Sojojin Amurka na Arizona National Guard suna jagorantar masu yawon bude ido da ambaliyar ruwa ta afkawa cikin jirgin ruwan UH-60 Blackhawk, Asabar, 24 ga Agusta, 2024, a Havasupai Reservation a Supai, Ariz. (Maj. Erin Hannigan/Sojojin Amurka ta hanyar AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE, NM (AP) — Ambaliyar ruwa da ta mayar da jerin ruwan sama masu kyau da launin ruwan kasa zuwa wani babban kumfa mai launin ruwan kasa ya kasance mai ban tsoro amma ba sabon abu ba ne ga lokacin damina na bazara a wurin ajiyar Havasupai, ɗaya daga cikin wurare mafi nisa na nahiyar Amurka wanda ke jan hankalin baƙi a duk duniya.
Amma a wannan karon, ruwan da ya sa ɗaruruwan masu tafiya a ƙasa suka fara neman tuddai - wasu a cikin lunguna da kogo a bangon kwarin - ya zama mai kisa. An tafi da wata mata zuwa Kogin Colorado a cikin Grand Canyon, inda ta shafe kwana ɗaya tana ƙoƙarin neman da ceto wanda ya haɗa da Hukumar Kula da Wuraren Shakatawa ta Ƙasa a cikin wani yanayi na musamman da ba zai iya isa ga wayoyin hannu ba, a cikin kwaruruka na hamada waɗanda ƙafafu, alfadari ko jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu za su iya isa gare su. Bayan kwana uku da kuma mil 19 (kilomita 30) a ƙasa, wata ƙungiyar masu shaƙatawa ta kogi ta yi nasarar warware binciken. Bayan haka, waɗanda suka tsira da masu ceto sun manne da labaran baƙin ciki, godiya da girmamawa ga ruwan da ya zama tashin hankali ba zato ba tsammani.
Ruwan sama na farko, sannan hargitsi
Ranar ambaliyar ruwan ta fara ne kafin wayewar gari ga masu tafiya a ƙasa waɗanda ke sauka cikin wani kwarin da ke da ganye a kan tafiya mai nisan mil 8 (kilomita 13) tare da hanyoyin komawa baya zuwa wani ƙauye a tsakiyar wurin ajiyar Havasupai.
Daga nan, masu yawon bude ido suna tafiya zuwa wuraren da suka fi so — jerin magudanan ruwa masu ban mamaki da kuma sansanin sansanin da ke gefen rafi. Ruwan kwarin da aka saba gani a matsayin kore mai launin shuɗi yana jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido daga ko'ina cikin duniya.
Hanna St. Denis, mai ilimin motsa jiki, mai shekaru 33, ta yi tafiya daga Los Angeles don ganin abubuwan al'ajabi na halitta a tafiyarta ta farko ta yin tafiya a baya da daddare, tare da wata kawarta, suna bin hanyar kafin wayewar gari a ranar Alhamis da ta gabata kuma sun isa ƙarshen ruwan ruwa guda uku masu ban mamaki da tsakar rana.
Ruwan sama ya iso. A ƙarƙashin faɗuwar Beaver, wani mai iyo ya lura da wata ƙaramar igiyar ruwa mai sauri. Ruwa ya fara fitowa daga bangon kwarin, yana fitar da duwatsu yayin da rafin ya canza launin cakulan ya kuma kumbura.
"A hankali sai launin ruwan kasa ya fara yin launin ruwan kasa a gefuna sannan ya yi faɗi, sannan muka fita daga nan," in ji St. Denis. Ita da sauran masu tafiya a ƙasa sun hau tsani zuwa wani wuri mai tsayi ba tare da wata hanya ba yayin da ruwan ke tashi. "Muna kallon manyan bishiyoyi da aka tsage tare da saiwoyinsu, daga ƙasa."
Ba ta da hanyar neman taimako ko ma ganin a kusa da kusurwar kwarin.
A wani sansanin da ke kusa, Michael Langer mai shekaru 55 daga Fountain Hills, Arizona, ya lura da ruwa yana kwarara zuwa cikin kwarin daga wasu wurare.
"Daƙiƙa goma bayan haka, wani ɗan ƙabila ya zo a guje ta cikin sansanonin yana ihu, 'Ambaliyar ruwa, ƙaura cikin gaggawa, gudu zuwa tudu," in ji Langer.
A kusa, wani ruwa mai ƙarfi na Mooney ya cika da ƙarfi sosai, yayin da masu tafiya a ƙasa suka yi ta gudu zuwa wani ɗaki mai tsayi suka yi ta rugu-rugu.
Siginar damuwa
Da ƙarfe 1:30 na rana jami'ai a wurin shakatawa na Grand Canyon National Park da ke kusa da ƙasar Havasupai sun fara karɓar kiran gaggawa daga na'urorin da ke da alaƙa da tauraron ɗan adam waɗanda za su iya aika faɗakarwar SOS, saƙonnin tes da kiran murya inda wayoyin salula ba za su isa ba.
"Ƙuntataccen wannan kwarin, yana da matuƙar wahala a samu damar sadarwa; babu wata fahimta ta musamman game da girman asarar rai ko rauni da aka yi da farko," in ji Joelle Baird, mai magana da yawun wurin shakatawa.
Wurin shakatawa ya fuskanci rahotannin da suka yi yawa game da asarar rayuka da dama, amma ya tabbatar da wani lamari mai tayar da hankali. Mutane biyu masu tafiya a ƙasa - miji da mata - ambaliyar ruwa ta tafi da su yayin da suke tafiya a kusa da inda Havasu Creek ta cika kogin Colorado.
Da ƙarfe 4 na yamma, lokacin da aka samu hutun yanayi, wurin shakatawar ya ba wa wurin damar aika jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu da kuma shirya sintiri na ƙasa cikin gaggawa a yankin, in ji Baird.
Wata ƙungiya ta yi jigilar mutane a kan wani yanki mai nisan mil 280 (kilomita 450) na kogin da ke ratsa ta cikin babban kogin.
"Ina da 'yan daƙiƙa kaɗan kafin mutuwa lokacin da wani baƙo ya yi tsalle daga kwale-kwalen koginsa ya yi kasadar rayuwarsa ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba don ya cece ni daga ruwan da ke tashi," Nickerson ya rubuta daga baya a shafukan sada zumunta.
An yi wa matarsa, Chenoa Nickerson mai shekaru 33, shiga babban hanyar kogin ba tare da an gano ko su waye ba. An fitar da sanarwar neman wata mace mai launin ruwan kasa da ta ɓace ranar Juma'a, doguwa mai idanu shuɗi. Kamar yawancin masu yawon shakatawa a Havasupai, ba ta sanye da jaket ɗin ceto ba.
Lokacin ambaliyar ruwa
Masanin yanayi na jihar Arizona, Erinne Saffell, ta ce ambaliyar ruwa da ta mamaye kwarin ta yi yawa amma ba ta saba ba, koda kuwa ba tare da la'akari da ɗumamar yanayi da ɗan adam ya haifar ba, wanda ya haifar da mummunan yanayi.
"Wannan wani ɓangare ne na lokacin damina kuma ruwan sama yana saukowa kuma ba shi da inda zai je, don haka yana iya yin barna da kuma haifar da babbar illa ga mutanen da ke kan hanya," in ji ta.
Za mu iya samar da nau'ikan na'urori masu auna yanayin ruwa iri-iri, ingantaccen sa ido kan bayanai kan saurin matakin ruwa a ainihin lokaci:
Lokacin Saƙo: Satumba-02-2024