Sojojin Amurka na National Guard na Arizona suna jagorantar masu yawon bude ido da ambaliyar ruwa ta rutsa da su zuwa cikin UH-60 Blackhawk, Asabar, 24 ga Agusta, 2024, akan Reservation Havasupai a Supai, Ariz. (Maj. Erin Hannigan / Sojan Amurka ta hanyar AP) Associated Press SANTA FE, NM (AP) - Ruwan da ya rikide zuwa ambaliya. Babban kumfa mai launin ruwan kasa ya kasance mai ban tsoro amma ba sabon abu ba ga lokacin rani akan ajiyar Havasupai, ɗayan mafi nisa daga cikin nahiyar Amurka wanda ke jan hankalin baƙi a duk duniya.
Amma a wannan karon guguwar ruwan da ta tura ɗaruruwan ƴan tafiye-tafiye zuwa babban ƙasa - wasu a cikin lunguna da kogo a cikin ganuwar kogin - ta zama mai mutuwa. An tafi da wata mata zuwa kogin Colorado a cikin Grand Canyon, ta ci gaba da bincike da ceto na kwanaki da suka shafi Ma'aikatar Parking ta Kasa a cikin wani yanayi na musamman da bai kai ga wayoyin salula ba, a cikin rafukan hamada da kafa, alfadari ko jirage masu saukar ungulu. Bayan kwana uku da nisan mil 19 (kilomita 30) a ƙasa, ƙungiyar wasan motsa jiki na wasan motsa jiki za ta warware binciken. Bayan haka, masu tsira da masu ceto sun manne da labarun baƙin ciki tare, godiya da mutunta ruwa wanda ya juya tashin hankali ba zato ba tsammani.
Ruwa na farko, sannan hargitsi
Ranar da ambaliyar ruwan ta fara tun kafin wayewar gari ga masu tuƙi da ke gangarowa cikin wani rafi mai tsayi a kan tafiya mai nisan mil 8 (kilomita 13) tare da juyawa zuwa wani ƙauye a tsakiyar ajiyar Havasupai.
Daga nan, 'yan yawon bude ido suna tafiya zuwa wuraren da suke jeri-jerin guga - jerin manyan magudanan ruwa da filin sansanin rafi. Ruwan ruwan koren korayen da aka saba yana jawo masu yawon bude ido daga ko'ina cikin duniya.
Masanin ilimin motsa jiki Hanna St. Denis, 33, ta yi balaguro daga Los Angeles don ganin abubuwan al'ajabi a cikin tafiyarta ta farko ta jakunkuna na dare, tare da wata kawarta, ta buga hanyar kafin wayewar ranar Alhamis ɗin da ta gabata kuma ta isa ƙarshen magudanan ruwa guda uku da tsakar rana.
Tsayayyen ruwan sama ya iso. A ƙasan Beaver Falls, ɗan wasan ninkaya ya lura da saurin ruwa. Ruwa ya fara toho daga ganuwar canyon, yana korar duwatsu yayin da rafin ya zama kalar cakulan ya kumbura.
"Ya kasance nau'in sannu a hankali yana samun launin ruwan kasa a gefuna kuma yana kara girma, sa'an nan kuma mun kasance daga can," in ji St. Denis. Ita da sauran matafiya sun hau wani tsani zuwa wani wuri mai tsayi ba tare da sauka ba yayin da ruwa ya tashi. "Muna kallon manyan bishiyu ana yage da saiwoyinsu, daga cikin kasa."
Ba ta da hanyar da za ta yi kira don neman taimako ko ma gani a kusa da kusurwar kwarin na gaba.
A wani sansanin da ke kusa, Michael Langer mai shekaru 55 na Fountain Hills, Arizona, ya lura da cewa ruwa ya shiga cikin kwarin daga wasu wurare.
"Bayan dakika goma, wani dan kabilar ya zo da gudu ta cikin sansanonin yana kururuwa, 'Ambaliya, korar gaggawa, gudu zuwa tudu mai tsayi," in ji Langer.
A kusa, wata tsawa mai tsawa ta Mooney Falls ta kumbura zuwa madaidaicin madaidaici, yayin da maharan da suka rutsa da su suka yi tururuwa zuwa wani babban faifai kuma suka haɗa kansu cikin ƙanƙara.
Alamun damuwa
Da karfe 1:30 na rana jami'ai a gandun dajin Grand Canyon da ke kusa da kasar Havasupai sun fara samun kiraye-kirayen damuwa daga na'urorin da ke da alaka da tauraron dan adam wadanda za su iya isar da fadakarwa ta SOS da sakwannin tes da kiran murya inda wayoyin salula ba za su isa ba.
Joelle Baird, mai magana da yawun wurin shakatawar ya ce "Kwantar da wannan kogin, yana da matukar wahala a samu hanyoyin sadarwa; babu wata cikakkiyar fahimta game da girman asarar rayukan dan Adam ko jikkata da farko."
Gidan shakatawa ya yi taho-mu-gama da rahotannin da suka yi na yawan asarar rayuka amma ya tabbatar da wani lamari mai ban tsoro. Ambaliyar ruwa ta tafi da wasu matafiya biyu - mata da miji yayin da suke tafiya kusa da wurin da Havasu Creek ta shiga cikin kogin Colorado.
Da karfe 4 na yamma, hutun yanayi ya baiwa wurin shakatawa damar aika jirgi mai saukar ungulu tare da shirya sintiri cikin gaggawa a yankin, in ji Baird.
Andrew Nickerson, mijin, an ɗauke shi a wannan daren ne ta hanyar gungun masu tseren kilomita 280 (kilomita 450) na kogin da ke ratsa ta Grand Canyon.
"Ina da dakika kadan da mutuwa lokacin da wani baƙo ya yi tsalle daga ramin koginsa kuma ya yi kasada da ransa ba tare da wani jinkiri ba ya cece ni daga magudanar ruwa," Nickerson ya rubuta daga baya a shafukan sada zumunta.
Matarsa, mai shekaru 33, Chenoa Nickerson, ta shiga cikin babban tashar kogin kuma ba a san inda take ba. An fitar da sanarwar ne a ranar Juma'a don neman wata batacciyar fata mai tsayi da shudin idanu. Kamar yawancin masu tafiya a Havasupai, ba ta sanye da rigar rai ba.
Lokacin ambaliya
Masanin yanayin yanayi na jihar Arizona Erinanne Saffell ya ce ambaliyar ruwan da aka yi a cikin rafin na da nauyi amma ba kamar yadda aka saba ba, ko da ba tare da la'akari da dumamar yanayi da dan Adam ke haifar da shi ba wanda ya haifar da matsanancin yanayi.
"Yana daga cikin lokacin damuna kuma ruwan sama yana sauka kuma ba shi da inda za a je, don haka yana iya kashewa tare da yin lahani ga mutanen da ke kan hanya," in ji ta.
Za mu iya samar da nau'ikan na'urori masu auna sigina na hydrologic, ingantaccen sa ido na ainihin lokacin bayanan saurin matakin ruwa:
Lokacin aikawa: Satumba-02-2024