Kusaka mwachidwi anthu amene apulumuka ku chigumukire ku Portugal

Anthu 42 anaphedwa kumapeto kwa sabata ku Portugal pamene kusefukira kwa madzi ndi kugumuka kwa nthaka kunasefukira m'midzi yamapiri ndi matauni a m'mphepete mwa nyanja pachilumba cha Madeira. Masiku ano akuluakulu a boma akuyesetsa kukonza ngalande za mphepo yamkuntho komanso kuchotsa zinyalala. Magulu opulumutsa anthu anagwiritsa ntchito agalu onunkhiza kuti afufuze anthu osachepera anayi omwe akusowabe.

Ogwira ntchito mumzinda wa Funchal adatulutsa madzi pamalo oimikapo magalimoto pamalo ogulitsira, komwe amawopa kuti apeza matupi ambiri. Magawo awiri a maerewo adamizidwa Loweruka, pomwe mvula yamwezi wabwinobwino idagwa m'maola asanu ndi atatu okha.

Mumsewu wapafupi munali magalimoto odzala ndi nthaka komanso milu ya mabuku amene ankagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati miyala yodutsa m'matope. Anais Fernandes, wogulitsa m’sitolo, anafotokoza kuti anaona madzi akugwetsa mlatho.

"Anthu amawoloka, ndipo mudayamba kumva kukuwa," adauza Associated Press Television News. “Aliyense ankathamanga limodzi. Zinali zoipa kwambiri.”

Magulu opulumutsa anthu anakumba magalimoto mu zinyalala kuti awone ngati munali munthu. Agalu onunkhiza anasakaza zinyalala zotsekereza misewu. Ogwira ntchito zadzidzidzi anagwiritsa ntchito ma bulldozer ndi zonyamula kutsogolo kuchotsa matani amatope, miyala ndi mitengo yoduka mu ngalande ndi mitsinje, kuyembekezera kuthamangitsa madzi osefukira.

"Takhala tikugwira ntchito kwa maola 48 ndipo tipitilizabe mpaka ntchitoyi ithe," meya wa Funchal Miguel Albuquerque adatero.

Anthu a m’derali anali chipwirikiti pamene mvula inasesedwa, n’kumataya madzi ambiri m’mphepete mwa mapiri.

Conceicao Estudante, wamkulu wa zokopa alendo ndi zoyendera, adauza msonkhano wa atolankhani kuti anthu 18 omwe akhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi sanadziwikebe. Adapempha achibale kuti apite kumalo osungiramo mitembo ku eyapoti ya Funchal.

Anthu asanu ndi awiri a m'banja la anthu asanu ndi atatu amwalira pamene nyumba yawo ya m'mphepete mwa phiri idakokoloka, wailesi ya Radiotelevisao Portuguesa inati.

Akuluakulu ati anthu 18 mwa 151 omwe adagonekedwa pachipatala chachikulu cha Funchal akulandirabe chithandizo. Anthu pafupifupi 150 analibe pokhala.

Rui Pereira, Minister of Internal Administration, adati ku Lisbon boma likutumiza thandizo lachiwiri pachilumbachi.

Ndege yonyamula usilikali ikupita ku Madeira ndi agalu ambiri, zida zopopera zamphamvu kwambiri ndi zida za sappers zankhondo kuti zilowe m'malo mwa misewu ndi milatho yomwe idagwa, adatero Pereira. Iye adati zosowa zachuma za Madeira zikuwerengedwabe.

Madeira, malo otchuka oyendera alendo, ndiye chilumba chachikulu cha zisumbu za Chipwitikizi zomwe zili ndi dzina lomwelo ku Nyanja ya Atlantic kupitirira makilomita 300 (makilomita 480) kuchokera kugombe lakumadzulo kwa Africa.

Boma la Portugal lalengeza masiku atatu akulira maliro a anthu omwe akhudzidwa ndi tsoka lalikulu lomwe linachitika ku Madeira.