Asitikali a US Army a Arizona National Guard akutsogolera alendo omwe atsekeredwa ndi kusefukira kwa madzi mu ndege ya UH-60 Blackhawk, Loweruka, Ogasiti 24, 2024, pa Havasupai Reservation ku Supai, Ariz. (Maj. Erin Hannigan/US Army kudzera pa AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE, NM (AP) — Kusefukira kwa madzi komwe kunasintha mathithi angapo okongola komanso obiriwira kukhala thovu lalikulu la bulauni kunali koopsa koma sikunali kwachilendo nyengo yamvula yachilimwe ku Havasupai reservation, imodzi mwa madera akutali kwambiri ku US omwe amakopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.
Koma nthawi ino madzi ambiri omwe anachititsa anthu ambiri kuyenda m'madzi kufunafuna malo okwera - ena m'malo otsetsereka ndi m'mapanga m'makoma a chigwa - anasanduka oopsa. Mkazi wina anatengedwa kupita ku Mtsinje wa Colorado mkati mwa Grand Canyon, ndipo anagwira ntchito yofufuza ndi kupulumutsa anthu ya masiku ambiri yokhudza National Park Service m'malo apadera omwe mafoni a m'manja sangafikire, m'malo otsetsereka a m'chipululu omwe angafikire anthu okhawo oyenda pansi, nyulu kapena ma helikopita. Patatha masiku atatu, ndipo pamtunda wa makilomita 30 (makilomita 30) pansi pa mtsinje, gulu losangalatsa lokwera maboti m'madzi linathetsa kusakaku. Pambuyo pake, opulumuka ndi opulumutsa adagwira nkhani za chisoni chogawana, kuyamikira ndi kulemekeza madzi omwe adasanduka achiwawa mosayembekezereka.
Mvula yoyamba, kenako chisokonezo
Tsiku la kusefukira kwa madzi linayamba m'mawa kwambiri kwa anthu oyenda pansi omwe anali kutsika m'chigwa chobiriwira, paulendo wa makilomita 13 (makilomita 8) m'njira zobwerera m'mbuyo kupita kumudzi womwe uli pakati pa malo osungira nyama ku Havasupai.
Kuchokera pamenepo, alendo amayenda kupita kumalo omwe ali ndi zinthu zambiri zomwe akufuna - mathithi akuluakulu angapo komanso malo ogona m'mphepete mwa mtsinje. Madzi a m'chigwachi nthawi zambiri amakhala obiriwira ngati buluu amakopa alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi.
Katswiri wa zamaganizo Hanna St. Denis, wazaka 33, anayenda kuchokera ku Los Angeles kukawona zodabwitsa zachilengedwe paulendo wake woyamba wopita ku bedi la msana usiku wonse, ndi mnzake, akuyenda m'njira m'mawa Lachinayi lapitali ndikufika ku mathithi otsiriza mwa atatu otchuka masana.
Mvula yokhazikika inafika. Pansi pa mathithi a Beaver, munthu wosambira anaona mafunde akuthamanga. Madzi anayamba kuphukira kuchokera m'makoma a chigwa, akutulutsa miyala pamene mtsinjewo unasanduka mtundu wa chokoleti ndikutupa.
“Zinali ngati pang’onopang’ono m’mbali mwake munayamba kuoneka bulauni ndipo m’mbali mwake munayamba kukula, kenako tinatulukamo,” anatero St. Denis. Iye ndi anthu ena oyenda pansi anakwera makwerero kupita pamalo okwera popanda njira yotsikira pamene madzi anali kukwera. “Tinkaona mitengo ikuluikulu ikudulidwa ndi mizu, kuchokera pansi.”
Iye analibe njira yoti ayimbire thandizo kapena kuona mbali ina ya chigwacho.
Pa malo ogona apafupi, Michael Langer wazaka 55 wa ku Fountain Hills, Arizona, anaona madzi akutuluka m'chigwa kuchokera kumadera ena.
"Patatha masekondi khumi, munthu wina wa fuko anabwera akuthamanga m'misasa akufuula, 'Masefukira a madzi, kutuluka mwadzidzidzi, thawirani pamalo okwera,'" Langer adatero.
Pafupi ndi apo, mathithi a Mooney Falls omwe anali ndi mabingu ambiri anakula kwambiri, pamene anthu oyenda pansi anathamangira ku shelufu yokwezeka n’kumadzikuta m’nyumba zawo.
Zizindikiro zamavuto
Pofika 1:30 pm akuluakulu a paki ya Grand Canyon National Park yomwe ili pafupi ndi dziko la Havasupai anayamba kulandira mafoni ochokera ku zipangizo zolumikizidwa ndi satelayiti zomwe zimatha kutumiza machenjezo a SOS, mauthenga a pafoni ndi mafoni a mawu komwe mafoni a m'manja sangafikire.
"Popeza kuti chigwacho ndi chopapatiza, n'kovuta kwambiri kutulutsa mauthenga; poyamba panalibe kumvetsetsa bwino kuchuluka kwa miyoyo ya anthu yomwe inatayika kapena kuvulala," anatero Joelle Baird, wolankhulira paki.
Pakiyi inali ndi malipoti okokomeza akuti anthu ambiri anafa koma inatsimikizira kuti panali chochitika choopsa. Anthu awiri oyenda pansi — mwamuna ndi mkazi wake — anatengedwa ndi kusefukira kwa madzi pamene ankayenda pafupi ndi malo omwe Havasu Creek imathira madzi mumtsinje wa Colorado.
Pofika 4 koloko masana, nyengo inasiya kuzizira ndipo pakiyo inalola kuti helikopita itumize ndikukonzekera gulu loyang'anira anthu m'deralo mwachangu, anatero Baird.
Andrew Nickerson, mwamuna wake, anatengedwa usiku womwewo ndi gulu la anthu omwe ankakwera bwato pa mtsinje wa makilomita 450 womwe umadutsa mu Grand Canyon.
"Ndinali pafupi kufa pamene mlendo wina anadumpha kuchokera pa mtsinje wake n’kuika moyo wake pachiswe mosazengereza kuti andipulumutse ku madzi othamanga," Nickerson analemba pambuyo pake pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti.
Mkazi wake, Chenoa Nickerson wazaka 33, anakokedwa mu ngalande yaikulu ya mtsinje ndipo sanadziwike. Nkhani yofufuza inatuluka Lachisanu kuti apeze mtsikana wa tsitsi lofiirira yemwe anali atasowa, wamtali komanso maso abuluu. Monga anthu ambiri oyenda ku Havasupai, iye sanali atavala jekete lopulumutsira moyo.
Nyengo ya kusefukira kwa madzi
Katswiri wa zanyengo ku Arizona State, Erinanne Saffell, adati kusefukira kwa madzi m'chigwachi kunali kwakukulu koma sikunali kwachilendo, ngakhale popanda kuganizira za kutentha kwa dziko komwe kwachitika chifukwa cha anthu komwe kwachititsa kuti nyengo ikhale yovuta kwambiri.
"Ndi gawo la nyengo yathu ya mvula yamkuntho ndipo mvula imagwa ndipo ilibe kopita, motero imatha kubweretsa mavuto ambiri kwa anthu omwe ali panjira," adatero.
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Nthawi yotumizira: Sep-02-2024