Samoa akuwopa "tsunami yachiwiri" yoletsa tchuthi

APIA, Samoa - Makampani opanga zokopa alendo ku Samoa ati akuwopa "tsunami yachiwiri" yoletsa tchuthi pambuyo poti mafunde owopsa omwe adayambitsa chivomezi adawononga magombe amchenga oyera kwambiri ku South Pacific.

Tourism ndiye bizinesi yayikulu kwambiri ku Samoa, ndipo oyimira makampani oyendayenda omwe amayendera gombe lakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa chilumbachi adati Lachisanu pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a malo ogona alendo awonongeka.

Nynette Sass, wamkulu wa bungwe la Samoa Hotel Association, adati makampaniwa adachita mantha ndi malipoti oti asiya tchuthi chambiri kuyambira tsoka Lachiwiri.

"Ngati alendo ambiri ayamba kusiya, zitha kukhala ngati tsunami yachiwiri," adatero Sass. Makampaniwa amapanga 25 peresenti ya zinthu zonse zapakhomo, adatero.

Chiwerengero cha anthu omwe anamwalira chinakwera kufika pa 170, kuphatikizapo 129 ku Samoa, 32 kumadera apafupi a US ku American Samoa ndi XNUMX ku Tonga.

Magetsi ndi madzi anabwezeretsedwa pafupifupi theka la midzi yomwe inakhudzidwa ku Samoa ndi American Samoa, ndipo anthuwo anayesa kubwereranso ku moyo wawo womwe unatsala.

Oimira makampani oyendera alendo aku Samoa ati kuwonongeka kwa gombe lakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa chilumba chachikulu cha Upolu kumaphatikizapo malo anayi ochitirako tchuthi komanso mabanja opitilira 20 omwe adabwereka nyumba zosavuta zachikhalidwe, zotchedwa fale.

Sass adati apaulendo ambiri sanazindikire kuti tsunami idawononga gawo laling'ono la gombe, ngakhale kuti dera lomwe lakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi gombe, pakati pa midzi ya Saleapaga ndi Lalomanu, limadziwika kwambiri ndi alendo ngati lokongola kwambiri.

"Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti tidayenera kuyesa kutsimikizira anthu kuti si dziko lonse lomwe lasefukira, zomangamanga zidakalipo ndipo kuyeretsa kukuyenda mwachangu," adatero.

Sass adati thandizo la boma likhala lofunikira pakumanganso ntchito yokopa alendo yomwe ndiyofunika 300 miliyoni Samoa tala ($ 130 miliyoni) pachaka.

Chofunikira kwambiri, komabe, chinali kupulumuka kwa anthu okhalamo.

Boma la American Samoa Togiola Tulafono adati Federal Emergency Management Agency idzakhazikitsa ofesi yomwe anthu othawa kwawo angapeze thandizo la nyumba.

Akuluakulu a boma ati cholinga chake chikuchoka pa kupulumutsa miyoyo ndikupereka chakudya, madzi ndi mphamvu kwa opulumuka.

Ken Tingman, wogwira ntchito m'boma la FEMA, adati sizitanthauza kuti osowa akuperekedwa kuti afa.

Iye anati: “Simutaya mtima.

Tingman ankayembekezera kuti pafupifupi chigawo chonsecho chidzakhala ndi mphamvu kuchokera ku jenereta mkati mwa masiku atatu kapena asanu.

Taule’alea Laavasa, yemwe ndi wapampando wa Komiti Yoona za Masoka a Zadzidzidzi m’boma la Samoa, anati ntchito yopereka chithandizo ikuyenda bwino mothandizidwa ndi anthu oyandikana nawo nyumba kuphatikizapo New Zealand ndi Australia.

Koma opulumuka ambiri anakana kubwerera kumidzi yawo.

“Iwo akuchita mantha; ambiri akhudzidwa ndi malingaliro powona maubwenzi awo akufa ambiri, "adatero Laavasa.

Asamoa ena anakakamizika kusiya miyambo ya maliro chifukwa midzi yawo yatha. Mabanja ena achita kufulumira kuyika maliro chifukwa matupi a okondedwa awo adapezeka m'malo owola.

Ku Samoa, boma lakonza zoti anthu ambiri aziika maliro sabata yamawa.

Mudzi wa Leone, womwe unali likulu la Chikhristu pachilumbachi, unali wabwinja. Nyumba zochitira misonkhano ya m’mphepete mwa nyanja zomwe zinali likulu la miyambo ndi misonkhano ya mabanja zinawonongedwa. Galimoto yogubuduzika inapanikizana padenga la nyumba ina ya m’mphepete mwa nyanja.

Anthu okhala ku Leone akuti tsunamiyo inawononga pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a mudziwo, womwe uli ndi anthu 3,000. Ozunzidwawo anali ambiri achikulire kapena ana aang’ono. Anthu anayi a m’mudzimo anaphedwa pamene ankapanga zaluso m’mphepete mwa nyanja.

Pafupifupi asitikali khumi ndi awiri ndi oyendetsa ndege ochokera ku Hawaii National Guard anali ndi ntchito yowawitsa mtima Lachisanu yofufuza zinyalala zam'mudzimo za mwana wazaka 6 yemwe adasowa dzina lake Columbus Sulivai.

Bill Hopkinson, mfumu ya mudziwo, ananena kuti mnyamatayo anali panjira yopita kusukulu ndi azilongo ake. "Pamene chivomezicho chinagunda, m'malo mofunafuna malo okwera, adabwerera kwawo akuthamanga," adatero Hopkinson. Atsikana onse awiri anamwalira.