Ruwan ruwa ya karye ya watsa ruwa a cikin iska akan titi a Montreal, Juma'a, 16 ga Agusta, 2024, wanda ya haifar da ambaliya a wasu titunan yankin.
MONTREAL - Kusan gidaje 150,000 na Montreal ne aka sanya su a karkashin shawarwarin tafasasshen ruwa a ranar Juma'a bayan da wani babban ruwan da ya karye ya barke zuwa "geyser" wanda ya mayar da tituna zuwa magudanan ruwa, cunkoson ababen hawa tare da tilastawa mutane ficewa daga gine-gine da ambaliyar ta mamaye.
Magajin garin Montreal Valérie Plante ya ce yawancin mazauna gabashin garin sun farka da misalin karfe 6 na safe ga masu kashe gobara suna rokonsu da su fice daga gidajensu saboda hadarin ambaliya daga babban ruwan karkashin kasa da ya karye kusa da gadar Jacques Cartier.
Shaidu sun ce a kololuwarta, wata “bangon ruwa” mai tsayin mita 10 ta kutsa cikin kasa, lamarin da ya mamaye unguwar da ke da yawan jama’a. Mazauna garin sun ba da takalman roba tare da ratsa ruwan da ke ratsa kan tituna tare da fantsama cikin matsuguni a cikin kimanin sa'o'i biyar da rabi da aka dauka don dakile kwararar ruwan.
Da karfe 11:45 na safe lamarin ya kasance "a karkashin kulawa," in ji Plante, kuma daraktan kula da ayyukan ruwa na birnin ya ce ma'aikata sun yi nasarar rufe bawul din da ake samu don haka matsi a cikin ruwan yana raguwa. Duk da haka, birnin ya ba da shawarwarin tafasasshen ruwa wanda ya rufe babban yanki na arewa maso gabashin tsibirin.
"Labari mai dadi shine cewa komai yana karkashin iko," in ji Plante. "Dole ne mu gyara bututun, amma ba mu da adadin ruwan da muka samu a safiyar yau… kuma a matsayin riga-kafi, za a ba da shawarar rigakafin cutar-ruwa."
Tun da farko dai, jami'ai sun bayyana cewa, sakamakon sake fasalin ayyukan bututun na birnin na tsawon kilomita 4,000, babu wata matsala ta tsaro da ruwan sha a gundumar da ta mamaye. Sai dai bayan kusan sa'a guda, sun ce sun lura da raguwar matsewar ruwa a wani bangare na hanyar sadarwa, kuma suna son a gwada samfurin ruwan don tabbatar da cewa babu wata matsala.
Asalin ambaliya shi ne wani bututu mai tsayi fiye da mita biyu da aka girka a shekarar 1985, in ji jami’an, wadanda suka yi bayanin kwalta da simintin da ke sama da fashe bututun na bukatar a tono su kafin a san yadda matsalar take.
Lyman Zhu ya ce ya farka da wani abu mai kama da "ruwan sama mai nauyi" kuma da ya leka tagarsa ya ga "bangon ruwa" mai tsayin mita 10 da fadin titi. "Haka ne," in ji shi.
Maxime Carignan Chagnon ya ce "katon bangon ruwa" ya yi ta tonowa na kimanin sa'o'i biyu. Ruwan da ke gudu yana da “ƙarfi da ƙarfi sosai,” in ji shi, yana fantsama yayin da ya faɗo a kan magudanan fitilu da bishiyoyi. "Lallai abin burgewa ne."
Ya ce kimanin taku biyu na ruwa da aka tattara a cikin benen sa.
"Na ji wasu suna da yawa, da yawa," in ji shi.
Martin Guilbault, shugaban sashin kula da kashe gobara na Montreal, ya ce ya kamata mutane su nisanci yankin da ambaliyar ta mamaye har sai hukumomi sun ba da haske don dawowa.
"Domin karancin ruwa ba ya nufin an yi aikin," in ji shi, yana mai bayanin cewa sassan titunan na iya lalacewa da kuma ba da damar duk ruwan da ya zuba a kansu.
Jami’an kashe gobara ba su bayar da takamaiman adadin mutanen da aka kora ba, inda suka shaida wa manema labarai cewa ma’aikatan sun ziyarci duk gine-ginen da lamarin ya shafa kuma sun tabbatar da cewa kowa yana cikin koshin lafiya. Guilbault ya ce kafin tsakar rana cewa ma'aikatan kashe gobara na ci gaba da bi gida-gida, suna fitar da ginshiki. Ya ce sun ziyarci adireshi 100 tare da kutsawa ruwa a lokacin, amma a wasu lokutan ruwan yana cikin garejin ajiye motoci maimakon gidaje.
Jami’an birnin sun ce kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross na ganawa da mazauna yankin da abin ya shafa tare da bayar da kayan aiki ga wadanda ba za su iya komawa gida nan take ba.
Kamfanin samar da ruwa na Quebec ya katse wutar lantarki a yankin da abin ya shafa domin yin taka tsan-tsan, wanda ya bar abokan ciniki kusan 14,000 ba su da wutar lantarki.
Babban hutun ruwan ya zo ne yayin da mutane da yawa a Montreal da kuma fadin Quebec ke ci gaba da tsaftace wuraren da ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye bayan wasu sassan lardin da ruwan sama ya kai milimita 200 a ranar Juma'ar da ta gabata.
Firayim Ministan Faransa François Legault ya tabbatar a ranar Juma'a lardin zai fadada shirinsa na taimakon kudi ga wadanda bala'in ya rutsa da su don hada da mutanen da ambaliyar ruwa ta rutsa da su a lokacin da magudanar ruwa suka samu tallafi a lokacin guguwar, maimakon takaita cancantar barnar da ambaliyar ruwa ta haifar.
Ministan tsaron jama'a François Bonnardel ya shaidawa manema labarai a birnin Montreal cewa lamarin yana samun sauki bayan ambaliyar ruwa da aka yi a makon jiya, amma har yanzu sai da aka gyara wasu hanyoyi 20 sannan aka kwashe mutane 36 daga gidajensu.
Za mu iya samar da na'urori masu saurin gudu na matakin ruwa na radar don yanayi iri-iri kamar hanyoyin sadarwa na bututu na ƙasa, tashoshi masu buɗewa da DAMS, ta yadda zaku iya saka idanu akan bayanai a cikin ainihin lokaci.
Lokacin aikawa: Agusta-19-2024