I-tsunami ibetha iHawaii kunye noNxweme lwase-US oluseNtshona

Njengoko ukukhanya kokuqala kokusa kwaqala ngoLwesihlanu eHawaii, amagosa achaza ukuba akukho monakalo ubalulekileyo kuthotho lwamaza etsunami abethe iziqithi emva kwenyikima ebulalayo yaseJapan.

Amaza e-tsunami agxobhoze iilwandle zaseHawaii kwaye atyhala unxweme lwase-US ngolwesihlanu kodwa akazange enze monakalo mkhulu kwangoko emva kokutshabalalisa iJapan kunye nokukhupha abantu abaninzi kwiPasifiki.

IKauai yayiyeyokuqala kwiziqithi zaseHawaii ezantlithwa yitsunami, eyabangelwa yinyikima yaseJapan. Amanzi agxalathelana ukuya elunxwemeni ubuncinane kangangeemitha ezili-11 ukuphakama kufuphi neKealakekua Bay, kwicala elingasentshona leSiqithi Esikhulu, aza afikelela kwindawo yokwamkela iindwendwe yehotele. Kwanikelwa ingxelo ngezikhukula eMaui, aza amanzi akhukulisa ezindleleni zeSiqithi Esikhulu.

Izazinzulu kunye namagosa alumkisa ukuba amaza okuqala e-tsunami awasoloko enamandla kwaye bathi abahlali abaselunxwemeni kufuneka bajonge imisinga enamandla kwaye bathobele iminxeba yokuphuma.

“Isilumkiso ngetsunami asikapheli,” utshilo uRhuluneli waseHawaii uNeil Abercrombie. “Sibona izinto ezimbi kakhulu, ingakumbi eMaui nakwiSiqithi Esikhulu. Asinakuze sicace nakwelinye ilizwe. ”

Amanzi aphakamileyo afika kunxweme olusentshona lwase-US nge-11: 30 am EST ngoLwesihlanu, emva kokuba ukukhutshwa kuyalelwe kwaye iilwandle zivaliwe kulo lonke unxweme.

Abalobi kwisiXeko saseCrescent, eCalif., - apho itsunami ngo-1964 yabulala abantu abali-11 - badubula izikhephe zabo zoononkala kwaye balishiya izibuko ukuze bakhuphe udumba obekulindelekile.

Ii<em>siren zakhala iiyure ezininzi ngaphambi kokuba kuthi qheke ukusa kunxweme, yaye eHawaii, iindlela neelwandle zazingenamntu njengoko itsunami yayintlitha. Njengoko iisiren zazikhala ubusuku bonke, uninzi lwabahlali lwaphuma elunxwemeni nakwiindawo ezisezantsi.

“Ndilinde ukubona enoba ndiza kusebenza kusini na yaye ndingakwazi na ukuya emsebenzini,” watsho uSabrina Skiles, owachitha ubusuku kwiofisi yomyeni wakhe kumbindi wedolophu yaseKahului eMaui. Ikhaya labo, elingaphesheya kwesitrato ukusuka elunxwemeni, lalikwindawo ekunyanzelekileyo kuyo ukuba bafuduke. “Bathi eyona nto imbi iphelile ngoku kodwa sihlala sisiva iingxelo zisithi ‘ungangeni ndawo. Awufuni kuhamba ngokukhawuleza.’”

Itsunami, eyabangelwa yinyikima ye-8.9-magnitude eJapan, yabetha unxweme olusempuma yeJapan, yatshayela izikhephe, iimoto, amakhaya kunye nabantu njengoko imililo ebanzi itshisa ngaphandle kolawulo. Yabaleka ngaphesheya kwePasifiki nge-500 mph - ngokukhawuleza njengejeliner - nangona amaza e-tsunami eqengqelekela elunxwemeni ngesantya esiqhelekileyo.

UMongameli uBarack Obama uthe i-Federal Emergency Management Agency ikulungele ukuza kunceda iHawaii kunye neWest Coast ithi njengoko kufuneka. I-Coast Guard cutter kunye nabasebenzi beenqwelo-moya babezimisa ukuba balungele ukuqhuba imisebenzi yokuphendula kunye nokuhlola ngokukhawuleza ukuba iimeko zivumela.

Sisihlandlo sesibini kwisithuba esingaphezu konyaka apho iHawaii kunye nonxweme lwase-US oluseNtshona lujongene nesoyikiso setsunami enkulu. Inyikima ye-8.8 ye-Chile yavelisa izilumkiso ngo-Feb. 27, 2010, kodwa amaza ayemancinci kakhulu kunokuba bekuxelwe kwangaphambili kwaye phantse akukho monakalo uchaziweyo.

Izazinzulu ziye zavuma ukuba zigqithise isoyikiso kodwa zakhusela izenzo zabo, besithi bathathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo kwaye bafunda izifundo zetsunami yase-Indonesia yango-2004 eyabulala amawaka abantu abangakhange bafumane isilumkiso saneleyo.

Iziqithi ezininzi kwiPasifiki zaphuma emva kokuba izilumkiso zikhutshiwe, kodwa amagosa axelele abahlali ukuba bagoduke kuba amaza ebengekho mabi njengoko bekulindelwe.

E-Guam, amaza aqhekeza iinkwili ezimbini zoMkhosi woMkhosi wase-US ukusuka kwindawo yazo, kodwa izikhephe ezirhuqayo zabopha i-subs zaza zababuyisela kwindawo yazo. Akukho monakalo ochazwe kwiinqanawa zeNavy eHawaii.

Izilumkiso ezikhutshwe liZiko leZilumkiso zeTsunami laseHawaii elizinze eHawaii zagubungela ummandla onwebeka lonke unxweme olusentshona lweUnited States neKhanada ukusuka kumda waseMexico ukuya kutsho eChignik Bay eAlaska.

Kwiphondo laseCanada pacific kunxweme lwaseBritish Columbia, abasemagunyeni bakhupha iimarinas, iilwandle kunye nezinye iindawo.

E-Alaska, ishumi elinesibini labahlali abancinci ecaleni kwekhonkco leSiqithi sase-Aleutian babephaphile, kodwa kwakungekho ngxelo yomonakalo ovela kumaza angaphezulu nje kweenyawo ezi-5.

Amagosa kumacandelo amabini aseWashington aselunxwemeni asebenzisa inkqubo yokulumkisa ngefowuni ezenzekelayo, efowunela abahlali abaselunxwemeni nakwiindawo ezisezantsi kwaye ebacela ukuba bafudukele kwindawo ephezulu.

“Ngokuqinisekileyo asifuni kulila ingcuka,” watsho uSheriff Scott Johnson wePasifiki County yaseWashington. “Kufuneka sithembe ukuba senza into elungileyo ngokusekelwe kulwazi lwethu. Asifuni kuphosisa size senzakale abantu okanye babulawe.

E-Oregon, kwaqhuma iingxilongo kwiindawo ezithile eziselunxwemeni kwaye ubuncinci ihotele enye yafuduswa kumantla elizwe. Iindawo zokutyela, iivenkile zezipho kunye namanye amashishini aselunxwemeni ahlala evaliwe, kwaye nezikolo phezulu nasezantsi elunxwemeni zavalwa.

URockne Berge, ongumnini we-By The Sea Motel ePort Orford, kunxweme olusemazantsi e-Oregon, uthe wabona indawana yesanti emanzi emalunga neeyadi ezingama-50 ububanzi – into ebonisa amaza amakhulu kunesiqhelo. Abantu bafumana iimbono kwi-bluffs ngaphezulu kolwandle ukuze babukele amaza, utshilo.

“Ijongeka njengendawo yokupaka iimall kwintengiso yeKrisimesi,” utshilo.

ESanta Cruz, eCalif., amaza arhoxayo aqhawuka izikhephe ezimbalwa kunye nedokhi, kodwa abo babebaleka ukuya elunxwemeni besiya kubamba amaza abazange batyhafe.

“Amaza alungile, ukudumba kulungile, imozulu intle, itsunami ikhona. Siyaphuma, utshilo uWilliam Hill, ijoni laseCalifornia elingekhoyo.

Oorhulumente baseLatin America bayalela abemi beziqithi nabemi baselunxwemeni ukuba baye kwiindawo eziphakamileyo. Okokuqala kuchaphazeleka kuya kuba siSiqithi sePasika saseChile, kwindawo ekude yaseMzantsi Pacific, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-2,175 ngasentshona yedolophu enkulu yaseSantiago, apho abantu baceba ukufuduka ekuphela kwedolophu. Umongameli wase-Ecuador uRafael Correa ubhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo kwaye wayalela abantu kwiZiqithi zaseGalapagos nakunxweme lwelizwe ukuba bafune indawo ephezulu.

Isilumkiso setsunami sikhutshwe ngoLwesihlanu ngo-3:31 am EST. I-Sirens yakhala malunga nemizuzu engama-30 kamva e-Honolulu ilumkisa abantu kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni ukuba baphume. Malunga neepesenti ezingama-70 zabemi baseHawaii abazizigidi ezisisi-1.4 bahlala e-Honolulu, kwaye uninzi lwabakhenkethi abangama-100,000 basedolophini ngalo naluphi na usuku.

NgoLwesihlanu, isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHonolulu sahlala sivulekile kodwa iijethi ezisixhenxe okanye ezisibhozo ezisingise eHawaii zijikile, kubandakanya nezinye ezivela eJapan, iSebe lezoThutho lathi. Onke amazibuko avaliwe kwaye iinqanawa ziyalelwa ukuba zilishiye izibuko.

I-Honolulu yeSebe loLawulo oluNgxamisekileyo lenze iindawo zokusabela kumaziko oluntu kunye nezikolo, kwaye abasemagunyeni kwisiqithi saseKauai baye bavula izikolo ze-11 ukuba zibe yindawo yokukhusela abo bashiye imimandla ye-tsunami.

Inyikima encinci ye-4.5-magnitude yabetha iSiqithi esikhulu ngaphambi nje kwe-5 am EST, kodwa akuzange kubekho ngxelo zomonakalo kwaye iinyikima azizange zihambelane, i-geophysicist ne-United States Geological Survey yathi.

UDennis Fujimoto uthe kwangoko ngoLwesihlanu ukuba umoya uzolile kodwa ukhathazekile kwisiqithi saseKauai ngelixa abantu belungiselela itsunami.

Imigca emide eyenziwe kwizikhululo zerhasi kwaye abantu baya eWal-Mart ukuya kuthenga iimpahla.

“Ufumene abantu abaphuma apho neenqwelo ezithwele amanzi,” utshilo.

I-wave enkulu kakhulu eyahlasela i-US yayiyi-tsunami ye-1946 eyabangelwa yinyikima ye-8.1 kufuphi ne-Unimak Islands, e-Alaska, eyabulala abantu be-165, ubukhulu becala eHawaii. Ngowe-1960, inyikima eyayinomlinganiselo osisi-9.5 kumazantsi eChile yabangela itsunami eyabulala ubuncinane abantu abali-1,716 61 kuquka nabantu abangama-1964 eHilo. Yatshabalalisa nenkoliso yombindi weso sixeko. Kwilizwe lase-US, i-tsunami ye-9.2 evela kwinyikima ye-128 e-Prince William Sound, e-Alaska, yabetha i-Washington State, i-Oregon ne-California. Ibulale abantu abayi-11, kuquka i-XNUMX kwisiXeko saseCrescent, eCalif.