaphandle ezindleleni,” utshilo uMichael Cline, umnxibelelanisi worhulumente weSebe laseVirginia loLawulo oluNgxamisekileyo. “Kukho amakhulu eemoto ezilahliweyo okanye ezixinge ezindleleni. Sele kukho ikhephu enye ukuya kwezimbini ezindleleni, kwaye ikhephu lisawa.”
Iinxalenye ze-US 29 kunye ne-Interstates 77 kunye ne-81 zavalwa. Bangaphezu kwama-500 abantu abaye bangena kwiindawo zokuhlala kwiindawo ezininzi zaseVirginia. Ngaphezulu kwabathengi be-29,000 balahlekelwe amandla kwi-Shenandoah Valley, kwaye kulindeleke ukuba kuphume ngakumbi. Abantu abahlala kwimimandla engaselunxwemeni bayalunyukiswa ukuba bazilungiselele izikhukhula.Jonga ulwazi lwezithuthi kunye nokuvalwa kwendlela kwiWebhsayithi ye-US DOT
Isithethi sathi iVirginia National Guard isebenzisana nezinye ii-arhente ukuthutha abaqhubi abaxhwalekileyo ukuya kwiindawo zokuhlala, kwaye ifumana ukutya namanzi kubantu abavaleleke ezimotweni zabo. Malunga nama-25 abantu baye bathunyelwa kwindawo yokuhlala kwiYunivesithi yaseVirginia.
Umlindi useka amaziko kulo lonke ilizwe, kwaye ukuya kuthi ga kwi-300 amalungu aya kuthunyelwa ebaleni ekupheleni kosuku.
EWashington, uSodolophu uAdrian M. Fenty uthe esi saqhwithi “mhlawumbi sesona sikhulu esisibonileyo kwiminyaka eliqela.”
“Siza kuphosa yonke into esinayo ukuze sigcine iSithili sivulekele ishishini kule mpelaveki ixakekileyo yangaphambi kweholide,” utshilo uFenty xa wayebhengeza imeko kaxakeka yekhephu.
Unxunguphalo lwekhephu lweDC, oluqale ukusebenza ngentsimbi yesi-7 kusasa ngoMgqibelo, lweza njengoko ishishini elibalulekileyo laliqhubeka kwi-Senate yase-US. Ngokungakhathali ngenxa yeemeko zekhephu, iisenenja zapasisa i-bill yenkcitho yezokhuselo kwaye zawubetha umthetho wokhathalelo lwempilo.
Usodolophu ubongoze abahlali ukuba bahlale behleli.
“Sibongoza wonke umntu, ukuba akukho mfuneko yokuba uye ndawo, linda. Eli khephu lifanele liphele kusasa [ngeCawa] ngokucoca iiyure ezingama-24. Kufuneka sibe nezitrato ezininzi ezilungele ukuhamba ngeyure engxamisekileyo ngoMvulo. Kwaye, ngethemba, yonke le nto yenziwe phakathi koMvulo noLwesithathu. ”
Isithili sathumela abasebenzi ukuba baye kwityuwa kwaye balime kwaye baqaphele ukuba phantsi kwemeko kaxakeka yekhephu eWashington, "zonke izithuthi kufuneka zisuswe ngokukhawuleza kwiindlela ezingxamisekileyo zekhephu eziphawulweyo" kwaye ukupaka akuvumelekanga kwezo ndlela.
Kubekho iingozi zemoto kwaye amakhulu amapolisa abekwe. Abantu abasithoba bathatyathelwa esibhedlele emva kokuba ibhasi kunye ne-snowplow yedolophu idibene, igosa lomlilo le-DC lathi. Ukwenzakala akujongwa njengento embi kakhulu.
Isithili sithe inkqubo kaloliwe iza kusebenza “kufutshane kakhulu neshedyuli eqhelekileyo kwikhephu ukuya kuthi ga kwii-intshi ezintandathu.”
Ukuba ikhephu liqokelelana ngaphezu kwe-intshizi ezi-8, inkonzo kaloliwe ephezu komhlaba inokunqunyanyiswa kwaye zizikhululo ezingaphantsi komhlaba kuphela eziya kuvulwa. Ukusukela ngentsasa yangoMgqibelo, inkqubo kaloliwe yemetro yayiqhuba ngokwesiqhelo, kodwa inkqubo yebhasi yayihamba kuphela kwiindlela ezingxamisekileyo zekhephu.
Ngeli xesha, oololiwe beMetrorail eWashington babeza kuyeka ukusebenza kwizikhululo ezingaphezulu komhlaba ngoMgqibelo emva kwemini ngenxa “yekhephu elinzima eligqume umbane wesithathu, ozii-intshi ezisibhozo phezu komhlaba. Uloliwe wesithathu kufuneka ungabikho kwikhephu nomkhenkce kuba ngumthombo wombane onika oololiwe amandla,” ngokutsho kwengxelo yesithili.
Oololiwe baya kutshintshelwa kuhambo oluphantsi komhlaba, kwaye izikhululo zikaMetrorail eziphantsi komhlaba ziya kuhlala zivuliwe kude kube yintsimbi yesi-3 ekuseni, ixesha eliqhelekileyo lokuvala ngobusuku bangoMgqibelo.
“Besikubeke esweni ngokungqongqo ikhephu kunye noqikelelo lwengqikelelo ukusukela phezolo,” utshilo uManejala Jikelele weMetro uJohn Catoe. “Saqhuba oololiwe ubusuku bonke ukuze sigcine isiporo singekho kwikhephu nomkhenkce, kodwa sikhawuleza sifikelele kwinqanaba lokuba sibeke esichengeni sokuba oololiwe babhadule kwiziporo ezigqunywe likhephu. Ukunqanda oko ukuba kungenzeki, siyakuyeka ukusebenza phezulu ngentsimbi yokuqala emva kwemini”
Amagosa athi yonke inkonzo yeMetrobus iza kumisa ngentsimbi yokuqala emva kwemini “kuba iindlela ziyakhawuleza ukudlula.”
EWest Virginia, uGov. Joe Manchin ngoMgqibelo ubhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo kwaye "wagunyazisa ukusetyenziswa koMkhosi weSizwe ukuncedisa ngokususa ikhephu kunye noncedo olungxamisekileyo kunye nokusebenza." UManchin uthe kwisiteyitimenti ukuba iWest Virginia isebenzela ukunceda abaqhubi beenqwelomoya, ukususa iindlela, kunye nokubuyisela ukucinywa kombane.
"Nangona kunjalo, ikhephu liyaqhubeka liqokelelana njengoko isaqhwithi sihamba sisiya ngasentla kurhulumente," utshilo. “Ndibongoza bonke abahlali ukuba bakuphephe ukuhamba okungeyomfuneko. Esi siqhwithi esikhulu yaye akufuneki bongeze ingozi ngokuqhuba ukuba akunyanzelekanga ukuba babe ngaphandle.”
UManchin uphinde warhoxisa itheko lonyaka leKrisimesi ngoMgqibelo kwiNdlu yeRhuluneli.
Abahambi ngeenqwelomoya abasendleleni eya kwiiholide banokujongana nokulibaziseka, utshilo uTammy Jones, isithethi seFederal Aviation Administration. I-Virgin America Airlines ithe irhoxisa zonke iinqwelomoya ezingenayo neziphumayo eziya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseWashington/Dulles ngoMgqibelo phambi kwesaqhwithi. Umkhenkce nekhephu zibangele ukulibaziseka kokufika kwenqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sasePhiladelphia.
I-Delta Air Lines ithe irhoxise zonke iinqwelomoya eziphumayo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwezikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseWashington kwaye zinokurhoxisa ukusebenza kwenqwelomoya ukungena nokuphuma kwindawo yaseNew York kamva ngoMgqibelo.
Isithethi se-AirTran uQuinnie Jenkins uthe bonke abafikayo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseReagan, kunye neDulles barhoxisiwe kwaye ukuhamba kwalibaziseka kakhulu.
IAmerican Airlines ikwarhoxisa zonke iinqwelomoya ezingaphakathi neziphumayo ukuya kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zeDC, eBaltimore, nasePhiladelphia ngenxa yemozulu.
ERoanoke, eVirginia, isikhululo seenqwelomoya sengingqi siphinde saqala ukusebenza ngenjikalanga yangoMgqibelo ngomgaqo weenqwelomoya ovulekileyo emva kokuba kunyanzeleke ukuba sivale ngolweSihlanu ebusuku, ngokutsho kwesithethi sesikhululo seenqwelomoya uSherry Wallace.
INational Football League ibhengeze ukuba amaxesha okuqalisa kwemidlalo emibini asusiwe ngentsimbi yoku-1 emva kwemini ukuya ku-4:15 emva kwemini ngeCawa ngenxa yemozulu. Bangumdlalo weChicago Bears-Baltimore Ravens eBaltimore kunye nokhuphiswano lweSan Francisco 49ers-Philadelphia Eagles ePhiladelphia.
ENorth Carolina, i-State Highway Patrol yathi ifumene iminxeba engaphezulu kwe-1,000 yokuncedisa kwiingozi okanye abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abaxinzelelwe kwii-intshi ezi-8 zekhephu.
Kulindeleke ukuba isaqhwithi siphephe kwiindawo ezithile zaseNorth Carolina ngoMgqibelo, yatsho inkonzo yemozulu. Kodwa yayisenesilumkiso sesiphango sasebusika esisebenza de kwangokuhlwa. Ababikezeli balindele ukuya kuthi ga kwi-intshi ezisi-8 zekhephu kwiindawo ezisembindini weNorth Carolina.
EAsheville, kuMntla Carolina, iindlela zazigqunywe likhephu, nto leyo eyayisenza kube nzima ukuhamba. Abanye abahlali, njenge-iReporter Ed Jenest, babone ukuba kungcono ukuhlala ekhaya.
“Lusuku oluhle lokungayi ndawo,” watsho. "Simamele umculo kwaye sivutha umlilo."
Isaqhwithi kulindeleke ukuba sibangele isiphithiphithi kubahambi ngeempelaveki kunye nabathengi beKrisimesi, kodwa isithethi se-UPS ngoLwesihlanu sathi iipakethi ezithunyelwayo azifanele zilibaziseke.
“Into entle kuthi nakwabo sikhuphisana nabo kukuba oku kwenzeka ngempelaveki,” utshilo uNorman Black isithethi seUPS.
Uthi iipakethe ezibekelwe ukuhanjiswa ngoMvulo "zikwiinqwelomoya ezihlala ngobu busuku kwaye zikhuphela namhlanje."
I-UPS ayinakuze ibe neepakethe ezihamba ngeCawa, nangeCawa ngaphambi kweKrisimesi. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba umthamo wangoMgqibelo uhlala ulula - kuba ukuhambisa ngoMgqibelo yinkonzo yeprimiyamu - uMnyama ulindele iingxaki ezimbalwa.
Oko kukuthi, ngaphandle kokuba iindlela zisengumdaka kwaye nezikhululo zeenqwelo moya azicocwa ngoMvulo.
