Madzi osweka akuthira madzi mumlengalenga mumsewu ku Montreal, Lachisanu, Ogasiti 16, 2024, ndikuyambitsa kusefukira kwamadzi m'misewu ingapo yaderalo.
MONTREAL - Pafupifupi nyumba za 150,000 ku Montreal zidayikidwa pansi pa upangiri wamadzi owiritsa Lachisanu pambuyo poti madzi osweka adaphulika kukhala "geyser" yomwe idasintha misewu kukhala mitsinje, kuyimitsa magalimoto ndikukakamiza anthu kuti asamuke mnyumba zomwe zidasefukira.
Meya wa Montreal Valérie Plante adati anthu ambiri okhala kummawa kwa mzindawu adadzuka cha m'ma 6 koloko m'mawa kwa ozimitsa moto akuwalimbikitsa kuti atuluke m'nyumba zawo chifukwa cha ngozi za kusefukira kwamadzi apansi panthaka omwe adasweka pafupi ndi Jacques Cartier Bridge.
A Mboni ananena kuti pachimake, “khoma lamadzi” lotalika mamita 10 linabowokera pansi, n’kusefukira m’dera lomwe munali anthu ambiri. Anthu okhala m'mudzimo anavala nsapato za labala ndikudutsa m'madzi omwe amayenda m'misewu ndikudumphadumpha m'maola pafupifupi asanu ndi theka kuti athetse madziwo.
Pofika 11:45 m'mawa zinthu zinali "zowonongeka," adatero Plante, ndipo mkulu wa ntchito zamadzi mumzindawu adanena kuti ogwira ntchito adatha kutseka valve kotero kuti kuthamanga kwa madzi kunatsika. Komabe, mzindawu unapereka uphungu wa madzi owiritsa umene unakhudza mbali yaikulu ya kumpoto chakum’maŵa kwa chisumbucho.
"Uthenga wabwino ndi wakuti zonse zili m'manja," adatero Plante. "Tiyenera kukonza chitolirocho, koma tilibenso madzi ochulukirapo (mumsewu) omwe tinali nawo m'mawa uno ...
M’mbuyomo, akuluakulu a boma adati chifukwa cha kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa mapaipi a mtunda wa makilomita 4,000 mumzindawu, kulibe vuto la chitetezo ndi madzi akumwa m’bomalo lomwe linasefukira. Koma patadutsa ola limodzi, adati awona kutsika kwamphamvu yamadzi pagawo lina la netiweki ndipo akufuna kuyesa zitsanzo zamadzi kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe vuto.
Gwero la kusefukira kwa madzi ndi chitoliro choposa mamita awiri m'mimba mwake chomwe chinakhazikitsidwa mu 1985, adatero akuluakulu, omwe adalongosola phula ndi konkriti pamwamba pa gawo losweka la paipi ayenera kukumbidwa asanadziwe kuti vutoli ndi lalikulu bwanji.
Lyman Zhu adanena kuti adadzuka ku zomwe zinkamveka ngati "mvula yamphamvu" ndipo atayang'ana pawindo lake adawona "khoma lamadzi" lomwe linali lalitali mamita 10 ndi m'lifupi mwa msewu. “Zinali misala,” iye anatero.
Maxime Carignan Chagnon adati "khoma lalikulu lamadzi" lidasefukira kwa maola awiri. Madzi othamanga anali “amphamvu kwambiri,” iye anatero, akuthwanima pamene ankagunda zoikamo nyale ndi mitengo. Zinali zochititsa chidwi kwambiri.
Anati madzi pafupifupi mapazi awiri anatolera m’chipinda chake chapansi.
"Ndinamva kuti anthu ena ali ndi zambiri, zochulukirapo," adatero.
Martin Guilbault, wamkulu wa dipatimenti yozimitsa moto ku Montreal, adati anthu akuyenera kukhala kutali ndi malo omwe adasefukira mpaka olamulira apereka kuwala kobiriwira kuti abwerere.
“Kungoti madzi achepa sizitanthauza kuti ntchitoyo yatha,” iye anatero, akulongosola kuti mbali zina za misewu zikhoza kuonongeka ndi kuloŵa m’malo ndi madzi onse amene anathira pamwamba pake.
Akuluakulu ozimitsa moto sanapereke chiwerengero chenicheni cha anthu omwe adasamutsidwa, ndikuwuza atolankhani kuti ogwira ntchito adayendera nyumba zonse zomwe zakhudzidwa ndikuwonetsetsa kuti aliyense ali otetezeka. Guilbault adati masana asanafike kuti ozimitsa moto akupitabe khomo ndi khomo, akutulutsa zipinda zapansi. Iye adati panthawiyo adayendera maadiresi 100 omwe amalowetsa madzi, koma nthawi zina madzi amakhala m'magalasi oimika magalimoto osati m'nyumba.
Akuluakulu a mzindawu ati a Red Cross amakumana ndi anthu omwe akhudzidwa ndi vutoli ndikupereka zothandizira kwa omwe sakanatha kubwerera kwawo.
Quebec's hydro utility inadula mphamvu kudera lomwe linakhudzidwa ngati njira yodzitetezera, kusiya makasitomala pafupifupi 14,000 opanda magetsi.
Kupuma kwakukulu kwamadzi kumabwera pamene anthu ambiri ku Montreal ndi kudera lonse la Quebec akuyeretsabe zipinda zapansi zomwe zasefukira pambuyo poti mbali zina za chigawochi zidamenyedwa ndi mvula mpaka mamilimita 200 Lachisanu lapitali.
Prime Minister François Legault adatsimikiza Lachisanu kuti chigawochi chidzakulitsa pulogalamu yake yothandizira anthu omwe akhudzidwa ndi tsokali kuti aphatikizepo anthu omwe nyumba zawo zidasefukira pomwe zimbudzi zawo zidasungidwa panthawi yamphepo yamkuntho, m'malo mochepetsa kuyenerera kuwonongeka komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha kusefukira kwamadzi.
Nduna ya Chitetezo cha Anthu François Bonnardel adauza atolankhani ku Montreal kuti zinthu zikuyenda bwino pambuyo pa kusefukira kwa madzi sabata yatha, koma misewu 20 iyenera kukonzedwabe ndipo anthu 36 adachoka m'nyumba zawo.
Titha kupereka ma radar madzi othamanga liwiro lamadzi pazochitika zosiyanasiyana monga ma netiweki apansi panthaka, njira zotseguka ndi ma DAMS, kuti mutha kuyang'anira deta munthawi yeniyeni.
Nthawi yotumiza: Aug-19-2024