Amanzi ezikhukhula achithekile futhi avala umgwaqo omkhulu oseningizimu yomngcele weCanada ne-US, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi uhulumeni waseManitoba ememezele isixwayiso samanzi amaningi eningizimu yesifundazwe.
I-I-29, esukela emngceleni oseningizimu inqamule eNyakatho Dakota, ivaliwe ngoLwesine ebusuku ngenxa yezikhukhula, ngokusho koMnyango Wezokuthutha eNyakatho Dakota.
Cishe ibanga elingamakhilomitha angama-40, ukusuka eManvel - enyakatho nje yeGrand Forks - kuya eGrafton, ND, lithintwa ukuvalwa, kanye neminye imigwaqo ephuma ku-I-29.
Umgwaqo ochezukela enyakatho ekuphumeni kweManvel uqala e-US 81 futhi ujike ubheke enyakatho ngaseGrafton, bese usempumalanga ku-ND 17, lapho abashayeli bengagcina bebuyele ku-I-29, kusho umnyango.
I-detour ebheke eningizimu iqala ekuphumeni kwase-Grafton futhi ilandele u-ND 17 entshonalanga ukuya e-Grafton, ngaphambi kokujikela eningizimu ku-US 81 futhi ihlangane ne-I-29.
Abasebenzi boMnyango WezokuThutha baqale ukufaka umgoqo wezikhukhula okwazi ukumelana nezikhukhula ku-I-29 ngoLwesine.
Umfula obomvu kulindeleke ukuthi ugcwale eGrand Forks ngoLwesihlanu futhi kungakapheli u-Ephreli 17 eduze nomngcele, ngokusho kwe-US National Weather Service.
Ukulungiswa kwezikhukhula sekuvele kuyaqhubeka e-Manitoba, njengoba i-crest ehlongozwayo ye-Red ingaba phezulu phakathi kuka-19 no-19.5 wamafidi e-James, okuyisilinganiso sokuphakama komfula ku-James Avenue e-Winnipeg. Lelo zinga lizohlanganisa isikhukhula esisesilinganisweni.
Uhulumeni waseManitoba uvule i-Red River Floodway ngoLwesine ebusuku ngemuva kokukhipha isexwayiso samanzi amaningi eMfuleni iRed, ukusuka e-Emerson kuya ehobheni lezikhukhula eningizimu yeWinnipeg.
I-Manitoba Infrastructure ilinganisela ukuthi okubomvu kuzoqala eduze kwase-Emerson phakathi kuka-April 15 no-18. Isifundazwe sikhiphe ukuqagela okulandelayo kwe-Red kwezinye izingxenye ze-Manitoba:
Bryce Hoye is an award-winning journalist and science writer with a background in wildlife biology and interests in courts, social justice, health and more. He is the Prairie rep for OutCBC. Story idea? Email bryce.hoye@cbc.ca.
Kubaluleke kakhulu ku-CBC ukwakha iwebhusayithi efinyeleleka kubo bonke abantu baseCanada okuhlanganisa nabantu abanezinselele zokubona, zokuzwa, zezimoto nezokuqonda.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-09-2020