I-Congressman yase-US u-Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan uye wemka eWashington kwaye usendleleni eya kwi-Northern Mariana Islands ukuqinisekisa ukuba lonke uncedo oluyimfuneko lwe-federal luyafumaneka emva kweTyphoon Melor.
Kwi-teleconference kunye namagosa e-Federal Emergency Management Agency namhlanje ekuseni, i-Sablan ihlolisise iinkcukacha zamalungiselelo e-arhente kwisiqhwithi.
IMelor yayikumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-245 empuma yeSaipan ngo-02:00 ngexesha lasekuhlaleni, ngoMgqibelo, nge-3 kaOktobha (emini, ngoLwesihlanu, ngo-Oktobha 2 eWashington) kwaye kulindeleke ukuba idlule kwichweba laseMarianas emva kwemini ngoMgqibelo. Isaqhwithi sinemimoya ephezulu ezinzileyo ye-130 mph kwaye kuqikelelwa ukuba siya kuqina kancinci kwiiyure ezingama-24 ezizayo.
I-FEMA inike ingxelo ku-Sablan ukuba ngeli xesha inabasebenzi abamalunga nama-30 eGuam kunye neqela elincinci labaphendulayo eSaipan. I-FEMA igcina unikezelo olubalulekileyo lwezinto ezingxamisekileyo eGuam kwaye ilungele ukuzisa ezi ndawo apho zifuneka khona ngehelikopta kunye nenqanawa.
Izidlo ezingama-90,000 kunye neeyunithi ezingama-95,000 zamanzi ziyafumaneka ukondla amaxhoba esiphango. Iibhedi ezingama-2,500 kunye neengubo zokulala ezingama-4,000 zikhona. Ukongeza, i-arhente inamajeneretha angama-85 eGuam alungele ukuthunyelwa ukubonelela ngamandla kaxakeka kwimeko apho i-typhoon ikhupha inkqubo yokusetyenziswa.
Uhlaziyo olongezelelweyo luya kukhutshwa, njengoko iTyphoon Melor ithwala iMariana. Ulwazi lohlaziyo lukwafumaneka kwi-sablan.house.gov.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In addition, the agency has 85 generators on Guam ready to be dispatched to supply emergency power in the event the typhoon takes out the utility system.
- FEMA reported to Sablan that it has at this time approximately 30 personnel in place in Guam and a small response team on Saipan.
- FEMA maintains a significant supply of emergency commodities on Guam and is prepared to bring these where they are needed by helicopter and barge.
