Imyuzure ikomeye yibasiye ibice bimwe na bimwe byo mu majyaruguru ya Queensland - imvura nyinshi yabujije abantu kuva mu gace kari kagizweho ingaruka n'amazi menshi. Ikirere kibi cyatewe n'inkubi y'umuyaga ya Jasper cyaguye imvura imaze umwaka mu turere tumwe na tumwe. Amashusho agaragaza indege zafatiwe ku kibuga cy'indege cya Cairns, n'ingona ya metero 2.8 yafashwe mu mazi y'umwuzure i Ingham. Abayobozi bahagaritse igikorwa cyo kuvana abaturage 300 ba Wujal Wujal kubera imimerere mibi. Nta muntu wapfuye cyangwa wabuze iratangazwa kugeza ubu. Ariko, abayobozi biteze ko umwuzure uzaba mubi cyane muri iyo ntara, kandi biteganijwe ko imvura ikomeye izakomeza mu masaha 24. Abantu amagana bararokowe - amazu menshi yuzuye, amashanyarazi n'imihanda byarafunzwe n'amazi meza yo kunywa aragabanuka. Umujyi wa Cairns wabonye imvura irenga metero 2 (7ft) kuva iki gikorwa cy'ikirere cyatangira. Ikibuga cy'indege cyawo cyafunzwe nyuma y'uko indege zifatiwe n'imyuzure y'ikibuga cy'indege, nubwo abayobozi bavuga ko amazi yavuyemo. Minisitiri w’Intebe wa Queensland, Steven Miles, yabwiye Ikigo cy’Itangazamakuru cya Ositaraliya (ABC) ko ibiza by’umwimerere “byari bibi cyane nibuka. Yagize ati: “Naganiriye n’abaturage bo muri Cairns… kandi bavuga ko batigeze babona ikintu nk’icyo.” Yagize ati: “Kugira ngo umuntu uturutse mu majyaruguru ya Queensland avuge ibyo, mu by’ukuri ni ikintu bivuze.” Ikarita ya BBC igaragaza imvura yose yaguye mu majyaruguru ya Queensland mu cyumweru cyo kugeza ku ya 18 Ukuboza, aho ubushyuhe bwa mm 400 bwakiriwe hafi ya Cairns na Wujal Wujal Imvura yabujije abantu kwimuka. Mu mujyi wa Wujal Wujal uri kure, hafi kilometero 175 (ibilometero 110) mu majyaruguru ya Cairns, abantu icyenda barimo n'umwana urwaye baraye hejuru y'ibitaro nyuma y'uko abakozi b'ubutabazi batashoboye kubageraho. Itsinda ryimuriwe ahandi hantu kuwa mbere, ariko Bwana Miles yavuze ko yahatiwe guhagarika kwimuka kw'abandi batuye mu mujyi kubera ikirere kibi. Hari ikindi kigeragezo kizakorwa kuwa kabiri mu gitondo ku isaha yo mu gace nk'uko ABC yabitangaje. Abasigaye bose bari "batekanye kandi bari ahantu hirengeye", nk'uko byatangajwe na Komiseri wungirije wa Queensland, Shane Chelepy. Bwana Miles yari yabanje kugaragaza "impungenge ku bijyanye n'amazi yo kunywa, ibijyanye n'amazi mabi, amashanyarazi n'itumanaho, imihanda - imihanda myinshi irafunze kandi ntabwo dushobora kubona ubufasha mu kirere". Abateganyaga imvura bavuze ko imvura nyinshi izakomeza mu gihe kinini cya mbere kandi igahurirana n'umuraba mwinshi, bigatuma ingaruka ku abaturage batuye mu duce duto. Nubwo biteganijwe ko imvura izatangira kugabanuka kuwa kabiri, imigezi ntiragera ku rwego rwo hejuru kandi izakomeza kuzura iminsi myinshi. Indege za Joseph Dietz zarohamye ku kibuga cy'indege cya Cairns Imyuzure ya Joseph Dietz yibasiye ahantu henshi mu majyaruguru ya Queensland, harimo n'ikibuga cy'indege cya Cairns.
Biteganijwe ko imigezi myinshi izarenga amateka yashyizweho mu gihe cy’umwuzure mu 1977. Urugero, uruzi rwa Daintree rwamaze kurenza amateka ya mbere ho metero 2, nyuma yo kugwa imvura ya 820mm mu masaha 24.
Abayobozi ba leta batekereza ko umubare w'abaguye muri iyo mpanuka uzarenga miliyari imwe y'amadolari (miliyoni 529 z'amapawundi; miliyoni 670 z'amadolari).
Mu myaka yashize, Ositaraliya y'Iburasirazuba yibasiwe n'imyuzure ikunze kugaragara, kandi ubu iki gihugu kirimo guhura n'ikibazo cy'ikirere cya El Nino, gikunze kugaragara nk'inkongi z'umuriro n'inkubi y'umuyaga.
Mu myaka ya vuba aha, Ositaraliya yibasiwe n’ibiza byinshi - amapfa akomeye n’inkongi z’umuriro, imyuzure y’imyaka myinshi yikurikiranya, hamwe n’ibintu bitandatu byagiye bihinduka ku bwinshi ku Kiyaga cya Great Barrier Reef.
Raporo iheruka y’Ihuriro ry’Ibihugu bya Afurika (IPCC) rigaragaza ko hazaza ibiza birushaho kwiyongera, keretse hafashwe ingamba zihutirwa zo guhagarika imihindagurikire y’ikirere.
Igihe cyo kohereza ubutumwa: 23 Nzeri 2024