Matafiya a yawancin gabashin Amurka a ranar alhamis sun jajirce don ɗaya daga cikin mafi hatsarin karshen mako na Kirsimeti a cikin shekarun da suka gabata, tare da masu hasashen yin gargadin "guguwar bam" da za ta kawo dusar ƙanƙara da iska mai ƙarfi yayin da yanayin zafi ke faɗuwa.
Masanin yanayi na hukumar kula da yanayin yanayi Ashton Robinson Cooke ya ce iskan sanyi na tafiya gabas a tsakiyar Amurka kuma kimanin mutane miliyan 135 za su fuskanci gargadin iska mai sanyi a cikin kwanaki masu zuwa. An kawo cikas ga tashin jirage da zirga-zirgar jiragen kasa gaba daya.
"Wannan ba kamar kwanakin dusar ƙanƙara ba ne lokacin da kuke ƙarami," Shugaba Joe Biden ya yi gargadin a Ofishin Oval ranar Alhamis bayan wani taƙaitaccen bayani da jami'an tarayya suka yi. "Wannan lamari ne mai tsanani."
Masu hasashe suna tsammanin "guguwar bam" - tsarin tashin hankali lokacin da matsin lamba na barometric ya ragu da sauri - a lokacin hadari da ke kusa da Babban Tafkuna.
A Kudancin Dakota, Manajan Agajin Gaggawa na kabilar Rosebud Sioux Robert Oliver ya ce hukumomin kabilar suna aiki don share hanyoyi don su iya kai propane da itacen wuta zuwa gidaje, amma sun fuskanci iskar da ba ta gafartawa wanda ya haifar da dusar kankara sama da ƙafa 10 a wasu wurare. Ya ce mutane biyar ne suka mutu a guguwar baya-bayan nan, ciki har da guguwar dusar kankara a makon jiya. Oliver bai bada wani cikakken bayani ba sai dai ya ce iyalin na cikin makoki.
A ranar Laraba, kungiyoyin bayar da agajin gaggawa sun yi nasarar ceto mutane 15 da suka makale a gidajensu amma sai da suka tsaya da sanyin safiyar Alhamis yayin da ruwa mai dauke da ruwa da ke kan manyan kayan aiki ya daskare ta hanyar rage iska mai digiri 41.
Wani dan majalisar wakilai Sean Bordeaux ya ce, "Mun dan tsorata a nan, muna jin an ware mu kadan," in ji dan majalisar Demokaradiyya Sean Bordeaux, wanda ya ce ya kare propane don dumama gidan da ya ajiye.
Ana sa ran zazzafar yanayi zai ragu cikin sauri a Texas, amma shugabannin jihar sun sha alwashin hana sake afkuwar guguwar watan Fabrairun 2021 da ta lalata hanyoyin samar da wutar lantarki a jihar tare da kashe daruruwan mutane.
Gwamnan Texas Greg Abbott yana da kwarin gwiwar cewa jihar za ta iya magance hauhawar bukatar makamashi yayin da yanayin zafi ya ragu.
"Ina tsammanin za a samu kwarin gwiwa a cikin 'yan kwanaki masu zuwa saboda mutane suna ganin cewa muna da matsanancin zafi kuma hanyar sadarwar za ta iya yin aiki cikin sauki," kamar yadda ya fada wa manema labarai ranar Laraba.
Yanayin sanyi ya bazu zuwa El Paso da kuma kan iyaka zuwa Ciudad Juarez na Mexico, inda bakin haure suka yi sansani ko kuma cike matsuguni suna jiran yanke shawara kan ko Amurka za ta dage takunkumin da ya hana mutane da yawa neman mafaka.
A wasu sassan kasar, hukumomi na fargabar katsewar wutar lantarki tare da gargadin mutane da su yi taka-tsan-tsan don kare tsofaffi da marasa matsuguni da dabbobi, da kuma jinkirta balaguro inda zai yiwu.
'Yan sandan jihar Michigan na shirin tura karin jami'ai don taimakawa masu ababen hawa. Tare da Interstate 90 a arewacin Indiana, masana yanayi sun yi gargadi game da guguwar dusar ƙanƙara da za ta fara daga daren Alhamis yayin da ma'aikatan ke shirin share ƙafar dusar ƙanƙara. Kimanin mambobi 150 na National Guard kuma an aika da su taimaka wa matafiya na dusar kankara a Indiana.
Fiye da jirage 1,846 a ciki, zuwa da kuma daga Amurka an soke su har zuwa yammacin ranar alhamis, a cewar shafin yanar gizon sa ido na FlightAware. Kazalika kamfanonin jiragen sama sun soke tashin jirage 931 ranar Juma'a. Filin jirgin saman O'Hare na Chicago da Midway, da kuma filin jirgin sama na Denver, sun ba da rahoton sokewar. Ruwan sama mai daskarewa ya tilasta wa Delta dakatar da tashi daga cibiyarta a Seattle.
A halin yanzu, Amtrak ya soke sabis akan hanyoyi sama da 20, galibi a cikin Midwest. An dakatar da ayyuka tsakanin Chicago da Milwaukee, Chicago da Detroit, da St. Louis, Missouri, da Kansas City saboda Kirsimeti.
A Montana, yanayin zafi ya ragu zuwa digiri 50 a Elk Park, wani dutsen da ke kan Rarraba Nahiyar. Wasu wuraren shakatawa na ski sun ba da sanarwar rufewa saboda tsananin sanyi da iska. Wasu kuma sun gajarta hukuncinsu. An kuma rufe makarantu kuma an bar dubban mutane babu wutar lantarki.
A cikin shahararren dusar ƙanƙara a Buffalo, New York, masu hasashen yanayi sun yi hasashen "guguwar rayuwa ta rayuwa" saboda dusar ƙanƙara da ke kan tafkin, iskar da ke tashi zuwa 65 mph, katsewar wutar lantarki da kuma yiwuwar katsewar wutar lantarki. Magajin garin Buffalo Byron Brown ya ce dokar ta bacin za ta fara aiki ne a ranar Juma'a, inda ake sa ran iskar za ta kai kilomita 70 cikin sa'o'i.
Denver kuma ba baƙo ba ne ga guguwar hunturu: Alhamis ita ce rana mafi sanyi a cikin shekaru 32, tare da yanayin zafi a filin jirgin sama ya ragu zuwa digiri 24 da safe.
Charleston, South Carolina, ya yi gargadin ambaliya a bakin teku a ranar Alhamis. Yankin sanannen wurin yawon bude ido ne saboda sanyin sanyi wanda zai iya daukar iska mai tsananin sanyi da tsananin sanyi.
Jaridar Gazette ce mai zaman kanta, tushen ma'aikaci don labarai na gida, jiha, da na ƙasa a Iowa.
Lokacin aikawa: Dec-30-2022