LONDON - Anthu okwera Eurostar anakumana ndi mavuto atsopano achisanu Lachinayi ndi sitima ina yothamanga kwambiri yomwe inagwa mu Channel Tunnel, pamene matalala olemera adasiyanso zikwi zambiri ku Britain opanda magetsi.
Kumadera ena onse a kumpoto kwa Europe, imodzi mwanyengo yotentha kwambiri m'zaka makumi angapo idayambitsa chipwirikiti chochulukirapo ndipo ndege zambiri zidathetsedwa ndipo misewu yambiri idatsekedwa.
Kutentha kwausiku kunatsikira ku minus 18 degrees Celsius (zero degrees Fahrenheit) ku Woodford kunja kwa Manchester, kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa England, ndi ku Benson, kumwera kwa England. Glasgow adawona ma Celsius asanu ndi anayi, pomwe London adachotsa atatu.
Palibe ma eyapoti akuluakulu aku Britain omwe adanenanso kuti kutsekedwa Lachinayi ndi mayendedwe otseguka kutsatira tsiku lachisokonezo Lachitatu.
Koma ndege ya EasyJet ya bajeti idataya pafupifupi maulendo 80 "chifukwa cha nyengo yoipa," makamaka kulowa ndi kutuluka mu eyapoti ya Gatwick, malo opangira maulendo apatchuthi.
British Airways yati idayimitsa maulendo angapo ndipo ikuchedwa chifukwa cha nyengo yachisanu pa eyapoti yayikulu ya Gatwick ndi London Heathrow.
Ku Ireland, eyapoti ya Dublin, yomwe idatseka kwa maola angapo Lachitatu, imagwira ntchito bwino. Koma panali maulendo angapo olephereka komanso kuchedwa chifukwa ndege zina zidapitilizabe kukumana ndi zovuta.
Pa eyapoti ya Orly, kumwera kwa Paris, ndege zotuluka zidathetsedwa kapena kuchedwetsedwa, ndipo omwe akubwera adapatutsidwa, mneneri wa Aeroports de Paris adauza AFP.
Chipale chofewa ndi kuzizira kozizira kunayimbidwa mlandu chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa masitima angapo a Eurostar mwezi watha mumsewu pakati pa Britain ndi France, zomwe zidayambitsa kuyimitsidwa kwamasiku atatu kwa ntchitoyi.
"Poyamba adatiuza kuti ndi vuto la injini," Jonattan Lurasin, wazaka 26, wochokera ku Liege ku Belgium, adauza AFP ku London's Saint Pancras International station. "Anayesa kuyambitsanso kawiri kapena katatu, koma sizinathandize."
Woyendetsa njanji ya ku France SNCF - mwiniwake wamkulu ku Eurostar - pambuyo pake adadzudzula vutoli chifukwa chakulephera kwa ma siginecha mu kabati yoyendetsa sitima.
Eurostar inali italetsa kale ntchito zake zinayi kwa tsiku lachiwiri lowongoka, chifukwa cha zosokoneza zomwe zimachitika chifukwa cha kuzizira kwa nyengo yozizira.
Ku Britain, akatswiri a zamagetsi anagwira ntchito yobwezeretsa mphamvu ku nyumba pafupifupi 5,000 kumwera kwa England zomwe zinasiyidwa mumdima pamene matalala adagwetsa zingwe zamagetsi, inatero EDF Energy.
Malo ochepera 3,000 adadulidwa Lachinayi, idatero.
Bungwe loyang'anira zanyengo ku Britain la Met Office lati nyengo yozizira inali yoyipa kwambiri kuyambira 1981 ndipo idachenjeza za zina zomwe zikubwera, pomwe nyengo idapangitsa kuti masewera angapo a mpira aimitsidwe ku England ndi Scotland.
Ana adataya mwayi wokhala ndi tsiku lina akusewera pachipale chofewa pomwe masukulu mazana ambiri omwe adayenera kutsegulidwanso ku Britain ndi Ireland tchuthi cha Khrisimasi chitatha.
Dziko la Ireland linakhudzidwanso ndi nyengo yoopsa yomwe sinaoneke kwa zaka pafupifupi 50, ndipo olosera akuchenjeza kuti n’zosatheka kuti mvula igwe kwa masiku asanu ndi limodzi kapena asanu ndi awiri.
Prime Minister Brian Cowen adati asitikali asonkhanitsa ogwira ntchito ndi zida ngati angafunike ndipo komiti yazadzidzidzi ku Ireland imakumana tsiku lililonse mpaka nyengo itasiya.
"Nyengo yazovuta komanso nthawi yayitali sichinawonekere kuyambira 1963 m'madera ambiri a Ireland," adatero Cowen.
Malo ambiri akum'mwera kwa France adayikidwa tcheru kuti kukhalenso chipale chofewa komanso kuzizira, popeza chipale chofewa chinayambitsa mavuto a magalimoto ndipo madera angapo adalengeza kuyimitsidwa kwa zoyendera za sukulu ndikulimbikitsa anthu kuchepetsa mayendedwe awo.
Chipale chofewa chinayambitsa kutsekedwa kwa gawo la A9 autoroute yolumikiza kumwera chakumadzulo kwa France ndi Barcelona, atero akuluakulu.
Panalinso kuchedwa kwa ntchito za njanji chifukwa kukwera kwa ayezi kumakakamiza masitima kuti aziyenda pang'onopang'ono, atero mneneri wa njanji.
Ku Austria akuluakulu a boma anali ataimirira chifukwa cha kuneneratu kwa chipale chofewa kumapeto kwa sabata kumapeto kwa sabata m'madera otsika omwe nthawi zambiri amapewa kugwa chipale chofewa m'maboma a Alpine.
Lachinayi, Norway inali m'gulu la mayiko ozizira kwambiri, kutentha kwapakati pa 15 mpaka 40 digiri Celsius. Oslo anali ndi ntchito yocheperako ya mabasi pamene mafuta a injini anali kuzizira, pamene ayezi ankaletsa mabwato kuyenda.
Kuzizira kozizira kumagwiranso ntchito masitima apamtunda ku Netherlands.
Panthawiyi, mvula yamkuntho inagwa m'madera ena a Italy ndipo akuluakulu akuwopa kuti mtsinje wa Tiber ukhoza kuopseza Roma m'masiku akubwerawa.
Mahekitala masauzande (maekala) a malo adasefukiranso kumpoto kwa Albania ndipo unduna wa zamkati unanena kuti nyumba mazana ambiri, makamaka mumzinda wa Shkoder, zinali pansi pamadzi ndipo anthu osachepera 3,000 amayenera kusamutsidwa.
