Malinga ndi a Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) Chief Executive Officer Mark Olsen pano pali alendo 4,500 m'derali omwe akuphatikizapo 400 ogwira ntchito zadzidzidzi. Iye anati:
"Kuyambira pa Disembala 5, derali lataya pafupifupi $60 miliyoni poletsa komanso kusungitsa malo. Tili ndi sabata ina yovuta m'tsogolo momwe tikuwonera zowonongeka ndikujambula njira yathu yopita patsogolo."
M'maola 24 apitawa, mvula ya 307 mm idalembedwa pabwalo la ndege, ndipo akuyembekezeka kuti sitsegulidwanso mpaka Lachiwiri koyambirira kwambiri pomwe mvula yambiri idakalipobe. Pa nthawi ino ya chaka, mvula ndi kusefukira kwa madzi zikuyambitsa chipwirikiti cha ndege chifukwa apaulendo ankayembekezera kupita kutchuthi.
Mzindawu ulinso pansi pa madzi ndipo zakumwa zamadzi zaipitsidwa, zikuyima ngati zofunikira zadzidzidzi zomwe ziyenera kuthetsedwa. Misewu yopita ku Cairns yatsekedwanso chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa madzi komwe kukusandutsa derali kukhala chilumba chenicheni.
Mabomba amvula akuchititsidwa ndi Cyclone Jasper yomwe pambuyo pake ikusiya mabomba amvula a 600 mm m'maola 40 apitawa ndi 300 mm akubwerabe lero.
Akuluakulu a bwalo la ndege analangiza kuti: “Chonde musapite ku eyapoti lero.”
The Webusaiti ya Cairns Airport adalemba kuti ikufuna kutsegulanso Lachiwiri, Disembala 19, ndikusintha nthawi ya 8:00 am mawa.
Pafupifupi anthu 14,000 akuyenda popanda magetsi, ndipo gulu la anthu pafupifupi 300 lalamulidwa kusamuka lero kupita ku Cooktown yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 80. Anthu aku M akusamukira ku mahotela omwe asinthidwa kukhala malo opulumukirako.
Malinga ndi malipoti ochokera ku polisi ya Queensland, bambo wina (30) wamwalira yemwe adapezeka ali chikomokere pafupi ndi zingwe zamagetsi zomwe zidagwa, ndipo msungwana wina (10) ali pachiwopsezo chowomberedwa ndi mphezi.
Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Tropical North Queensland Tourism akuyembekeza kuyenda ndipo zokopa alendo zidzafunika thandizo kuti amangenso ndikuchira ku kusefukira kwamadzi komwe kwachitika. ku Cairns.
