KINGSTON, Jamaica - Abahlali, abakhenkethi kunye nabasebenzi be-oyile babalekile njengoko uGustav wagxobha iJamaica ngoLwesine, eshiya abantu abangama-59 bebhubhile. ILouisiana kunye neTexas babeka abalindi belizwe kwindawo yokulinda, kwaye iNew Orleans yathi ukufuduswa okunyanzelekileyo kunokuba yimfuneko.
Ubuncinci abantu be-51 bafa eHaiti ngenxa yezikhukhula, i-mudslides kunye nemithi ewela phantsi, kuquka i-25 ejikeleze isixeko saseJacmel, apho uGustav waqala ukubetha umhlaba ngoLwesibili. Abanye abantu abasibhozo bangcwatywa xa iliwa lawela kwiDominican Republic. UMarcelina Feliz usweleke ebambe usana lwakhe oluneenyanga ezili-11 ubudala. Abanye abantwana bakhe abahlanu bavuthululelwa kwingozi eyayisecaleni kwakhe.
NgoLwesine emva kwemini, uGustav wayekumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-40 ukusuka eJamaica kodwa wayesele ehlasela eso siqithi ngenxa yomoya ovuthuzayo. Ababikezeli bathi inokukhula ibe yinkanyamba ngaphambi kokubetha ikomkhulu elisezantsi laseKingston ngoLwesine ebusuku. IGrand Cayman yalungiselela ugwayimbo olunokubakho kusuku olulandelayo.
Kwananjengoko abakhenkethi babekhangela iinqwelo-moya ezisuka eziqithini, amagosa abongoza ukuba kuzole. UTheresa Foster, omnye wabanini beGrand Caymanian Resort, uthe uGustav akakhange abonakale esoyikisa njengeNkanyamba uIvan, eyatshabalalisa i-70 pesenti yezakhiwo zaseGrand Cayman kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo.
“Nantoni na ebeza kuphephuka sele iphaphile,” utshilo.
Ababikezeli bathi iindawo zaseJamaica zinokufumana i-intshi ezingama-25 (iisentimitha ezingama-63) zemvula, ezinokubangela ukudilika komhlaba kwaye kubangele umonakalo omkhulu wezityalo. Abasemagunyeni baxelele umlobi ukuba ahlale elunxwemeni, kwaye abasebenzi basehotele bakhusele iiambrela zolwandle kwisixeko saseMontego Bay.
IJamaica iyalele abahlali ukuba baphume kwiindawo ezisezantsi ezibandakanya iPortmore, indawo exineneyo kwaye ethandwa zizikhukula ngaphandle kweKingston, kwaye baye kwiindawo zokuhlala. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKingston savalwa kwaye iibhasi zayeka ukuhamba njengoko abantu babethontelana kwiivenkile ezinkulu befuna izinto ezingxamisekileyo.
Amaxabiso eoli atsibela ngaphezulu kwe-120 yeedola ngomphanda ngenxa yoloyiko lokuba isivunguvungu sinokuchaphazela imveliso kwindawo yeGulf, ikhaya leerigi zeoyile ezingama-4,000 kunye nesiqingatha saseMelika sokusulungekisa. Amakhulu abasebenzi base-offshore bakhupha njengoko abahlalutyi bathi isaqhwithi sinokuthumela amaxabiso egesi e-US emva kwe-4 yeegaloni.
“Amaxabiso aza kunyuka kungekudala. Uza kubona ukonyuka nge-5, 10, 15 yeesenti ilitha,” utshilo uTom Kloza, umpapashi weNkonzo yeNgcaciso yeXabiso leoli eWall, NJ “Ukuba sinomsitho wohlobo lukaKatrina, uthetha ngamaxabiso egesi. inyuke ngama-30 ekhulwini.”
EAtlantiki, ngelo xesha, iTropical Storm uHanna kwakheka kwindlela eyalathe kunxweme olusempuma lwase-US. Kwakusekutsha kakhulu ukuqikelela ukuba uHanna angasongela umhlaba, kodwa uGustav wayebangela amajita asuka eCancun yaseMexico ukuya kwindawo yaseFlorida.
Ngemimoya ephezulu ezinzileyo engaphantsi kwamandla enkanyamba, i-Gustav yayiqikelelwa ukuba ibe yinkanyamba enkulu yeCandelo 3 emva kokudlula phakathi kweCuba neMexico kwaye ingene kumanzi ashushu kunye nanzulu e-Gulf. Ezinye iimodeli zibonise uGustav ethatha indlela eya eLouisiana kunye namanye amazwe aseGulf atshatyalaliswe zizitshingitshane uKatrina noRita.
Urhuluneli waseLouisiana uBobby Jindal ubhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo ukubeka isiseko soncedo lomanyano. URhuluneli waseTexas uRick Perry wakhupha isibhengezo sentlekele, yaye bekunye babeka amajoni oMkhosi weSizwe angama-8,000 XNUMX kwindawo yokulinda.
USodolophu waseNew Orleans uRay Nagin uthe uya kuyalela ukuba kukhutshwe okunyanzelekileyo kwesi sixeko ukuba ababikezeli baxela kwangaphambili ngoqhankqalazo lweCandelo-3-okanye mhlawumbi noDidi-2 - kwiiyure ezingama-72.
Bobabini uJindal kunye noNagin babedibana noNobhala woKhuseleko lweLizwe laseMelika uMichael Chertoff ukucwangcisa.
“Ndisoyika,” watsho uEvelyn Fuselier waseChalmette, ondlu yakhe yantywiliselwa kumgama oziimitha ezi-14 kumanzi esikhukula saseKatrina. Ndihlala ndicinga ukuba, 'Ngaba iCorps yayiyilungisile indlela yokuhamba?,' 'Ingaba indlu yam iza kukhukula kwakhona?' … 'Ingaba kuzakufuneka ndidlule kuyo yonke le nto kwakhona?'”
Ekuvukeni kukaGustav, abantu baseHaiti basokola ukufumana ukutya okufikelelekayo. UJean Ramando, umlimi webhanana oneminyaka eli-18 ubudala, uthe umoya wawisa ishumi elinesibini lemithi yebhanana yosapho lwakhe, ngoko wayeliphinda kabini ixabiso lakhe.
“Umoya ubawise ngokukhawuleza, ngoko ke kufuneka senze imali ngokukhawuleza,” utshilo.
