Inyikima enkulu, enobukhulu obungu-7,2 kwisikali sikaRichter, iye yaqatshelwa eNicaragua nakumazwe angabamelwane, ababelungiselela ukufika kweNkanyamba uOtto. Abasemagunyeni baseNicaragua banike umthetho a imeko yongxamiseko, kwaye babukela amanxweme asentshona ngesilumkiso esinokubakho se-tsunami, ngombulelo, sarhoxiswa kwiiyure ezimbalwa kamva.
URhulumente wayesele egwebe isilumkiso esibomvu sokufika kweNkanyamba uOtto, eyafikelela kwinqanaba 2 ngokwengxelo ekhutshwe liZiko leNkanyamba leSizwe izolo. Inkanyamba yathathwa njengenkanyamba "eyingozi kakhulu"; nangona kunjalo, kulindeleke ukuba yehle kungekudala.
Inyikima eNicaragua: kakhulu, kodwa akukho monakalo ukuzisola
Uqhushululu lwenyikima lwaluse-Usulután, e-El Salvador, 100km ukusuka kwikomkhulu. Ungene ngo-12.45: XNUMX (ixesha lendawo), ze ndeva ukusuka eGuatemala ukuya eCosta Rica. Kwaye ukuba oko akwanelanga, Emva kweenyikima ezintlanu zobukhulu be-4 kunye ne-5 zarekhodwa kwakhona kwindawo engummangaliso. Ngexesha lokubhalwa kweli nqaku, Akukho monakalo okanye iingxwelerha ezichaziweyo.
Umphathiswa Wezendalo kunye neMithombo yezeNdalo eSalvador, uLina Pohl, Ucele abantu ukuba bazole kangangoko kwaye baphephe ukusebenzisa iifowuni ngaphandle kokuba kukho imfuneko. Urhulumente ukwalile ukuba abahlali abahlala kwiindawo ezingaselunxwemeni bahlale kude neelwandle.
Inkanyamba uOtto: uphi ngoku?
Otto ngoku imi kunxweme olusentshona Costa Rica, indawo apho ngelishwa ibangele ukusweleka komntu omnye ubuncinane kwaye ishiye ubuncinci abanye abathandathu belahlekile. Umongameli u-Guillermo Solís uthe kwinkomfa noonondaba okwangoku akazukuqikelela kumanani anokubakho. "Lusuku olubuhlungu eCosta Rica."
Umoya kaOtto onamandla, ongaphezulu kwe-150km / h, wawisa imithi ezindlwini, kwaye izantyalantyala zemvula zagcwala kwidolophu yaseUpala, ngakwimida yeNicaragua, apho kuhlala khona abantu abamalunga ne-17.000.
Eli bali lilusizi liye lafikelela esiphelweni. UOtto uye wasuka ekubeni yinkanyamba esiya ekubeni sisaqhwithi esikweleenjiko, kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ikhukhuleke isuke elunxwemeni kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezizayo.