ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻōnaehana ʻino hou, ʻo Clarksburg, West Virginia, aia ma lalo o ka awelika o ka ua no kēia manawa o ka makahiki

CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WV News) - I nā lā i hala iho nei, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻo North Central West Virginia e ka ua nui.
"Me he mea lā aia ma hope o mākou ka ua nui loa," wahi a Tom Mazza, alakaʻi wānana me ka National Weather Service ma Charleston. "I ka wā o ka ʻōnaehana ʻino ma mua i hiki mai, ua loaʻa ʻo North Central West Virginia i kēlā me kēia wahi mai ka hapahā ʻīniha a i ka hapalua ʻīniha o ka ua."
Eia nō naʻe, aia ʻo Clarksburg ma lalo o ka awelika o ka ua no kēia manawa o ka makahiki, wahi a Mazza.
"Hiki ke hōʻike ʻia kēia i nā lā maloʻo i waena o nā lā o ka ua nui," wahi āna. "Ma ka Pōʻalua, ʻo Clarksburg he 0.25 ʻīniha ma lalo o ka awelika o ka ua. Eia naʻe, e like me nā kuhi no ke koena o ka makahiki, hiki i Clarksburg ke 0.25 iniha ma luna o ka awelika a kokoke i 1 ʻīniha ma luna."
Ma ka Pōʻakolu, ua ʻike ʻo Harrison County i kekahi mau ulia kaʻa kaʻa e pili ana i ke kū ʻana o ka wai ma nā alanui, wahi a ka Luna Nui RG Waybright.
"Aia kekahi mau pilikia hydroplaning a puni ka lā," wahi āna. "I koʻu kamaʻilio ʻana me ka luna hoʻololi i kēia lā, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka wai e kahe ana ma nā alanui nui."
ʻO ke kamaʻilio ma waena o nā mea pane mua ke kī i ka wā e pili ana i ka ua nui, wahi a Waybright.
"I ka wā e loaʻa ai kēia mau ua nui, hana pū mākou me nā keʻena ahi kūloko," wahi āna. "ʻO ka mea nui a mākou e hana ai, ʻo ia ke kōkua iā lākou i ka pani ʻana i nā alanui inā ʻike mākou ʻaʻole palekana ka poʻe i ke kaʻa ʻana ma luna o lākou. Hana mākou i kēia i mea e pale aku ai i nā pōpilikia."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tom Kines, ka mea meteorologist kiʻekiʻe ma AccuWeather, ua paʻakikī loa ka ʻaoʻao hema o West Virginia.
"Akā, ua hele mai kekahi o kēia mau ʻōnaehana mai ke komohana akau. ʻO kēia mau ʻano ʻino e lawe i ka ua akā ʻaʻole nui. ʻO ia ke kumu i loaʻa ai iā mākou kekahi o kēia wā anuanu me ka liʻiliʻi o ka ua."