Alendo anasamuka, masukulu ndi mabizinesi atsekedwa

Mphepo yamkuntho ikuyembekezeka kugunda kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Western Cape ku Western Australia posachedwa pomwe mvula yamkuntho yotchedwa Tropical Cyclone Nicholas ipitilira kuyenda kutali ndi gombe la Western Australia.

Gulu lachitatu lili pamtunda wa makilomita 280 kumpoto kwa tawuni ya Pilbara ya Exmouth ndipo amayenda kulowera kumwera chakumadzulo makilomita asanu ndi anayi pa ola limodzi.

Chimphepocho sichikuyembekezeka kuwoloka gombe koma tauni ya Exmouth ikulimbana ndi mphepo yamphamvu.

Nicholas akuyembekezeka kutsitsidwa kukhala gulu lachiwiri mawa.

Malo otulutsirako anthu akhazikitsidwa ku Exmouth ndipo alendo osachepera 60 adakakamizika kuchoka pamalo osungiramo magalimoto mtawuniyi dzulo.

Malo ochitira msasa ku National Park ndi mabizinesi opitilira 50 ndi masukulu atatu atseka.

Purezidenti wa Exmouth Shire Ronnie Fleay akuti pali kusatsimikizika mtawuniyi.

"Tonse tikudziwa kuti mvula yamkunthoyi ndi yosadziŵika bwino ndipo titha kumva zowawa kwambiri ndipo mwina sitingatero, ndiye tikungodikira kuti timve," adatero.

Kubwerera kuntchito

Makampani amafuta ndi gasi m'derali akuyambiranso kugwira ntchito pang'onopang'ono pomwe Cyclone Nicholas ikupita kumwera.

Ngakhale kuti migodi ya Rio Tinto ikugwira ntchito, masitima onyamula miyala yamtengo wapatali kupita ku Dampier Port akuyambabe kuyenda chifukwa palibe pomwe angasungire miyalayo.

Sitima zachitsulo zachitsulo zikusungidwa m'nyanja, zomwe sizingathe kulowa m'madoko chifukwa cha kutupa kwakukulu.

Opaleshoni ya gawo lachisanu la Woodside ku Karratha kumpoto kwa Exmouth onse akubwezeredwa pamzere.

Kampaniyo ikuti kuyimitsidwa kwa mvula yamkuntho kumapangidwira pazolinga zake zopangira ndipo sikungakhudze zotsatira zake.

Woodside akuti yayimitsa kupanga zida zake zoboola mafoni, a Cossack Pioneer ndi Ngnhuarra, ngakhale ogwira ntchito sanasamutsidwe.

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