Ubuncinci abantu be-15 babulawa kwintlekele yempuphuma emantla mpuma e-US

• I-US mpuma mpuma yonakaliswa zizikhukula ezinkulu.
• Inkanyamba uIda amasalela asika indlela ebulalayo kumantla mpuma eUnited States.
• Abalawuli baseNew York naseNew Jersey babhengeza imeko kaxakeka.

Imvula enkulu ihlasele indawo yedolophu yaseNew York ngoLwesithathu ebusuku ukuya ngoLwesine, ekhokelela ekufeni kwabantu abaninzi, njengoko iintsalela zeNkanyamba u-Ida zisika indlela ebulalayo kumantla mpuma e-United States.

Irhuluneli yaseNew York uKathy Hochul uxele imeko yonxunguphalo njengoko intsalela yeIda ibangele isikhukula esikhulu kwisiXeko saseNew York nakwezinye iindawo zikarhulumente.

Irhuluneli yaseNew Jersey uPhil Murphy ukwabhengeze imeko yongxamiseko ukuphendula u-Ida, njengoko naye esenza City New York USodolophu uBill de Blasio kwasebusuku.

Inani lokusweleka lenyuka ngalo lonke usuku lwangoLwesine njengoko amagosa eqala ukuqonda ubungakanani bentshabalalo. Kwathi kusemini emaqanda, phantse abantu abangama-20 baqinisekiswa, kwaye kwabulawa abantu abaninzi eNew York, eNew Jersey, ePennsylvania, naseMaryland.

Izinto ezintathu zokubulawa kwabantu zenzekile kwikhaya elinye City New York Inqanawa yeQueens. Amalungu osapho amathathu, kubandakanya inkwenkwana eneminyaka emibini ubudala, barhaxwa kwindawo yaseFlushing. Abanye babini babulawa kummandla waseJamaica xa izikhukula zadiliza udonga lwekhaya labo.

Abanye abantu abane basweleke kwindlu yokuhlala e-Elizabeth, eNew Jersey, ingxelo ye-AP. Usodolophu wase-Elizabeth wayekhe waxela ukufa kwabantu abahlanu kwesi sakhiwo.

Kwindawo enkulu yaseFiladelfiya, ubuncinci abathathu bokufa kuqinisekisiwe ngamagosa, kubandakanya nokusweleka komfazi owabethwa ngumthi owayo kwilokishi yase-Upper Dublin.

ERockville, eMaryland, indoda eneminyaka eli-19 ubudala yabulawa kwizikhukula eRock Creek Woods Apartments eTwinbrook Parkway. Ngokwe-Fox5, le ndoda yayizama ukunceda umama wayo xa wayegugulwa.

Kukwakho nokusweleka kwabantu abaninzi ezimotweni, into ebuhlungu eye yabangela ukufa komqhubi omnye ePassaic, eNew Jersey. Njengokuba izantyalantyala zamanzi zingxamile kwizitrato zesixeko, umqhubi wemoto oneminyaka engama-70 ubudala watshayelwa emva kokuba usapho lwakhe lusindisiwe.

Esi siganeko sezulu sinembali sibangele ukuba i-National Weather Service (NWS) i-ofisi yaseNew York ikhuphe izilumkiso ezingxamisekileyo zemvula, njengoko enye yayikhutshiwe emantla eNew Jersey ze enye yakhutshelwa iinxalenye zeSixeko saseNew York. Isilumkiso sigcinelwe iimeko ezisongela ubomi bezikhukula, kwaye sisetyenziselwa "iimeko ezinqabileyo kakhulu xa imvula enzima kakhulu ikhokelela kwisoyikiso esikhulu kubomi bomntu kunye nomonakalo owonakalisayo," yatsho i-NWS.