Chitsime chosweka cha madzi chikutulutsa madzi mlengalenga mumsewu ku Montreal, Lachisanu, Ogasiti 16, 2024, zomwe zinayambitsa kusefukira kwa madzi m'misewu ingapo ya m'derali.
MONTREAL — Nyumba pafupifupi 150,000 za ku Montreal zinayikidwa pansi pa upangiri wa madzi otentha Lachisanu pambuyo poti chitoliro chamadzi chosweka chinaphulika n’kukhala “geyser” yomwe inasintha misewu kukhala mitsinje, kuletsa magalimoto ndi kukakamiza anthu kuti achoke m’nyumba zomwe zinasefukira madzi.
Meya wa mzinda wa Montreal, Valérie Plante, adati anthu ambiri okhala kum'mawa kwa mzindawu adadzuka pafupifupi 6 koloko m'mawa chifukwa cha ozimitsa moto omwe akuwalimbikitsa kuti atuluke m'nyumba zawo chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa madzi kuchokera ku chitoliro chamadzi cha pansi pa nthaka chomwe chinasweka pafupi ndi mlatho wa Jacques Cartier.
Mboni zinati pamene madziwo anali pachimake, “khoma la madzi” lalitali mamita 10 linaphulika pansi, n’kusefukira m’dera lomwe anthu ambiri anali kukhalamo. Anthu okhala m’derali anavala nsapato za rabara n’kudutsa m’madzi omwe ankayenda m’misewu ndi m’malo olumikizirana madzi mkati mwa maola pafupifupi asanu ndi theka omwe anafunika kuti madziwo atsekedwe.
Pofika 11:45 koloko m'mawa zinthu zinali "zokhazikika," anatero Plante, ndipo mkulu wa ntchito zamadzi mumzindawo anati antchito adatha kutseka valavu kotero kuti kuthamanga kwa madzi m'chitsime chamadzi kunali kuchepa. Komabe, mzindawu unapereka uphungu wokhudza madzi otentha womwe unaphimba gawo lalikulu la kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa chilumbachi.
"Nkhani yabwino ndi yakuti chilichonse chili m'manja," adatero Plante. "Tidzayenera kukonza chitolirocho, koma sitilinso ndi madzi ofanana (mumsewu) omwe tinali nawo m'mawa uno ... ndipo monga njira yodzitetezera, padzakhala upangiri woteteza ku madzi owira."
M'mbuyomu, akuluakulu aboma adati chifukwa cha kuchotsedwa kwa mapaipi mumzindawu omwe ali ndi makilomita 4,000, palibe vuto lililonse lokhudza chitetezo cha madzi akumwa m'chigawo chomwe chinasefukira madzi. Koma patatha ola limodzi, adati adawona kuchepa kwa kuthamanga kwa madzi m'dera lina la netiweki ndipo akufuna kuyesa zitsanzo za madzi kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe vuto lililonse.
Akuluakulu aboma, omwe adafotokoza kuti phula ndi konkire pamwamba pa gawo losweka la chitolirocho ziyenera kukumba asanadziwe kuti vutoli ndi lalikulu bwanji.
Lyman Zhu anati adadzuka ndi zomwe zinkamveka ngati "mvula yamphamvu" ndipo atayang'ana pawindo lake adawona "khoma lamadzi" lomwe linali lalitali mamita 10 ndipo msewu wonse unali waukulu. "Zinali zodabwitsa," adatero.
Maxime Carignan Chagnon anati "khoma lalikulu la madzi" linagwa kwa maola pafupifupi awiri. Madzi othamanga anali "amphamvu kwambiri," adatero, akutuluka pamene ankagunda pa nsanamira za nyali ndi mitengo. "Zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri."
Anati madzi pafupifupi mamita awiri anasonkhana m'chipinda chake chapansi.
"Ndinamva kuti anthu ena anali ndi zambiri," adatero.
Martin Guilbault, mkulu wa dipatimenti yozimitsa moto ku Montreal, anati anthu ayenera kupewa malo omwe madziwo agwera mpaka akuluakulu a boma atapereka chilolezo choti abwererenso.
“Kungoti madzi achepa sizikutanthauza kuti ntchito yatha,” iye anatero, pofotokoza kuti mbali zina za misewu zitha kuwonongeka ndikusiya madzi onse omwe adathira pa iyo.
Akuluakulu ozimitsa moto sananene chiwerengero chenicheni cha anthu omwe anachotsedwa, ndipo anauza atolankhani kuti ogwira ntchito anafika ku nyumba zonse zomwe zakhudzidwa ndipo anaonetsetsa kuti aliyense ali otetezeka. Guilbault anati nthawi isanakwane masana kuti ozimitsa moto anali akupitabe khomo ndi khomo, kupopa zipinda zapansi. Anati adafika ku ma adilesi 100 omwe madzi ankalowa panthawiyo, koma nthawi zina madzi anali m'magalaji oimika magalimoto osati m'nyumba zogona.
Akuluakulu a mzinda anati bungwe la Red Cross likukumana ndi anthu okhala m'derali omwe akhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi ndipo likupereka zinthu zothandizira anthu omwe sakanatha kubwerera kwawo nthawi yomweyo.
Kampani yothandiza anthu kugwiritsa ntchito madzi ku Quebec yachepetsa magetsi kudera lomwe lakhudzidwa ndi vutoli ngati njira yopewera ngozi, zomwe zapangitsa kuti makasitomala pafupifupi 14,000 asakhale ndi magetsi.
Kutsekedwa kwa madzi kukuchitika pamene anthu ambiri ku Montreal ndi ku Quebec akutsukabe zipinda zapansi zomwe zinasefukira madzi pambuyo poti mbali zina za chigawocho zinakhudzidwa ndi mvula yokwana mamilimita 200 Lachisanu lapitali.
Nduna François Legault adatsimikiza Lachisanu kuti chigawochi chikulitsa pulogalamu yake yothandizira ndalama kwa anthu omwe akhudzidwa ndi masoka kuti iphatikizepo anthu omwe nyumba zawo zidasefukira madzi pamene zimbudzi zawo zidabwerera m'mbuyo panthawi yamkuntho, m'malo moletsa kuwonongeka komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa madzi.
Nduna ya Zachitetezo cha Anthu François Bonnardel adauza atolankhani ku Montreal kuti zinthu zikuyenda bwino pambuyo pa kusefukira kwa madzi sabata yatha, koma misewu 20 ikufunikabe kukonzedwa ndipo anthu 36 adatsala m'nyumba zawo.
Tikhoza kupereka masensa oyendera liwiro la madzi a radar pazochitika zosiyanasiyana monga maukonde a mapaipi apansi panthaka, njira zotseguka ndi ma DAMS, kuti muzitha kuyang'anira deta nthawi yeniyeni.
Nthawi yotumizira: Ogasiti-19-2024