Yayin da hukumomin Tennessee ke ci gaba da neman ɗalibar Jami'ar Missouri Riley Strain da ta ɓace, Kogin Cumberland ya zama muhimmin wuri a cikin wannan lamari da ke ci gaba da faruwa.
Amma, shin Kogin Cumberland yana da haɗari sosai?
Ofishin Kula da Gaggawa ya harba jiragen ruwa sau biyu a kogin a wani bangare na binciken da ake yi wa Strain, mai shekaru 22, tare da Sashen 'Yan Sanda na Metro Nashville. An ga ɗalibin jami'ar a ƙarshe a ranar Juma'a yana tafiya kusa da titin Gay da 1st Avenue, a cewar mai magana da yawun Sashen Kashe Gobara na Nashville Kendra Loney.
Abokansa sun ba da rahoton ɓacewarsa washegari.
Loney ya ce, yankin da aka ga Strain a ƙarshe yana cikin wani yanki mai cike da ciyayi wanda ke da tsaunuka wanda hakan zai sa ya zama kamar ba zai yiwu ga ɗalibin da ya ɓace ya faɗa cikin kogin ba, amma binciken kwale-kwalen da ya gaza a ranar Talata da Laraba ya haifar da damuwa mai tsanani game da amincin kogin, damuwar da wani mai kasuwanci na Nashville ya kasa yi.
Kogin Cumberland ya kai tsawon mil 688, inda ya yanke hanya ta kudancin Kentucky da Tsakiyar Tennessee kafin ya haɗu da Kogin Ohio. Yana ratsa manyan birane biyu: Clarksville da Nashville. Akwai madatsun ruwa guda takwas a gefen kogin, kuma Hukumar Kula da Namun Daji ta Tennessee ta lura cewa manyan jiragen ruwa suna amfani da shi wajen jigilar kayayyaki.
Kyaftin Josh Landrum na Hukumar Albarkatun Namun Daji ta Tennessee ya ce Kogin Cumberland yana da haɗari da dama ga mutane, musamman da daddare da kuma a yanayin sanyi.
"Tudun ruwa na iya kasancewa a duk lokacin da iska da kwararar ruwa masu ƙarfi ke taruwa a cikin tsarin koguna. Duk da haka, yawanci ta cikin tsakiyar gari, kogin yana da kunkuntar, kuma kwararar ruwan kogin shine babban haɗari. Ruwan kogi mai ƙarfi kaɗai zai iya haifar da ma wahalar mai iyo sosai wajen komawa bakin teku idan ya faɗi," in ji Landrum.
Manajan ayyukan Kamfanin Cumberland Kayak & Adventure, Dylan Schultz, ya ce akwai wasu abubuwa da dama da ka iya haifar da ƙarin haɗari ga waɗanda ke tafiya a kogin.
Daga cikin waɗannan matsalolin akwai yadda ruwa ke tafiya da sauri.
An auna saurin ruwa a ranar 8 ga Maris, lokacin da aka ga matsi na ƙarshe, a ƙafa 3.81 a kowace daƙiƙa, a cewar bayanan Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Amurka (USGS). Gudun ya kai kololuwa da ƙarfe 10:30 na safe a ranar 9 ga Maris, lokacin da aka auna shi a ƙafa 4.0 a kowace daƙiƙa.
"Yau da kullum, wutar lantarki tana canzawa," in ji Schultz. Kamfaninsa yana aiki a kan wani yanki mai nisan mil uku na Cumberland tsakanin Shelby Park da yankin tsakiyar gari. "Ba yawanci yana kan matakin da yake da sauri ba, amma zai yi wuya a yi iyo a kan wutar lantarki."
Ga waɗanda ke da sha'awar sani, kwararar ruwan Cumberland tana tafiya yamma da arewa maso yamma ta hanyar Nashville, in ji Schultz.
Hukumar Kula da Teku da Yanayi ta Ƙasa ta bayyana kwararar ruwa mai sauri a matsayin waɗanda ke da saurin har zuwa ƙafa 8 a kowace daƙiƙa.
Jiragen ruwa suna tsayawa a Gabashin Kogin Cumberland da ke fuskantar tsakiyar birnin Nashville, Tenn. a ranar Talata, 11 ga Oktoba, 2022.
Amma gudun ruwa ba shine kawai abin da za a yi la'akari da shi a kogin ba. Zurfin ma yana da mahimmanci.
A ranar 8 ga Maris, USGS ta ba da rahoton cewa zurfin kogin ya kai ƙafa 24.66 da ƙarfe 10 na dare. Tun daga lokacin ya canza, inda matakin ruwan ya tashi zuwa ƙafa 20.71 har zuwa ƙarfe 1:30 na rana a ranar Laraba, in ji USGS.
Duk da waɗannan karatun, Schultz ya ce yawancin Kogin Cumberland ba shi da zurfi sosai don tsayawa a ciki. Ya kiyasta cewa matsakaicin mutum zai iya tsayawa a cikin kogin tsakanin ƙafa 10-15 daga bakin teku.
Amma, ku yi hankali, 'yana raguwa da sauri,' ya yi gargaɗi.
Wataƙila babban ƙalubalen da wani a cikin kogin zai iya fuskanta, musamman da daddare, ya fito ne daga jiragen ruwan sufuri da ke shawagi a kan Cumberland tare da ƙarancin yanayin zafi.
A ranar 8 ga Maris, yanayin zafi ya yi ƙasa da digiri 56, in ji jami'ai. Landrum ya nuna cewa zafin ruwa zai kasance a matakin digiri 50, wanda hakan zai sa a yi tsammanin samun isasshen iskar oxygen, musamman idan wani bai iya fita daga cikin ruwa da sauri ba.
Hukumomi sun ce Riley Strain, mai shekaru 22, ya kasance na ƙarshe da abokansa suka gani a wani mashaya a Broadway a ranar Juma'a, 8 ga Maris, 2024 yayin da yake ziyartar Nashville daga Jami'ar Missouri. Zuwa yanzu, binciken da aka yi a Cumberland bai yi nasara ba yayin da jami'an yankin ke ci gaba da neman ɗalibin da ya ɓace. Tsayinsa ya kai inci 6 da inci 5 tare da siririn jiki, idanu masu shuɗi da gashi mai launin ruwan kasa. Ya fita tare da ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa 'yan'uwa 'yan'uwa na Delta Chi a daren Juma'a lokacin da aka kore shi daga mashayar Luke Bryan da misalin ƙarfe 10 na dare. Ba a gan shi ko jin labarinsa ba tun lokacin.
Lokacin Saƙo: Yuli-01-2024