ʻO nā koa o ka US Army o ka Arizona National Guard e alakaʻi ana i nā mākaʻikaʻi i paʻa ʻia e ke kahe ʻana o ka wai i loko o kahi UH-60 Blackhawk, Pōʻaono, ʻAukake 24, 2024, ma ka Havasupai Reservation ma Supai, Ariz. (Maj. Erin Hannigan/US Army ma o AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE, NM (AP) - He kahe ʻana o ka wai i hoʻololi i kahi moʻo o nā wailele nani, azure i loko o kahi huʻa ʻeleʻele weliweli he mea ʻino akā ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau no ke kau ua kauwela ma ka Havasupai reservation, kekahi o nā wahi mamao loa o ka ʻāina ʻo US e huki ana i nā malihini kipa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Akā i kēia manawa, ua lilo ka wai i hoʻouna i nā haneli o ka poʻe hele wāwae e ʻimi ana i kahi kiʻekiʻe - kekahi i loko o nā kihi a me nā ana i loko o nā paia o ke awāwa - i mea make. Ua lawe ʻia aku kekahi wahine i ka muliwai ʻo Colorado i loko o ka Grand Canyon, e hoʻomaka ana i kahi hana ʻimi a hoʻopakele no nā lā he nui e pili ana i ka National Park Service ma kahi ʻano kū hoʻokahi ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o nā kelepona paʻalima, i loko o nā awāwa wao nahele i hiki ke komo wale ʻia e ka wāwae, miula a i ʻole nā helikopter. ʻEkolu lā ma hope mai a he 19 mile (30 kilomita) i lalo, e hoʻoponopono kahi hui holo waʻa leʻaleʻa i ka ʻimi. Ma hope iho, ua hoʻopaʻa nā mea ola a me nā mea hoʻopakele i nā moʻolelo o ke kaumaha like, ka mahalo a me ka mahalo no nā wai i lilo i mea ʻino.
Ua mua, a laila haunaele
Ua hoʻomaka ka lā o ke kahe nui ma mua o ka wanaʻao no nā poʻe hele wāwae e iho ana i loko o kahi awāwa ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma kahi huakaʻi 8 mile (13 kilomita) ma nā ala hele wāwae i kahi kauhale ma ka puʻuwai o ka ʻāina mālama ʻo Havasupai.
Mai laila mai, hele wāwae nā mākaʻikaʻi i kā lākou mau wahi e makemake nui ai - he mau wailele hanohano a me kahi kahua hoʻomoana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kahawai. ʻO nā wai uliuli-ʻōmaʻomaʻo maʻamau o ke awāwa e huki i nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua.
Ua huakaʻi aku ʻo Hanna St. Denis, 33 makahiki, mai Los Angeles mai e ʻike i nā mea kupanaha kūlohelohe ma kāna huakaʻi holoholo mua loa i ka pō, me kahi hoaaloha, e hele ana i ke ala ma mua o ka wanaʻao o ka Pōʻahā i hala a hiki i ka hope o nā wailele kaulana ʻekolu i ke awakea.
Ua hiki mai ka ua mālie. Ma lalo o Beaver Falls, ua ʻike kekahi kanaka ʻauʻau i ka wikiwiki o ke au. Ua hoʻomaka ka wai e pua mai nā paia o ke awāwa, e hoʻoneʻe ana i nā pōhaku i ka wā i lilo ai ke kahawai i kala kokoleka a pehu.
"Ua ʻano ʻeleʻele mālie ma nā lihi a ua ākea aʻe, a laila ua puka mākou i waho," wahi a St. Denis. Ua piʻi ʻo ia a me nā poʻe hele wāwae ʻē aʻe i kahi alapiʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe me ke ala ʻole e iho ai i lalo i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wai. "Ke nānā nei mākou i nā lāʻau nui e haehae ʻia me nā aʻa, mai ka lepo mai."
ʻAʻohe ona ala e kāhea aku ai no ke kōkua a i ʻole e ʻike a puni ke kihi aʻe o ke awāwa.
Ma kahi kahua hoʻomoana kokoke, ua ʻike aku ʻo Michael Langer, 55 makahiki o Fountain Hills, Arizona, i ka wai e kahe ana i loko o ke awāwa mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
"He ʻumi kekona ma hope o kēlā, ua holo mai kekahi lālā o ka ʻohana ma waena o nā kahua hoʻomoana e hoʻōho ana, 'Kahanui koke, hoʻoneʻe ulia pōpilikia, holo i kahi kiʻekiʻe,'" i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Langer.
Ma kahi kokoke, ua piʻi aʻe ka hekili o Mooney Falls i nā ʻano weliweli, ʻoiai ka poʻe hele wāwae i pulu i ka wai e holo ana i kahi papa i kiʻekiʻe ʻia a komo i loko o nā lua.
Nā hōʻailona pilikia
Ma ka hola 1:30 pm, ua hoʻomaka nā luna ma Grand Canyon National Park e loaʻa nā kelepona pilikia mai nā polokalamu i hoʻopili ʻia me ka ukali hiki ke hoʻouna i nā leka hoʻomaopopo SOS, nā leka uila a me nā kelepona leo kahi i hiki ʻole ai i nā kelepona paʻalima.
"ʻO ka haiki o kēlā awāwa, he mea paʻakikī loa ke hoʻokaʻaʻike aku; ʻaʻohe maopopo o ka nui o ke ola kanaka i nalowale a i ʻole ka ʻeha i ka wā mua," wahi a Joelle Baird, he luna ʻōlelo no ka paka.
Ua hakakā ka paka me nā hōʻike i hoʻonui nui ʻia o nā poʻe i make nui akā ua hōʻoia i kahi hanana hopohopo. Ua lawe ʻia aku ʻelua mau mea hele wāwae - he kāne a me ka wahine - e ke kahe nui i ko lākou hele wāwae ʻana kokoke i kahi e kahe ai ʻo Havasu Creek i loko o ka muliwai ʻo Colorado.
Ma ka hola 4 pm, ua ʻae ka wā ʻino i ka paka e hoʻouna i kahi helikopter a hoʻonohonoho i kahi mākaʻi honua wikiwiki ma ia wahi, wahi a Baird.
Ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo Andrew Nickerson, ke kāne, i kēlā pō e kahi hui e holo ana i ka waʻapā ma ke kahawai he 280 mile (450 kilomita) ka lōʻihi e holo ana ma waena o ka Grand Canyon.
"Ua kokoke au i ka make i ka wā i lele ai kekahi malihini mai kona waʻa muliwai a hoʻoweliweli i kona ola me ka kānalua ʻole e hoʻopakele iaʻu mai ka wai huhū," i kākau ai ʻo Nickerson ma hope ma nā pāpili kaiapili.
Ua lawe ʻia kāna wahine, ʻo Chenoa Nickerson, 33 makahiki, i loko o ke kahawai nui o ka muliwai a ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kahi palapala huli i ka Pōʻalima no kahi wahine ʻeleʻele i nalowale, kiʻekiʻe me nā maka polū. E like me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe hele wāwae ma Havasupai, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻaʻahu i kahi ʻaʻahu ola.
Kau waikahe koke
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Erinanne Saffell, he loea aniau no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Arizona, ua nui ke kahe ʻana o ke awāwa akā ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau ʻole, ʻoiai me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole i ka hoʻomehana honua i hana ʻia e ke kanaka i hopena i nā ʻano ʻino loa.
"He ʻāpana ia o ko mākou kau monsoon a ua iho mai ka ua a ʻaʻohe ona wahi e hele ai, a no laila hiki ke kahe aku a hoʻopilikia nui i ka poʻe e keʻakeʻa ana," wahi āna.
Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolako i nā ʻano mea ʻike nānā hydrologic like ʻole, ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻikepili wikiwiki o ka pae wai i ka manawa maoli.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-02-2024