ʻAukake 9 (Reuters) - ʻO nā koena o ka ʻino ʻo Debby i hoʻoulu i ka wai kahe ma ka ʻĀkau o Pennsylvania a me ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York i waiho i ka nui o nā poʻe i paʻa i ko lākou mau home i ka Pōʻalima, wahi a nā luna.
Ua hoʻopakele ʻia kekahi mau kānaka e ka waʻa a me nā helikopa ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina i ka holo ʻana o Debby ma ia wahi, me ka hoʻolei ʻana i kekahi mau ʻīniha o ka ua ma luna o ka ʻāina i pulu ʻia ma mua o kēia pule.
"Ua hana mākou ma luna o 30 mau hoʻopakele a hiki i kēia manawa a ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka ʻimi ʻana i kēlā me kēia hale," wahi a Bill Goltz, ke poʻo ahi ma Westfield, Pennsylvania, nona ka heluna o 1,100. "Ke haʻalele nei mākou i ke kaona. A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe o mākou make a ʻeha paha. Akā ua nalowale nā kānaka kokoke."
Ua hoʻopuka ka National Weather Service i nā ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana i ka puahiohio no ia wahi. ʻO Debby, i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia mai kahi ʻino ʻino a i ke kaumaha i ka Pōʻalima, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā wīwī make ma mua o ka pule a ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana ma mua o ka puhi ʻana i ke kai i ke ahiahi Pōʻaono.
Ua hoʻopuka nā kiaʻāina o Pennsylvania a me New York i nā hoʻolaha pōʻino a me ka pilikia e hoʻokuʻu i nā kumuwaiwai e kōkua i nā wahi o ka ʻĀkau o Pennsylvania a me ka hema o New York kahi i waiho ai nā wai kahe i ka poʻe i hele a nele i ka hoʻopakele.
Ua hoʻopuka ka NWS i nā ʻōlelo aʻo waikahe a me nā kiaʻi ʻino no nā ʻāpana o kahi ʻāpana mai ke kahakai ʻo Georgia a i Vermont, ʻoiai ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻino i ka hikina hikina ma 35 mile (56 km) i hoʻokahi hola, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka pule.
ʻO Debby, kahi ʻino e neʻe mālie ana no ka hapa nui o ka pule, ua hāʻule ka ua ma kahi o 25 iniha (63 knm) o ka ua ma kāna huakaʻi ʻākau a make ma kahi o ʻewalu mau kānaka.
Mai kona pae ʻana i ka ʻāina mua ma ke ʻano he makani ʻino o ka Mokuna 1 ma ke kahakai ʻo Florida i ka Pōʻakahi, ua hoʻopau ʻo Debby i nā hale a me nā alanui, a ua koi aku i nā haʻalele ʻana a me nā hoʻopakele wai ʻoiai ʻo ia e kolo mālie ana i ka Moana Hikina.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻāina i ka liʻiliʻi o nā puahiohio mai ka Pōʻalima. Ma Browns Summit, North Carolina, ma kahi o 80 mau mile (130 km) ma ke komohana ʻākau o Raleigh, ua pepehi ʻia kahi wahine 78 ona makahiki i ka wā i hāʻule ai kahi lāʻau ma luna o kona home kelepona, ua hōʻike ʻo NBC pili WXII, e kuhikuhi ana i ka hoʻokō kānāwai.
Ma mua, ua pepehi ʻia kahi kanaka i ka wā i hiolo ai kona hale ma Wilson County ma ka hikina o North Carolina. Ua hōʻino ʻia he 10 mau hale, kahi halepule a me kahi kula.
ʻO Carolina ʻĀkau a me South Carolina ka mea i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia e ka ua nui o Debby.
Ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Moncks Corner ma South Carolina, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā pūʻulu hoʻopakele wai wikiwiki i ka Pōʻalima ma muli o ke kahe ʻana o ke kahawai weliweli i hoʻokuʻu ʻia a me ka pani ʻana o kahi alaloa waena.
Ma mua o ka pule, ua lele ka puahiohio ma Moncks Corner, ma kahi o 50 mile (80 km) ma ka ʻākau o Charleston, e hoʻohuli ana i nā kaʻa a wāwahi i kahi hale ʻai wikiwiki.
Ma Barre, Vermont, ma kahi o 7 mau mile (11 km) hikina hema o ke kapikala ʻo Montpelier, ua hoʻohana ʻo Rick Dente i kona kakahiaka e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻili palaki ma luna o ka hale a hoʻopuni i nā puka me nā ʻeke one ma kāna hale kūʻai ʻohana, Dente's Market.
ʻO Vermont, aia ma lalo o kahi moku'āina o ka pilikia federal, ua alo mua i ka nui o ka ua mai kahi ʻōnaehana ʻokoʻa i holoi i nā alanui, nā hale pōʻino a me nā kahawai a me nā kahawai me nā wai kahe.
Hiki i nā koena o Debby ke lawe mai i 3 ʻīniha (7.6 knm) a ʻoi aʻe paha ka ua, wahi a ka lawelawe ʻoihana.
"Ke hopohopo nei mākou," wahi a Dente, e noʻonoʻo ana i ka hale kūʻai i loko o ka ʻohana mai ka makahiki 1907, a ua holo ʻo ia mai ka makahiki 1972. ʻO ia ka hale kūʻai kūʻai, i kēia manawa ua mālama nui ia i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻimi ana i nā mea kahiko a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo.
"I kēlā me kēia manawa ua ua, ʻoi aku ka ʻino," wahi āna. "Ke hopohopo nei au i kēlā me kēia manawa ua ua."
Hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i kahi sensor kahe kahe o ka radar i hiki ke nānā i ka kahe o ka wai i ka manawa maoli, e kaomi i ke kiʻi no nā kikoʻī.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-14-2024