El Elpida okwethutyana, I-Elpis okanye i-Esperanza, ethiywe ngeGrisi yeNational Meteorological Service (EMY), ibibetha iGrisi ukusukela kwimpelaveki ye-22 kaJanuwari. Ukwenza isiphithiphithi kwezinye iindawo zelizwe, kubandakanya nekomkhulu laseGrisi. Ikhephu eliqatha layigubungela iAthene, ukusuka kwiAcropolis ukuya ngasemzantsi, laza lathi shwaka ubomi kweso sixeko.
Kweli nqaku sikuxelela okwenzekileyo malunga nesaqhwithi se-Elpida kunye nokuvela kwesiphango kule veki yonke.
Iimpawu eziphambili
Isaqhwithi Elpida (Ithemba) eye yathwaxa iGreece ukusukela kwimpelaveki ephazamise umoya kunye nokuhamba kweendlela elizweni. Ide yanyanzelisa ukurhoxiswa kwamaphulo okugonya i-Covid-19. Phantse zonke iinqwelomoya zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ziye zarhoxiswa ngenxa yokuwa kwekhephu elikhulu kuLwandle lweAegean olukhatshwa yinkanyamba. Ingxaki embi kakhulu yenzeke kwingingqi yase-Attica yekomkhulu, ekhephuke ukususela ngoMvulo ekuseni, ibangela isiphithiphithi ezindleleni nasembindini we-Athens, kunye neenqwelo ezininzi ezixinzelelwe ekhephuni ngenxa yokuba zazinganxibanga amatyathanga. Amahlomela-dolophu aliqela ekomkhulu aye aphelelwa ngamandla xa amasebe nemithi emincinci yawa kwiipali zombane.
Izikolo zase-Attica nakwilizwe liphela zivaliwe ukusukela ngoMvulo we-24 kaJanuwari, njengoko ikhephu elinzima kunye namaqondo obushushu abandayo bekulindeleke ukuba kuqhubeke uninzi lweGrisi, kubandakanya neAthene. Imfundo ekude ayizange ibe nesiphumo esinqwenelekayo nguMphathiswa weMfundo, kuba i-intanethi kwiindawo ezininzi zelizwe ayinaso isantya esiyimfuneko. Ukongeza, kwingingqi ye-Attica nakwilizwe liphela, zonke ii-Covid-19 zokuqeshwa ziye zarhoxiswa ngoMvulo nangoLwesibini, kunyanzelwa ukuba amawaka eengqesho asiwe kwezinye iintsuku.
I-Elpida ibamba amawaka abantu kwiindlela ezinkulu zaseGrisi
Amawaka abaqhubi ayevaleleke ekhephini. Abanye kangangeeyure ezingaphezu kwesihlanu, kuhola wendlela orhangqe iAthene, kukho iimoto ezihamba nzima. Ngokwenkampani yabucala elawula uhola wendlela, i-snowplows ayikwazanga ukunika indlela yezithuthi kuba iilori ezimbini ezityibilikayo zivale izithuthi. Ukongeza kwinto yokuba izithuthi bezixakile ukusukela ekuzeni kusa. Nangona kunjalo, uMphathiswa weNgxaki yeMozulu kunye noKhuseleko loLuntu, u-Jristos Stilianidis, uthembise ukuba uxanduva luya kususwa ngenxa yomsebenzi ombi wenkampani yolawulo ebekufanele igcine uhola wendlela evulekile. Njengoko iNational Meteorological Service (EMY, isishunqulelo sayo ngesiGrike), yaxela kwangaphambili ukuba isaqhwithi se-Elpida siza kuqhubeka sigquba kangangeentsuku ezininzi, uRhulumente wacela iinkampani ukuba zivumele abasebenzi babo ukuba basebenze ngomnxeba xa kunokwenzeka.
Ikhephu elingqingqwa neqabaka ziya kuhlala zikho eAttica, isiqithi esikufuphi saseOpoia nakwinxalenye enkulu yombindi nempuma yeGrisi, kuquka iziqithi ezininzi zeAegean, apho kuya kubhudla khona nemimoya ebhudla ngamandla. Emantla eGrisi, ikhephu beliqikelelwa ukuba liza kuncipha ukusuka ngoLwesibini ophelileyo. Noko ke, ukwehla kobushushu bekuya kuqhubeka. Uqhwithela bekulindeleke ukuba lube buthathaka kuninzi lwelizwe ukusukela kuLwesine odlulileyo, ngokoqikelelo lwemozulu.
Isaqhwithi se-Elpida: akukho mbane kwaye ubushushu buyancipha ngequbuliso
IAttica, idolophu elikomkhulu laseGrisi, ekumazantsi elizwe, yenye yezona ndawo zichaphazeleke kakhulu sesi saqhwithi. Iqhwa liye lawa ngokungapheliyo ukususela ngoMvulo ekuseni, kwaye amaqela ohlangulo nawo asabela kwisivunguvungu ukuze ahlangule abantu abavaleleke ezindleleni kule ndawo.
Embindini weGrisi, isithuthi sikaloliwe wahlangula 200 abakhweli evaleleke kwingxinano, kodwa at Ubuncinci abantu be-15 bonzakele kule nkqubo, ubuncinci ababini kubo kakhulu, ngokwengxelo yamapolisa. Kwelinye icala, amasebe nemithi yawa kwiipali zombane. Oku kwabangela ukuqhawuka okukhulu kombane eAttica nakweminye imimandla, apho ubukade ukho akukho mbane phantse imini yonke. Imeko ixhalabisa ngakumbi apho iintambo zombane bezikhenkceke kuba bezikhenkceke kwaye sele ziqalisile ukuqhawuka neentambo zombane.
NgokweNkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe, ikhephu eliqatha bekulindeleke ukuba liqalise ukuthotha ukuqala ngoMvulo kulo lonke ilizwe. Nangona amaqondo obushushu ehle kakhulu phakathi koMvulo kunye noLwesithathu, ezisa iingxaki eziqatha zeqabaka. Kummandla wekomkhulu, kwacwangciswa amaqondo obushushu phakathi kwe-0 kunye ne-3 degrees. Ngelixa kwezinye iindawo ezikumantla welizwe ubuncinci bufikelelwe ngokoqobo Iidigri ezingama-10 ngezantsi ko-zero. Abasemagunyeni bacebise abemi ukuba baphume kuphela xa kuyimfuneko.
Ezinye iindawo ezichaphazelekayo
Nangona inkcazelo engakumbi iye yavela eGrisi, iTurkey neziqithi zoLwandle iAegean nazo ziye zachatshazelwa siqhwithi saseElpida. Iindlela eziya eYerusalem ziphinde zavulwa emva kwemini ngoLwesine. Isixeko esingcwele sigutyungelwe sisivunguvungu i-Elpida, esibone ikhephu elinzima kulo mmandla ukusukela ngolwesithathu ebusuku. Iivenkile zavulwa kade kunesiqhelo, isixeko asinazo naziphi na iindlela zokuhamba, kwaye izikolo kunye nemibutho yoluntu zivaliwe ngoLwesine kwa-Israyeli, nakwi-West Bank naseGaza.
Emva kokuba isaqhwithi sishiye ikhephu, phantse konke ukufikelela esixekweni kuvaliwe nge-15 cm yekhephu. Abasemagunyeni bacele abahlali ukuba banqumamise imibutho yoluntu kunye nezikolo. Ukongeza, ngenxa yeli khephu esixekweni emva kwemini kaJanuwari 26, ukuthutha akukwazanga ukuwela umda. Kwinqanaba eliphezulu kummandla, i-Golan Heights yayisele iwile kakhulu ngosuku olungaphambili. Emva kokuwa kwekhephu, indawo yokutyibiliza ekhephini ebizwa ngokuba yiNtaba yeHermon yakwazi ukuvula iingcango zayo kwaza kwavalwa iindlela ezininzi. Yayilikhephu lokuqala lexesha le-Elpida, nangona kwakukho oololiwe abahamba phakathi kweTravid neYerusalem.
KuLwandle lweAegean, inxalenye yoLwandle lweMeditera phakathi kweGrisi neTurkey, eso saqhwithi sasiphelekwa yimimoya ebhudla ngamandla. Kwezinye iindawo zeIstanbul (Turkey), ikhephu lifikelele kwi-80-85 cm ubunzulu. Yaye eAlbania, ekumda waseGrisi, zonke izikolo kwafuneka zivaliwe iintsuku ezintathu ngenxa yengqele.
E-Istanbul, isaqhwithi sase-Elpida sashiya indawo ebukekayo, kodwa kunye nendlela enkulu yokuwa: Bangaphezu kwama-4.500 abantu abahlangulwe emva kokuba bevaleleke kwiimoto zabo. Ngokukasodolophu wesixeko, u-Ekrem Imamoglu, iisentimitha ezingama-30 ukuya kwezingama-50 zekhephu zaziqokelelene kwisiphango, nge ukuya kuthi ga kwi-80 yeesentimitha kwezinye iindawo. Ukuwa kwekhephu elinzima lenze ubomi bume ngxi kubantu abazizigidi ezili-16 base-Istanbul.
Ndiyathemba ukuba ngolu lwazi unokufunda ngakumbi malunga nesiqhwithi se-Elpida.