INkanyamba uMaria iza kukhunjulwa njengenye yezona zonakalisayo ngeli xesha lonyaka. Emva kwe-Irma, eyona nto ifanelekileyo ibiya kuba kukungabikho kwenkanyamba eyenzekileyo, kuba umonakalo obangelwe yiyo ubububi. Kodwa, okomzuzwana, iimeko zemozulu azinakulawulwa.
Yiyo loo nto, izaqhwithi zetropiki zinokuba namandla, into eya ikhawuleza kwaye ikhawuleza njengoko amaqondo obushushu elwandle esanda. Ke, uMaria kalusizi, ikwazile ukuqhubeka ibangela iingxaki ezininzi kwiziqithi zoLwandle lweCaribbean, ngakumbi ePuerto Rico nakwiVirgin Islands.
Umonakalo ePuerto Rico
INkanyamba uMaria, ngoku ekunxweme olusemantla eDominican Republic, iye yathwaxa. Ngemimoya yeekhilomitha ezingama-250 ngeyure, yatshayela yonke into esendleleni yayo. Ilahleko yezinto ibinkulu kangangokuba, ngokuka-dolophu wedolophu eselunxwemeni yaseCatañi, "kuyakuthatha iinyanga, iinyanga ezininzi ngaphambi kokuba sibuye kwakhona."
Imifanekiso kunye neevidiyo ezivela apho ziyamangalisa: kuncothulwe imithi, kwatshatyalaliswa izindlu, kukhukuliseka komhlaba, izitrato zizele bubutyobo… Nangoku izolo, uLwesine, umhla wamashumi amabini ananye kwinyanga yoMsintsi.
Umonakalo kwiiVirgin Islands
Iziqithi zeVirgin Islands zase-US aziphumelelanga. IMaría yashiya abemi bayo bengenawo umbane, kwaye neendlela azisahambeki. Kuqikelelwa ukuba ukuya kuthi ga kwiipesenti ezingama-70 zezakhiwo eSanta Cruz, isixeko sabemi abangama-55.000, ezithe zenzakala.
Yomibini le mimandla, iPuerto Rico kunye neVirgin Islands, Iindawo zentlekele zibhengeziwe yiNdlu yeWhite House. Inkanyamba ibulale abantu abangama-34 ubuncinci, kwasweleka abantu abali-15 ePuerto Rico, abali-15 eDominica, abathathu eHaiti naseGuadeloupe.
Uyaphi ngoku?
Umoya kaMaria, ngoku udidi lwesithathu lwenkanyamba, Bangabetha iBahamas ngale mvakwemini. Ngelixa inokomelela kwiintsuku ezizayo, akunakulindeleka ukuba iphinde ibambe amanxweme aseMelika.