- Kugumuka kwa nthaka ku British Columbia ku Canada kunatsatira mvula yamphamvu yoposa tsiku limodzi.
- Ofufuza ndi opulumutsa anali kuyesabe kuwunika kuwonongeka kwa nthaka Lolemba.
- Akuluakuluwa anali asanadziwe ngati panali anthu ena komanso magalimoto omwe anasowa.
Kugumuka kwa nthaka kunagunda Highway 7 pafupi ndi tauni yaing'ono ya Agassiz kumwera kwa Canada. British Columbia chigawo, kutsatira kupitirira tsiku la mvula yamkuntho.
Anthu osachepera 100 akuwopa kuti atsekeredwa usiku pakati pa zinyalala mumsewu waukulu ku Canada mvula yosalekeza itayambitsa kusefukira kwamadzi ndi matope dzulo. Ntchito yopulumutsa anthu inali yoti iyambe kutacha.
Malinga ndi akuluakulu opulumutsa mwadzidzidzi ku Canada, panali magalimoto pafupifupi 50 omwe atsekeredwa pakati pa minda iwiri ya zinyalala pamsewu waukulu ku. British Columbia, pafupifupi anthu awiri kapena atatu aliyense.
Ofufuza ndi opulumutsa anali kuyesabe kuyesa kuwonongeka kwa nthaka Lolemba - ndi a chigawochi. Kusaka Kwamatauni Kwambiri ndi Kupulumutsa (HUSAR) gulu lomwe likuwulula kuti silinathe kuwona momwe zinthu zilili usiku wonse.
"Chomwe chikusokoneza izi ndikuti tili ndi zithunzi ziwiri pa Highway 7 ndipo tili ndi anthu omwe adatsekeredwa mu zinyalala ... ndipo ena apulumutsidwa," atero a HUSAR Team Director David Boone.
Ananenanso kuti ozimitsa moto mtawuniyi adatulutsa kale anthu osachepera 12 omwe adatsekeredwa m'magalimoto awo, pomwe ena awiri adapulumutsidwa kwina.
Pozindikira kuti akuluakulu sakudziwa ngati pali anthu ena ndi magalimoto omwe adasowa, a Boone adati akuluakulu aboma "akadali akhungu pang'ono pazovuta zonse." Kuphatikiza pa kusowa kwa kuwala, kukhazikika kwapansi ndi nkhani zozungulira ma chingwe amagetsi zikusokonezanso ntchito zopulumutsa. Kuwunika kwina kwa "malo abwino kwambiri ofikira" gulu liyenera kudikirira mpaka masana, anawonjezera.
Malinga ndi malipoti ena a patelefoni ochokera kwa madalaivalawo, “anamvadi kuwomba ndi kufuulira kuti awathandize,” kutanthauza kuti “mwinamwake panali magalimoto pafupifupi 200, 300 omwe anaima, kudikirira kusinthidwa.”
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Search and rescue crews were still trying to assess the damage from the landslides on Monday – with the province's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) task force revealing that it had not been able to get a complete view of the situation overnight.
- According to Canadian emergency rescue officials, there were close to 50 vehicles trapped between two debris fields on the highway in British Columbia, with approximately two to three people in each.
- “What complicates this situation is we have two slides on Highway 7 and we have people that were trapped in the debris ….
