Kansas ichenjeza za kuyenda kumadzulo chakumadzulo usikuuno

TOPEKA - Mphepo yamkuntho yoyenda pang'onopang'ono ikufalitsa matalala, matalala ndi mvula kudutsa m'mphepete mwa misewu yonyezimira komanso kusokoneza maulendo a ndege Lachinayi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ulendo wa tchuthi wamphindi womaliza ukhale wonyenga koma akulonjeza Khrisimasi yoyera kwa ena.

National Weather Service idapereka machenjezo a mphepo yamkuntho kumadera aku Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota ndi Texas. Idachenjeza kuti kuyenda kungakhale koopsa kwambiri m'maderawa kumapeto kwa sabata komanso kuti madalaivala akuyenera kunyamula zida zodzitetezera m'nyengo yozizira kuphatikiza tochi ndi madzi pakagwa ngozi.

Misewu yoterera ndi yomwe yachititsa kuti anthu osachepera 12 afa kuyambira Lachiwiri ndipo akuluakulu adachenjeza kuti zingoipiraipira, makamaka kukada.

Machenjezo a mkuntho wa m’nyengo yachisanu anali kugwira ntchito m’zigwa zonse ndi ku Midwest, ndi chipale chofeŵa chotheka phazi limodzi kapena aŵiri m’madera ena lerolino. Pofika Lachinayi masana, madera akumwera chakum'mawa kwa Minnesota anali atapeza kale mainchesi 8.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol inatseka chakum'maŵa kwa Interstate 40 ku El Reno chifukwa cha ngozi zambiri, koma ogwira nawo ntchito anali akugwira ntchito kwa maola 12 kuti misewu ina ikuluikulu ichotsedwe. Boma la Texas Rick Perry anayambitsa asilikali ankhondo ndi magalimoto angozi kuti athandize oyendetsa galimoto. Ndipo ku North Dakota, Bwanamkubwa John Hoeven adati adayikanso asitikali aboma ndi National Guard poyimilira.

Scott Blair, National Weather Service meteorologist ku Topeka, adanena kuti mphepo ikuyamba kukhala vuto lalikulu, ndi mphepo yamkuntho mpaka 25 mph ndi mphepo zomwe zimafika 40 mph.

"Mphepo ndi yakupha, makamaka mukakhala mulibe," woyendetsa galimoto Jim Reed anatero poima ku Omaha, Neb., pamene amapita ku Lincoln kukatenga katundu wa ng'ombe asanayambe holide yake ya tchuthi.

"Chilichonse chomwe chili m'bokosi, ngati kalavani yamufiriji monga ndili nayo ... imakhala ngati ngalawa yayikulu mumphepo," adatero.

Mphepo yamkunthoyi inachititsa kuti Gov. Mark Parkinson wa Kansas atseke maofesi a boma m'dera la Topeka kumayambiriro kwa Khirisimasi.

Parkinson adauza ogwira ntchito m'boma mderali kuti atha kunyamuka nthawi ya 3pm

Mneneri a Beth Martino akuti Parkinson adachitapo kanthu kuti ateteze antchito.

Kum’maŵa kwa Kansas, Tony Glaum anali paulendo ndi mkazi wake ndi mwana wake wamkazi kupita kunyumba ya makolo ake kumpoto kwa Manhattan. Anati akuganiza zogona usiku wonse, m’malo mopanga ulendo wawo wanthawi zonse wa Madzulo a Khrisimasi obwerera kwawo.

Glaum, wazaka 43, wa ku Leavenworth, adati iye ndi mwana wake wamkazi adawona kuzizira kwambiri.

“Mumamvadi mpweya. Zimamveka ngati zadzutsidwa modabwitsa,” adatero. "Zikungomva zolakwika."

Komabe, iye anati, akuyembekezera Khrisimasi yoyera: "Ndikuganiza kuti chipale chofewa chingakhale chabwino kwambiri."

Pafupifupi ndege 100 zomwe zakonzedwa kuchokera ku Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport idathetsedwa Lachinayi ndipo ena ambiri adachedwa. Bwalo la ndege la Will Rogers World ku Oklahoma City latseka imodzi mwa njanji zake zitatu zowulukira ndikuletsa maulendo pafupifupi 30. Kuchedwa kopitilira maola awiri kudanenedwa pabwalo la ndege la Houston's Hobby.

Anthu ambiri apaulendo ananyalanyaza zosokonezazo.

David Teater, 58, ndi Aaron Mayfield, 29, onse a ku Minneapolis, adawulukira ku Los Angeles paulendo wopita ku Australia kutchuthi chosambira. Anadzipatsa tsiku lowonjezera loyenda, akuyembekeza kuti achedwa kwinakwake panjira, ndipo adafika pabwalo la ndege la Minneapolis ndi zowerengera komanso zokhwasula-khwasula.

"Ndikuganiza kuti msewu wonyamukira ndege uyenera kukonzedwa," adatero Teater.

Nick Shogren, 56, ndi mwana wake wamkazi wazaka 17, Sophie, wa Park Rapids, Minn., Anali paulendo wopita ku Cancun, Mexico, kutchuthi cha masiku 10 ku Isla Mujeres. Anapita ku Minneapolis Lachitatu, ulendo wawo wanthawi zonse wa maola atatu unkatenga ola lowonjezereka chifukwa cha chipale chofeŵa, ndipo anakhala ku hotelo.

Shogren adati akuyembekezera kusachita kalikonse koma kupumula "ngati titha kungochoka pano."

Atasiya mwana wawo wamwamuna womaliza pabwalo la ndege, Theresa ndi Frank Gustafson aku Chaska, Minn., Anapita ku Mall of America ku Bloomington, komwe ogula anali osowa.

"Tsopano popeza tamaliza kupeza anthu kulikonse, tapita kukasangalala m'mawa," atero a Theresa Gustafson, wazaka 45, yemwe amagula mphatso za Khrisimasi zamphindi zomaliza.

A Gustafsons anaganiza zobwerera kwawo pambuyo pake kuti akakhale. Iwo ankayembekezera kuti misewu idzakhala yoyera pa Khrisimasi kuti mwana wawo wamkazi wamkulu ayende pagalimoto kuchokera kutawuni yapafupi.

Mphepo yamkuntho inayamba kumwera chakumadzulo - kumene mikhalidwe yonga mvula yamkuntho inatseka misewu ndikuyambitsa mulu wokhudzana ndi magalimoto a 20 ku Arizona Lachiwiri - ndikufalikira kummawa ndi kumpoto, kuchititsa uphungu wa nyengo kuchokera ku Rocky Mountains kupita ku Lake Michigan.

Misewu yotsetsereka, yoziziritsa kukhosi idanenedwa chifukwa cha ngozi zomwe zidapha anthu asanu ndi mmodzi ku Nebraska, anayi ku Kansas, m'modzi ku Minnesota ndi wina pafupi ndi Albuquerque, NM Mkuntho wafumbi kumwera kwa Phoenix unayambitsa ngozi zingapo zomwe zidapha anthu osachepera atatu Lachiwiri.

Dongosolo lomweli linali kubweretsa mvula yamphamvu ndi mabingu amphamvu kumadera ena a Gulf Coast ndi kumtunda kwapakati. Akuluakulu ku Arkansas adatseka gawo la Interstate 30 kumwera kwa Little Rock Lachinayi chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa madzi pambuyo pa masiku awiri a mvula yamphamvu. Mphepo yamkuntho idagwetsa mtengo panyumba ku Louisiana, kupha munthu, aboma atero.

Mphepo yamphamvu ndi ayezi zidapangitsa kuti magetsi azimitsidwa ku Nebraska, Illinois ndi Iowa.

Mphepo yamkunthoyo idakakamiza kutsekedwa kwa Chikumbutso cha National Mount Rushmore ku South Dakota ndipo adatsogolera Gov. Mike Rounds kuletsa mapulani oyendayenda ndikukhala ku Pierre pa Khrisimasi. Marounds adalengeza za ngozi Lachiwiri chimphepo chisanagwe.

Lachinayi, bwanamkubwayo anachenjeza anthu kuti asanyengedwe ndi mphepo yamkunthoyo, akumalonjeza kuti "ifika kuno."

Olemba Associated Press Martiga Lohn ku Minneapolis, Jean Ortiz ndi Josh Funk ku Omaha, Neb., Michael J. Crumb ku Des Moines, Iowa, James MacPherson ku Bismarck, ND, Tim Talley ku Oklahoma City, ndi Caryn Rousseau ndi Michael Tarm ku Chicago. adathandizira lipotili.