Chipale chofewa chikupitiriza kugwa pamene mphepo yamkuntho yakupha ku East Coast ikupitirirabe

(CNN) - Kuchulukirachulukira kwa chipale chofewa kudanenedwa Loweruka masana ku ma eyapoti a Washington, DC-dera pomwe chimvula chamkuntho chinagunda East Coast - ndipo matalala akadali akugwa.

Kudzikundikira ku Washington Dulles Airport kunafikira mainchesi 13, kuswa mbiri yakale ya 10.6 mainchesi yomwe idakhazikitsidwa December 12, 1964. Pa Reagan National 13.3 mainchesi a chipale chofewa adanenedwa. Mbiri yakale yomwe inalipo inali 11.5 mainchesi yomwe inakhazikitsidwa pa December 17, 1932.

Mphepo yamkuntho ikuphimba dera lapakati pa nyanja ya Atlantic ndipo malo okhala ndi anthu ambiri a I-95, ndipo 10 mpaka 20 mainchesi a chipale chofewa adanenedweratu kuti padzakhala madera ambiri. Onani zambiri zakuchedwa kwa ndege patsamba la FAA

Ku Virginia, munthu m'modzi adamwalira Lachisanu kumapeto kwa Lachisanu ndipo ena awiri adamwalira Loweruka mumphepo yamkuntho, idatero dipatimenti yoyang'anira zadzidzidzi ku Virginia. Chipale chofewa chochuluka chikuyembekezeka m'boma.

Kuipa kwa nyengoyi kunachititsa kuti likulu la dzikolo lipereke chilengezo chadzidzidzi, ndipo oyendetsa magalimoto ambirimbiri anasowa, anabweretsa chipwirikiti m’mabwalo a ndege, anazimitsa magetsi, ndiponso anaopseza kuti atsekereza anthu ambiri ogula Khirisimasi m’nyumba.

Maulendo onse othamangira ndege pa eyapoti ya Reagan National adatsekedwa mpaka 6 koloko Lamlungu, ndipo njanji ya sitima ya Metrorail yopita ku eyapoti idatsekedwa chifukwa cha chipale chofewa, mkulu wa eyapoti ku Metropolitan watero patsamba lawo. Malo otsegulira adakhalabe otsegula.

Nyuzipepala ya National Weather Service inapereka chenjezo la mphepo yamkuntho ku dera la DC, koma linachepetsa kuti chenjezo la mphepo yamkuntho mpaka 6 koloko Lamlungu. Olosera ati mphepo yamkuntho yofikira 40 mph "zikuyembekezeka kupangitsa kuti pakhale mpweya madzulo ano."

Mkunthowu unayambira ku Tennessee ndi North Carolina kupita kumadera akumwera kwa New England, pafupifupi kutseka Baltimore, Philadelphia ndi New York.

Madera ena olimba mtima ndikuyembekezera chipale chofewa cholemera ndi Baltimore, Maryland, komwe chenjezo la chimphepo chamkuntho lalengezedwa; Philadelphia, PA; New York; Richmond, Virginia; ndi zigawo kuchokera ku Tennessee ndi North Carolina mpaka kum'mwera kwa New England.

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Ku Virginia, bungwe loyang'anira zadzidzidzi linanena kuti misewu yambiri ya kumadzulo imaonedwa kuti ndi yoopsa, oyendetsa galimoto anali osowa m'boma lonse, ndipo akuluakulu a boma ndi a boma anali kuwathandiza.

"Pamene tikupitiriza kuthandiza oyendetsa galimoto omwe ali osowa, ndikulimbikitsa aliyense kuti azikhala kunyumba komanso kunja kwa misewu," atero a Michael Cline, wogwirizanitsa boma ku Virginia Department of Emergency Management. “Pali magalimoto mazana ambiri osiyidwa kapena atsekeredwa m’misewu. M’misewu muli chipale chofewa kale, ndipo chipale chofewa chikugwabe.”

Magawo a US 29 ndi Interstates 77 ndi 81 adatsekedwa. Anthu opitilira 500 apita kumalo osungiramo anthu ambiri ku Virginia. Makasitomala opitilira 29,000 ataya mphamvu m'chigwa cha Shenandoah, ndipo kutha kwina kukuyembekezeka. Anthu a m’madera a m’mphepete mwa nyanja akuchenjezedwa kuti akonzekere kusefukira kwa madzi.

Mneneri adati a Virginia National Guard akugwira ntchito ndi mabungwe ena kunyamula oyendetsa magalimoto osokonekera kupita kumalo otetezedwa, ndipo akupereka chakudya ndi madzi kwa anthu omwe atsekeredwa m'magalimoto awo. Pafupifupi anthu 25 atengedwa kupita kumalo osungirako anthu ku yunivesite ya Virginia.

Mlonda akukhazikitsa malo m'boma lonse, ndipo mamembala opitilira 300 adzatumizidwa kumunda kumapeto kwa tsiku.

Ku Washington, Meya Adrian M. Fenty ananena kuti mphepo yamkunthoyo “mwinamwake ndi yaikulu kwambiri imene taonapo m’zaka zingapo.”

"Tiponya chilichonse chomwe tili nacho kuti Chigawo chikhale chotseguka kuti achite bizinesi kumapeto kwa sabata la tchuthi," adatero Fenty pomwe adalengeza zadzidzidzi.

Dzuwa la chipale chofewa la DC, lomwe lidayamba kugwira ntchito nthawi ya 7 koloko Loweruka, lidabwera pomwe bizinesi yofunika ikuchitika ku Senate ya US. Mopanda mantha ndi chipale chofewacho, maseneta adapereka chigamulo chowonongera chitetezo ndikuphwanya malamulo otsutsana a zaumoyo.

Meya analimbikitsa anthu kuti asamangokhala.

“Tikupempha aliyense, ngati simukuyenera kupita kulikonse, dikirani. Chipale chofewachi chiyenera kutha molawirira [Lamlungu] m’maŵa ndi kuyeretsa kwa maola 24. Tiyenera kukhala ndi misewu yambiri yokonzekera kuti tidutse Lolemba. Ndipo, mwachiyembekezo, zonse zachitika pakati pa Lolemba ndi Lachitatu. ”

Derali lidatumiza anthu ogwira nawo ntchito kuti azilima mchere ndi kulima ndipo adawona kuti pakagwa ngozi yachisanu ku Washington, "magalimoto onse amayenera kusunthidwa nthawi yomweyo kuchokera panjira zadzidzidzi zachipale chofewa" ndipo kuyimitsa magalimoto ndikoletsedwa m'misewu imeneyo.

Pakhala ngozi zagalimoto ndipo mazana a apolisi atumizidwa. Anthu asanu ndi anayi adatengedwa kupita kuchipatala pambuyo pa kugundana kwa basi ndi chipale chofewa cha mzinda, mkulu wa moto wa DC adanena. Kuvulalako sikuonedwa kuti ndi kwakukulu.

Derali lati njanjiyo ikhala ikuyenda "pafupi ndi nthawi yabwinobwino pakugwa kwa chipale chofewa mpaka mainchesi asanu ndi limodzi."

Chipale chofewa chikaunjikana kupitilira mainchesi 8, njanji yapansi panthaka itha kuyimitsidwa ndipo masiteshoni apansi panthaka okha ndi omwe angatsegulidwe. Pofika Loweruka m'mawa, njanji ya metro inali kuyenda bwino, koma mabasi anali kuyenda panjira zadzidzidzi.

Panthawiyi, masitima apamtunda a Metrorail ku Washington anayenera kusiya kugwira ntchito pamwamba pa siteshoni Loweruka masana chifukwa cha "kugwa kwa chipale chofewa kwambiri chomwe chaphimba njanji yachitatu yamagetsi, yomwe ili mainchesi asanu ndi atatu kuchokera pansi. Njanji yachitatu iyenera kukhala yopanda chipale chofewa komanso madzi oundana chifukwa ndi gwero la magetsi omwe amayendetsa sitima zapamtunda,” malinga ndi nyuzipepala ya m’chigawo.

Masitima aziyenda mobisa, ndipo masiteshoni apansi panthaka a Metrorail azikhala otsegula mpaka 3 koloko m'mawa, nthawi yotsekera Loweruka usiku.

"Takhala tikuyang'anitsitsa kugwa kwa chipale chofewa komanso zomwe zanenedweratu kuyambira usiku watha," adatero John Catoe, General Manager wa Metro. “Tinayendetsa masitima usiku wonse kuti njanji zisakhale chipale chofewa komanso madzi oundana, koma tikufulumira kufika poti tiika sitima zapamtunda zotsekeka m’njanji zokutidwa ndi chipale chofewa. Kuti izi zisachitike, tisiya kugwira ntchito 1pm ”

Akuluakulu ati ntchito zonse za Metrobus zidzayima nthawi ya 1pm "chifukwa misewu yayamba kusokonekera."

Ku West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin Loweruka adalengeza zadzidzidzi ndipo "adavomereza kugwiritsa ntchito a National Guard kuti athandize kuchotsa chipale chofewa ndi chithandizo chadzidzidzi ndi ntchito." Manchin adati m'mawu ake West Virginia ikuyesetsa kuthandiza oyendetsa galimoto omwe asowa, kukonza misewu, ndikubwezeretsanso kuzimitsa kwamagetsi.

"Komabe, chipale chofewa chikupitirizabe kuwunjikana pamene mphepo yamkuntho ikupita kumpoto kudutsa m'boma," adatero. “Ndikulimbikitsa anthu onse kuti apewe kuyenda kosafunikira. Uyu ndi mkuntho waukulu ndipo sayenera kuwonjezera ngoziyo poyendetsa galimoto ngati sakuyenera kukhala panja.”

Manchin adaletsanso phwando la Khrisimasi lapachaka Loweruka ku Nyumba ya Bwanamkubwa.

Oyenda pandege paulendo wopita kutchuthi angakumane ndi kuchedwa, atero a Tammy Jones, mneneri wa Federal Aviation Administration. Virgin America Airlines yati ikuletsa ndege zonse zomwe zikubwera komanso zotuluka ku eyapoti ya Washington/Dulles Loweruka kusanachitike mkuntho. Chipale chofewa ndi chipale chofewa chinachititsa kuti ndege zichedwetsedwe pa bwalo la ndege la Philadelphia International Airport.

Delta Air Lines yati yayimitsa ndege zonse zolowa ndi kutuluka m'mabwalo a ndege a Washington ndipo zitha kuletsa zoyendetsa ndege kulowa ndi kutuluka mdera la New York pambuyo pake Loweruka.

Mneneri wa AirTran a Quinnie Jenkins adati onse ofika ku Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Reagan National Airport, ndi Dulles adalephereka ndipo kunyamuka kudachedwetsedwa kwambiri.

American Airlines ikuletsanso maulendo onse opita ku eyapoti a DC, Baltimore, ndi Philadelphia chifukwa cha nyengo.

Ku Roanoke, Virginia, bwalo la ndege lachigawo lidayambiranso ntchito zoyambira Loweruka masana ndikutsegula msewu umodzi atakakamizidwa kutseka Lachisanu usiku, malinga ndi mneneri wa eyapoti Sherry Wallace.

National Football League yalengeza kuti nthawi zoyambira masewera awiri zachotsedwa kuyambira 1pm mpaka 4:15 pm Lamlungu chifukwa chanyengo. Ndi masewera a Chicago Bears-Baltimore Ravens ku Baltimore ndi mpikisano wa San Francisco 49ers-Philadelphia Eagles ku Philadelphia.

Ku North Carolina, State Highway Patrol idati idalandira mafoni opitilira 1,000 kuti athandizire ngozi kapena oyendetsa galimoto atatsekeredwa mu chisanu mainchesi 8.

Mphepo yamkunthoyo ikuyembekezeka kugwa m'madera ena a North Carolina Loweruka, bungwe loyang'anira zanyengo linanena. Koma linalibe chenjezo la chimphepo chamkuntho mpaka madzulo. Olosera amayembekezera chipale chofewa chofika mainchesi 8 m'malo apakati ku North Carolina.

Ku Asheville, North Carolina, matalala anaphimba misewu, kupanga maulendo ovuta. Anthu ena, monga iReporter Ed Jenest, adawona kuti ndibwino kukhala kunyumba.

Iye anati: “Ndi tsiku labwino kwambiri losapita kulikonse. "Timamvera nyimbo ndipo moto ukuyaka."

Mphepo yamkuntho ikuyembekezeka kuyambitsa chipwirikiti kwa omwe akuyenda kumapeto kwa sabata ndi ogula Khrisimasi, koma mneneri wa UPS Lachisanu adati phukusi lotumizidwa sayenera kuchedwa.

"Chinthu chabwino kwa ife ndi omwe akupikisana nawo ndikuti izi zikuchitika kumapeto kwa sabata," mneneri wa UPS Norman Black adatero.

Akuti ma phukusi oti atumizidwe Lolemba ali "mndege zomwe zitera usikuuno ndikutsitsa usikuuno."

UPS sikhala ndi phukusi loyenda Lamlungu, ngakhale Lamlungu lisanafike Khrisimasi. Ndipo chifukwa voliyumu ya Loweruka nthawi zambiri imakhala yopepuka - chifukwa kupereka Loweruka ndi ntchito yayikulu - Black imayembekezera zovuta zochepa.

Izi zikutanthauza kuti, pokhapokha misewu ikadali yosokoneza ndipo ma eyapoti sayeretsedwe pofika Lolemba.