Asilikali ankhondo aku US a gulu lankhondo la Arizona National Guard lotsogolera alendo omwe adatsekeredwa ndi kusefukira kwamadzi mu UH-60 Blackhawk, Loweruka, Aug. 24, 2024, pa Havasupai Reservation ku Supai, Ariz. mathithi amadzi okhala ndi phulusa la bulauni anali oopsa koma sizinali zachilendo munyengo yamvula yachilimwe pamalo osungitsa a Havasupai, amodzi mwa malo akutali kwambiri ku continental US omwe amakopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.
Koma nthawi ino kuchulukana kwamadzi komwe kudapangitsa kuti mazana ambiri oyenda m'misewu akukankhira malo okwera - ena m'malo otsetsereka ndi m'mapanga m'makoma a canyon - adapha. Mayi wina anakokoloka kupita ku Mtsinje wa Colorado mkati mwa Grand Canyon, akugwira ntchito yofufuza ndi kupulumutsa kwa masiku ambiri yomwe ikukhudzana ndi National Park Service m'malo apadera omwe mafoni a m'manja sangathe kufika, mkati mwa zigwa za chipululu zomwe zimangoyenda ndi phazi, bulu kapena helikopita. Patatha masiku atatu ndi ma 19 miles (30 kilomita) kunsi kwa mtsinje, gulu losangalatsa la mtsinje la rafting litha kuthetsa kusaka. Pambuyo pake, opulumuka ndi opulumutsa adamamatira ku nkhani zachisoni chogawana, kuyamikira ndi kulemekeza madzi omwe adasanduka achiwawa mosayembekezereka.
Mvula yoyamba, kenako chipwirikiti
Tsiku la kusefukira kwamadzi lidayamba mbandakucha kwa anthu oyenda m'malo obiriwira akuyenda mtunda wamakilomita 8 (makilomita 13) m'njira zobwerera kumudzi womwe uli mkati mwa malo osungira a Havasupai.
Kuchokera kumeneko, alendo amayenda kupita kumalo omwe ali ndi mindandanda ya ndowa - mathithi angapo akuluakulu komanso bwalo lamisasa m'mbali mwa mtsinje. Madzi a m’chigwachi nthawi zambiri amakhala obiriwira ngati buluu amakopa alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi.
Physical therapist Hanna St. Denis, 33, anayenda kuchokera ku Los Angeles kuti akawone zodabwitsa zachilengedwe paulendo wake woyamba usiku wonse wonyamula katundu, ndi bwenzi lake, akugunda m'bandakucha Lachinayi lapitalo ndikufika kumapeto kwa mathithi atatu odziwika bwino masana.
Mvula yokhazikika idafika. Pansi pa mathithi a Beaver, munthu wosambira anazindikira kuti madzi akuthamanga. Madzi anayamba kuphuka kuchokera m’makoma a canyon, akumachotsa miyala pamene mtsinjewo unasanduka mtundu wa chokoleti ndi kutupa.
"Zinali zowoneka pang'onopang'ono kukhala zofiirira m'mphepete ndikukulirakulira, ndiyeno tidatulukamo," adatero St. Denis. Iye ndi anthu ena oyenda pansi anakwera makwerero kupita kumalo okwera popanda njira yotsikira pamene madzi ankakwera. Tinkaona mitengo ikuluikulu ikuzulidwa ndi mizu, pansi.”
Analibe njira yoti apemphe thandizo kapenanso kuona pafupi ndi ngodya yotsatira ya canyon.
Pabwalo lamisasa lapafupi, Michael Langer wazaka 55 wa ku Fountain Hills, Arizona, anaona madzi akusefukira m’chigwacho kuchokera kumadera ena.
“Patangopita masekondi khumi, munthu wina wa fuko lina anabwera akuthamanga m’misasa akufuula kuti, ‘Masefukira a madzi osefukira, tulukani mwadzidzidzi, thamangirani pamalo okwera,’” anasimba motero Langer.
Chapafupi, mathithi a Mooney Falls anali mabingu amphamvu kwambiri, pamene anthu oyenda m'miyendo anathamangira pa shelefu yokwezeka n'kudziphatika m'makhwalala.
Zizindikiro zamavuto
Pofika 1:30 pm akuluakulu aku Grand Canyon National Park moyandikana ndi dziko la Havasupai adayamba kulandira mafoni obwera chifukwa cha nkhawa kuchokera pazida zolumikizidwa ndi satelayiti zomwe zimatha kutumiza zidziwitso za SOS, mameseji ndi ma foni omwe mafoni safika.
Mneneri wa pakiyi a Joelle Baird anati: “Kuchepa kwa chigwachi, n’kovuta kwambiri kutulutsa mauthenga;
Pakiyo idalimbana ndi malipoti ochulukira okhudza anthu ambiri ovulala koma adatsimikizira chochitika chowopsa. Oyenda awiri - mwamuna ndi mkazi wake - adasesedwa ndi kusefukira kwamadzi pomwe adakwera pafupi ndi pomwe Havasu Creek adathira mumtsinje wa Colorado.
Pofika 4 koloko masana, kupuma kwa nyengo kunalola kuti pakiyi itumize helikopita ndikukonza malo oyendayenda mofulumira m'deralo, adatero Baird.
Andrew Nickerson, mwamuna wake, ananyamulidwa usiku umenewo ndi gulu loyenda mtunda wa makilomita 280 (450-kilomita) wa mtsinje umene umadutsa Grand Canyon.
"Ndinangotsala pang'ono kufa pamene mlendo mwachisawawa adalumpha kuchokera mumtsinje wake ndikuyika moyo wake pachiswe osazengereza kundipulumutsa kumadzi owopsa," Nickerson adalemba pambuyo pake pawailesi yakanema.
Mkazi wake, Chenoa Nickerson, wazaka 33, anaseseredwa mumsewu waukulu wa mtsinjewo ndipo sakudziwika. Chidziwitso chofufuzira chinatuluka Lachisanu kwa brunette wosowa, wamtali ndi maso a buluu. Monga ambiri oyenda ku Havasupai, sanali kuvala jekete lodzipulumutsa.
Nyengo ya chigumula
Katswiri wa zanyengo ku Arizona State Erinanne Saffell adati kusefukira kwamadzi kudutsa mumtsinjewo kunali kolemera koma osati kwachilendo, ngakhale osaganizira za kutentha kwa dziko komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha anthu komwe kwapangitsa kuti nyengo ikhale yoopsa.
"Ndi gawo la nyengo yathu yamvula ndipo mvula imagwa ndipo ilibe kwina kulikonse, motero imatha kusokoneza ndikuvulaza anthu omwe ali m'njira," adatero.
Titha kupereka zosiyanasiyana hydrologic monitoring masensa, ogwira ntchito zenizeni nthawi kuwunika deta madzi mlingo liwiro:
Nthawi yotumiza: Sep-02-2024