NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - Mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Tropical Cyclone Rene inagunda Tonga ndi mphepo zamphamvu usiku umodzi, zomwe zinawononga kwambiri nyumba za likulu la mzindawu, kugwetsa madenga, kugwetsa mitengo ndi kudula magetsi ndi mafoni a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku South Pacific.
Pomwe ntchito yamafoni idabwezeretsedwa koyambirira kwa Lachiwiri, apolisi adati alibe malipoti akufa kapena kuvulala panthawi yamphepo yamkuntho yomwe yasokoneza magulu atatu akulu azilumba zaufumu kwa maola opitilira 24.
"Zomera zawonongeka kwambiri ... (ndi) nyumba," mkulu wa apolisi Chris Kelley adauza National Radio ku New Zealand. "Mphamvu zatha usiku wonse, pali mitengo kudutsa misewu, kuphatikiza ma chingwe amagetsi. Pakhaladi zowononga kwambiri. ”
Komiti ya National Disaster Committee idakumana Lachiwiri kuti iyambe kuwunika zowonongeka m'dziko lonselo, zomwe zidafotokozedwa ndi wachiwiri kwa director Mali'u Takai kuti ndizowopsa kwambiri m'zaka 50.
Wochita bizinesi wa Nuku'alofa Lee Miller adati usikuwo unali wovuta kwambiri.
"Nyumba yathu ili bwino kupatula kutayikira kwamadzi," adauza National Radio. "Pali kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwamitengo, mizere yambiri yamagetsi yatsika."
Miller adati doko la likulu la doko "lawonongeka kotheratu ... tikukhalabe ndi mphepo zazikulu za 50 (makilomita 55 pa ola, makilomita 88 pa ola) ndipo nyanja ikubwerabe pakhoma la nyanja," adauza National Radio. Ananenanso kuti mabwato ndi zombo za usodzi zonse zimawoneka zotetezeka koma bwato limodzi linali litaponyedwa m'mwamba.
Olosera za mphepo yamkuntho ku Fiji ananena kuti pofika m’mamawa chimphepocho chinali pamtunda wa makilomita 95 (makilomita 155) kum’mwera kwa Nuku’alofa ndipo mphamvu yake ikuyembekezeka kuipiraipira pamene inkayenda panyanja.
Mphepo yamkunthoyo idatsitsidwa kukhala Gulu 3, yomwe inkanyamula mphepo mpaka mtunda wa makilomita 130 pa ola pakati pake.
Asanakumane ndi likulu, Nuku'alofa, Lolemba, gulu la zisumbu za Ha'apai zomwe zili pakatikati pa zisumbuzi, zidakumana ndi "mphepo yamkuntho yowononga kwambiri" yowomba mtunda wa makilomita 143 pa ola limodzi. Anatero a Meteorological Office. Mvula yamphamvu, mabingu, kusefukira kwa nyanja komanso kusefukira kwa madzi.
Kugulu la zilumba zakumpoto za Vava'u, kulumikizana kudatayika Lolemba atangogunda Rene. Madera a m’mphepete mwa nyanja anasefukira pamene mafunde a m’mphepete mwa nyanja anasefukira.
Kelley adati palibe imfa kapena kuvulala komwe kunanenedwa ku Vava'u kapena Ha'apai, ndipo zotsatira zazikulu mpaka pano zinali zokolola.
"Tikudziwa za kuwonongeka kwa nyumba koma palibe vuto pakadali pano," adatero.
Mvula yamphamvu inasefukira m’madera ambiri, pamene mphepo yamphamvu inagwetsa mitengo ya mgwalangwa ndi zipatso za mango ndi breadfruit.
Takai adanena nthawi ina Lolemba madzulo kuti zakhala zoopsa kwambiri kutuluka panja.
“Kuli phokoso kwambiri, kuli ngati … locomotive ikuthamanga. Zikuipiraipira tsopano, mwachiyembekezo ili ndiye gawo loyipa kwambiri, "adauza National Radio.
Hank Gros, yemwe amayendetsa bizinesi yokopa alendo ku Neiafu, tawuni yayikulu ya gulu la Vava'u, adati mphepo idatsika Lolemba masana, koma anthu amakhala masiku asanu ndi limodzi opanda magetsi chifukwa mizere yonse inali itachepa. Iye adati kuwonongeka konseko kunali kochepa kuposa momwe amayembekezera.
"Tinali ndi mwayi kuno," adauza National Radio. "Nyumba zingapo zagwetsedwa ndi madenga koma makamaka ... kuwonongeka kwa mbewu ndi nthochi zambiri (mitengo) yagwera pansi."
Malo ambiri ochezera alendo adanenanso kuti zawonongeka pang'ono, adatero.
M'madera otsika a Ha'apai, anthu adasamutsidwa kupita kumalo okwera ndikupita kumalo otetezeka kuti atetezeke, Kelley adati, ndi mphepo yamkuntho yodula mphamvu ndi mauthenga, ndikuwononga nyumba, mitengo ndi minda yamidzi.
Mphepo yamkunthoyo idadulanso magetsi ku Nuku'alofa, koma mauthenga ochokera ku likulu kupita kuzilumba zina anali kubwezeretsedwanso kumayambiriro kwa Lachiwiri atadulidwa Lolemba.
Tonga, ufumu womaliza ku South Pacific, uli ndi anthu 101,000.
M'mbuyomu, Prime Minister wa New Zealand a John Key adati boma lake likugwira ntchito kale ndi Australia, France ndi Tonga kuti agwirizane ndi chithandizo.
