ʻOiai ka ʻōnaehana ʻino i hala koke aku nei, ʻo Clarksburg, West Virginia, aia nō 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 pilikia ʻo North Central West Virginia i ka ua nui.
"Me he mea lā ua hala ka ua nui loa," wahi a Tom Mazza, ke alakaʻi wānana o ka National Weather Service ma Charleston. "I loko o ke kaʻina o ka ʻino ma mua, ua loaʻa i ka ʻĀkau Waena Komohana o Virginia kahi hapaha ʻīniha a i ka hapalua ʻīniha o ka ua."
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka ua o Clarksburg ma mua o ka awelika no kēia manawa o ka makahiki, wahi a Mazza.
"Hiki ke hōʻoia ʻia kēia i nā lā maloʻo ma 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 nō naʻe, e like me nā wānana no ke koena o ka makahiki, hiki iā Clarksburg ke 0.25 ʻīniha ma luna o ka awelika a kokoke i 1 ʻīniha ma luna."
I ka Pōʻakolu, ua ʻike ʻo Harrison County i kekahi mau ulia kaʻa i pili i ka wai kū ma nā alanui, wahi a ke Hope Nui ʻo RG Waybright.
"Ua loaʻa kekahi mau pilikia hydroplaning i ka lā holoʻokoʻa," wahi āna. "I koʻu kamaʻilio ʻana me ke alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana i kēia lā, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i kekahi wai e holo ana ma nā alanui nui."
He mea nui ke kamaʻilio ma waena o nā mea pane mua i ka wā e hana ana me ka ua nui, wahi a Waybright.
"I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e loaʻa ai kēia mau ua nui, hana pū mākou me nā keʻena kinai 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 no ka poʻe e hoʻokele ana ma luna o lākou. Hana mākou i kēia e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā ulia pōpilikia."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tom Kines, ke kanaka loea meteor kiʻekiʻe ma AccuWeather, ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ka ʻaoʻao hema o West Virginia.
"Akā, ua hele mai kekahi o kēia mau ʻōnaehana mai ke komohana ʻākau mai. Hoʻāla kēia mau ʻōnaehana ʻino i ka ua akā ʻaʻole nui. ʻO ia ke kumu e loaʻa nei iā mākou kekahi o kēia anuanu me ka ua liʻiliʻi."