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Amashumi ezinkulungwane zamakhasimende maphakathi neNorth Carolina angenawo amandla selokhu ahlaselwa iziteshi ngezimpelasonto ezimbili eziteshini zikagesi kumele abone ukukhanya ngoLwesithathu ebusuku, kusho okhulumela iDuke Energy esithangamini sabezindaba.
Iziteshi ezimbili eziseMoore County zilinyazwe ukuqhuma kwezibhamu ngoMgqibelo ebusuku kulokho abaphenyi abakholelwa ukuthi “ngamabomu” kanye “okuhlosiwe” ukuhlasela, kusho izikhulu, noSheriff waseMoore County uRonnie Fields ethi noma ngubani odubule esiteshini “wayazi kahle ukuthi benzani.”
IDuke Energy, enamakhasimende angaba ngu-47,000 eMoore County, ithe yenze inqubekelaphambili enhle kusukela ngoMgqibelo futhi yanyusa umugqa wayo wesikhathi wokubuyisela ngosuku, yathi ilindele ukuthi amakhasimende amaningi abe namandla abuyiselwe ngasekupheleni kukaLwesithathu.
“Lokho ngeke kwenzeke ngesikhathi esisodwa,” kusho okhulumela iDuke Energy uJeff Brooks ngoLwesibili ntambama. “Uzobona amaza amakhasimende eqhamuka. Izinkulungwane ezimbalwa ngesikhathi.”
Imishini emisha ifakiwe, kodwa idinga ukulinganiswa futhi ihlolwe ukuze isebenze ngokuvumelanisa negridi, kusho uBrooks.
Cishe amakhasimende angu-35,000 eMoore County asale engenawo ugesi ngoLwesibili ntambama, ngokusho kukaBrooks.
Imeya yaseSouthern Pines, idolobhana izakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-15,900 etholakala esifundeni, ibize lokhu kuhlasela njengesenzo esinonya nobugovu.
“Baningi abantu abalimalayo,” kusho iMeya uCarol Haney ku-CNN ngoMsombuluko. Ukusakazwa kwemali engenayo kumisiwe. Uma unezinkinga zempilo, kubalulekile. Kumane kuyisenzo esibi, esisabekayo, samaphekula, ngokombono wami, isenzo. ”
Abekho abasolwa noma izisusa ezimenyezelwe.
Engqungqutheleni yezindaba yangoLwesibili, iPhini LeNhloko Yesifunda saseMoore uRichard Maness azikho izibuyekezo ezinkulu mayelana nophenyo kodwa uthe i-tip line “beyisebenza kakhulu” emahoreni angama-24 edlule.
UTom McInnis, iSenate Majority Whip yaseNorth Carolina isifunda sayo sifaka iMoore County, utshele izintatheli ukuthi ubheka umthetho ongase ube khona ukuze uguqule izinhlawulo zalolu hlobo lwesigameko, okuyinto uthe yinto engakaze yenzeke eNorth Carolina.
Ukunqamuka kwenze impilo yaba nzima kubahlali. Izikole zizovalwa kuze kube uLwesine, izinsuku ezine zingafundi. Amabhizinisi angenawo amajeneretha ayavalwa. Izakhamuzi ezingenawo ugesi kumele zishiye amakhaya azo ukuze ziyofuna ukudla okushisayo futhi zishaje izinto ezisebenza ngogesi.
Umnikazi wekhemisi laseMoore County ugcina imithi emzini wakhe, esebenza ngejeneretha, ukuze abantu baqhubeke nokuthola izincwadi zabo, esho.
URob Barrett, ongumnikazi weWhispering Pines Prescription Shoppe, ukholelwa ukuthi unegesi eyanele yokugcina ijeneretha isebenza, kodwa ikhemisi libhekene nezinye izinkinga: Ezinye izisebenzi azinawo ugesi wokuya emsebenzini, futhi kunezinkinga zokuxhumana.
Ezindaweni zasemakhaya esifundeni, ukulahleka kukagesi kube nomthelela ekuhanjisweni kwamanzi emindenini.
“Imiphakathi yasemaphandleni ithembele kugesi kakhulu kunalokho abantu abakuqaphelayo,” u-Andrew Wilkins, abazali bakhe abanepulazi e-Whispering Pines, etshela i-CNN. “Amadolobha amaningi amakhulu awalahlekelwa ngamanzi uma ugesi ucisha, kodwa izindawo eziningi zasemakhaya zithembele emthonjeni ukuze bathole amanzi.
“Umndeni wami ukha amanzi emthonjeni, ngakho lapho ugesi ucima, umthombo uyama futhi umfutho wamanzi uyancipha futhi kancane kancane silahlekelwa amanzi.”
I-Southern Pines, cishe ibanga elingamakhilomitha angama-40 ukuya enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeFayetteville kanye nohambo lwamakhilomitha angama-70 eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeRaleigh, iphelelwe amandla, ngokusho kukaHaney, imeya. Uthe kumele akhiphe umama wakhe oneminyaka engu-98 edolobheni futhi aye kuCharlotte ukuze abe sekhaya elifudumele.
Njengoba ugesi ucishiwe, uhlelo lwamanzi nendle lwedolobha lusebenza ngamandla aphehla ugesi, ngokusho kweSouthern Pines Fire and Rescue.
Umnyango wezicishamlilo kuleli dolobha ubone ukwanda kwezingozi zezimoto ezihlobene nokuntuleka kwamarobhothi, kanye nemililo eminingi njengoba abantu bezama ukuthola ezinye izindlela zokushisisa amakhaya abo, kusho isikhulu sezomlilo saseSouthern Pines uMike Cameron etshela i-CNN.
Umnyango wezicishamlilo nawo uthola izingcingo eziningi zezokwelapha kubantu abasebenzisa i-oksijeni eyengeziwe noma ezinye izinto zezokwelapha ezidinga amandla, kusho uCameron.
I-FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital e-Pinehurst isebenza ngejeneretha eyisipele. Kodwa-ke, isibhedlela sihlehlisa izinqubo ezithile zokuqokwa, kanti imithi yomndeni neminye imitholampilo ezweni izovalwa kuze kubuyiselwe ugesi, kusho izikhulu zesibhedlela esitatimendeni esikhishwe ngeSonto.
Abaphenyi “abashiyi lutho ukuze bathole ukuthi ngubani owenze lokhu,” kusho uGov. Roy Cooper etshela i-CNN This Morning ngoLwesibili. I-FBI kanye nabaphenyi bombuso bajoyine uphenyo.
“Lokhu bekuwukuhlasela okunonya, kobugebengu emphakathini wonke okwafaka amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu ebumnyameni,” kusho uCooper.
“Izinto eziza kuqala kithi manje yimpilo nokuphepha, ukubuyisela amandla ngokushesha okukhulu, nokwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi abomthetho bakahulumeni, umbuso nowendawo bathola ukuthi ubani owenze lokhu, kungani, futhi balethe enkantolo.”
Imiphakathi eminingana kuso sonke isifunda iqale ukunqamuka kukagesi ngemva nje kuka-7pm ngoMgqibelo, Ihhovisi likaSheriff County. kusho.
Noma ubani odubule izinhlamvu eziteshini ezincane “wayazi kahle ukuthi benzani,” uFields, umphathi wesifunda, kusho ngeSonto.
Izinkambu ngeSonto kuphawuliwe “Alikho iqembu elisukumele phezulu ukuvuma noma ukwamukela ukuthi yilo (elikwenzile) lokho.”
Abaphenyi bebezama ukuthola ukuthi zombili iziteshi ezincane zidutshulwe ngasikhathi sinye, noma zadutshulwa zilandelana, kusho usherifu ngoMsombuluko.
Isikhathi esiyisibopho sokubuya ekhaya kusukela ngo-9 ebusuku kuze kube u-5 ekuseni siqale ukusebenza kusukela ngeSonto ebusuku, kanti uFields uthe isinqumo senziwe ukuvikela izakhamizi namabhizinisi.
Umbusi ugcizelele ngoLwesibili ukuthi umbuso udinga ukufunda kulesi sigameko, wathi “akwamukelekile lokhu ukuthi kube nabantu abaningi kangaka abangenamandla ngalesi sikhathi.”
“Lona wumphakathi osebathatha umhlalaphansi, ngakho-ke kunenqwaba yamakhaya anakekela abantu abadala angenawo amandla,” uCooper utshele i-CNN ngoLwesibili. “Sihlinzeka ngamajeneretha nosizo ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi abantu baphephile lapha.”
Izwe kumele libe “nengxoxo … mayelana nokuvikela ingqalasizinda yethu ebalulekile,” kusho u-Cooper.
“Bekucacile ukuthi (noma ngubani owenze isibhamu) uyazi ukuthi udala umonakalo omkhulu, nokuthi bangakwenza kulesi siteshi, ngakho-ke kufanele sibuyekeze isimo,” kusho uCooper.
Izikhulu azidaluli ukuthi abekhona yini amakhamera eziteshini ezimbili ezithintekile, ngoba lokho “kuyingxenye yophenyo ezingafuni ukudalula okwamanje,” kusho uCooper.
Kungakapheli ngisho amasonto amabili ngaphambi kokulimala kwesiteshi sangoMgqibelo, i-FBI ithe kube nokwanda kwezinsongo ezibikwayo zengqalasizinda kagesi ezivela kubantu abasekela “imibono yobandlululo noma yobuhlanga enobudlova.”
I-FBI ithole imibiko yokusatshiswa kwengqalasizinda kagesi ngabantu abahambisana nemibono yobandlululo noma yobuzwe eyeqisayo “ukudala isiphithiphithi somphakathi nokugqugquzela udlame olwengeziwe,” kusho i-FBI esitatimendeni sangoNovemba 22 esithunyelwe embonini yangasese, eyatholwa yi-CNN.
Yize zingakacaci izizathu zomonakalo wangoMgqibelo, izikhulu zaseMelika bezilokhu zikhathazekile ngentshisekelo yodlame oluvezwe yizigebengu zikagesi zezwe.
UCooper uthe ngoLwesibili uyasazi isixwayiso se-FBI.
“Eqinisweni, sisebenzele ukuhlela nokuqinisa ukuvikela kwethu ingqalasizinda yethu, ikakhulukazi endaweni yokuphepha ku-inthanethi. Siyazi ukuthi lokho kuhlasela kungaba kukhulu futhi kwehlisa amandla kagesi noma amanzi noma ezinye izingqalasizinda kubantu abaningi ezweni lonke, ngakho besisebenza kulokho,” kusho uCooper.
