Mummunan sanyi ya kashe mutane 12 bayan da guguwar iska ta kama masu ababen hawa a birnin New York.

Wata mahaukaciyar guguwa mai kisa ta gurgunta garin Buffalo da ke birnin New York a ranar Kirsimeti, inda ta kama masu ababen hawa a cikin motocinsu, tare da kakkabo wutar lantarki ga dubban gidaje, tare da kara adadin wadanda suka mutu sakamakon mummunar guguwar hunturu da ta yi sanyi a kasar Amurka tsawon kwanaki.

Akalla mutane 30 ne suka mutu a wasu lamurra masu nasaba da yanayi a Amurka, a cewar wani kididdigar da kafar yada labarai ta NBC News ta fitar, tun bayan daskarewar da ta mamaye galibin al’ummar kasar, hade da dusar ƙanƙara, da ƙanƙara, da kuma hayaƙin iska daga guguwar da ta taso daga yankin Great Lakes. karshen makon da ya gabata.

Yawancin asarar rayuka sun ta’allaka ne a ciki da kuma kewayen Buffalo a gefen tafkin Erie a yammacin New York, yayin da sanyi da matsanancin “tasirin tafkin” dusar ƙanƙara – sakamakon sanyin iska da ke motsawa a kan ruwan tafkin mai dumi – ya ci gaba da tafiya a lokacin hutu. karshen mako.

Shugaban gundumar Erie Mark Poloncarz ya ce adadin wadanda guguwar ta tabbatar sun haura zuwa 12 a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, sama da uku da aka ruwaito cikin dare a yankin Buffalo.

Poloncarz ya ce wadanda suka mutu na baya-bayan nan sun hada da wasu da aka samu a cikin motoci wasu kuma a bankunan dusar kankara, inda ya kara da cewa adadin wadanda suka mutu na iya karuwa.

A cikin haramcin da aka sanya wa tuki tun ranar Juma’a, daruruwan masu ababen hawa na gundumar Erie sun makale a cikin motocinsu a karshen mako, tare da kira ga dakarun tsaron kasar da su taimaka wajen ceto masu sarkakiya ta yanayin fari da dusar kankara, in ji Poloncarz.

“Wannan ba Kirsimeti ba ne kowane ɗayanmu da muke fata ko tsammani,” in ji Poloncarz a shafin Twitter ranar Lahadi.

“Ina mika ta’aziyyata ga iyalan da suka rasa ‘yan uwansu.”

Sashen ‘yan sanda na Buffalo ya buga roƙon kan layi don taimakon jama’a a cikin ƙoƙarin neman-da-farfadowa, yana tambayar waɗanda ke da “waɗanda ke da wayar dusar ƙanƙara kuma suna shirye su taimaka” su kira layin waya na musamman don umarni.

Tsananin guguwar ya kasance sananne har ma a yankin da ya saba da tsananin lokacin sanyi.

Christina Klaffka, ‘yar shekara 39 da ke zaune a Arewacin Buffalo, ta kalli ƙulle-ƙulle ta buge gidan maƙwabcinta kuma ta saurari tagoginta na tashin hankali daga “guguwa mai kama da iska.”

Ta rasa wuta tare da dukan unguwarsu a yammacin ranar Asabar, kuma har yanzu babu wutar lantarki a safiyar Lahadi.

“TV dina ya ci gaba da yawo yayin da nake ƙoƙarin kallon wasan Buffalo Bills da Chicago Bears.

“Na rasa iko jim kadan bayan kwata na 3,” in ji ta.

John Burns, mai shekaru 58, mai ritaya a Arewacin Buffalo, ya ce shi da iyalinsa sun makale a gidansu na tsawon sa’o’i 36 sakamakon guguwa da matsananciyar sanyi da ya kira “mummuna da muni.”

“Babu wanda ya fita. Babu wanda ya ma tafiya karnukan su,” inji shi. “Babu wani abu da ya faru kwana biyu.”

Ya kara da cewa, yawan dusar kankarar dusar ƙanƙara yana da wahalar auna ma’auni, in ji shi, saboda iska mai ƙarfi da ta rage taruwa tsakanin gidaje, amma ta tara tuƙi mai ƙafa 5 “a gaban garejina.”

Gwamnan New York Kathy Hochul ya fadawa manema labarai ranar Lahadi cewa gwamnatin Biden ta amince ta goyi bayan bukatar ta na ayyana bala’in tarayya.

Hochul ya ce an tattara sojojin National Guard 200 a yammacin New York, suna ba da agaji ga ‘yan sanda da ma’aikatan kashe gobara, suna gudanar da binciken lafiya tare da kawo kayayyaki zuwa matsuguni.

Guguwar ta tashi zuwa gabas ne a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, bayan da ta kakkabe wutar lantarki ga abokan huldar da suka kai miliyan 1.5 a tsawon lokacin da aka rufe a karshen makon da ya gabata tare da tilastawa dubban zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na kasuwanci a lokacin balaguron balaguron balaguro.

Fiye da gidaje da kasuwancin Amurka 150,000 ne ba su da wutar lantarki ranar Lahadi, sun ragu sosai daga miliyan 1.8 da ba su da wutar lantarki a safiyar Asabar, a cewar PowerOutage.us. A Buffalo, kashi 16% na mazauna garin ba su da wutar lantarki ranar Lahadi, in ji jami’ai.

A Kanada, wutar lantarki ta kuma ƙare ga abokan cinikin kayan aiki aƙalla 140,000, galibi a lardunan Ontario da Quebec, yanayin yanayin da ya binne yammacin New York cikin dusar ƙanƙara.

Fiye da jirage 1,700 a Amurka an soke su a tsakar ranar Lahadi, a cewar ma’aikacin jirgin FlightAware.

Yanayin zafin ranar Kirsimeti, yayin da ya fara komawa daga karatun kusan-sifili wanda ya yadu a ranar Asabar, ya kasance ƙasa da matsakaicin matsakaici a tsakiyar tsakiyar Amurka da gabashin Amurka, kuma ƙasa da daskarewa har zuwa kudu kamar Tekun Gulf, Masanin yanayi na ƙasa (NWS). Rich Otto ya ce.

Filin jirgin saman na Buffalo ya yi rikodin kusan ƙafa 4 na dusar ƙanƙara ranar Lahadi, in ji Hukumar Kula da Yanayi. Yanayin fari ya ci gaba da kasancewa a kudancin Buffalo a ranar Lahadi da yamma, inda dusar ƙanƙara ke faɗowa a ƙimar inci 2-3 a sa’a.

A jihar Kentucky, jami’ai sun tabbatar da mutuwar mutane uku masu alaka da guguwa tun daga ranar Juma’a, yayin da akalla mutane hudu suka mutu, wasu da dama kuma suka jikkata a wasu hadurran da suka shafi motoci a Ohio, inda wata fasinja mai dauke da motoci 50 ta rufe babbar hanyar Ohio Turnpike a dukkan bangarorin biyu a lokacin guguwar da aka yi a ranar Juma’a. .

Wasu rahotanni sun ce an samu asarar rayuka masu nasaba da tsananin sanyi ko kuma hadurran ababen hawa a jihohin Missouri da Tennessee da Kansas da kuma Colorado.

Wani hatsarin motar bas da aka yi a jajibirin Kirsimeti da ‘yan sanda suka ce mai yiyuwa ne sakamakon yanayin kankara da ke kusa da tafkin Loon a cikin British Columbia na Canada ya halaka mutane hudu tare da kwantar da da dama a asibiti, kamar yadda hukumomi suka tabbatar a ranar Lahadi.

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