Umuyoboro w'amazi wangiritse usuka amazi mu kirere mu muhanda wo muri Montreal, ku wa gatanu tariki ya 16 Kanama 2024, utera umwuzure mu mihanda myinshi yo muri ako gace.
MONTREAL - Amazu agera ku 150.000 yo muri Montreal yashyizwe mu kato k'amazi abira ku wa gatanu nyuma y'uko umuyoboro w'amazi wangiritse uhinduka "geyser" yahinduye imihanda imigezi, igahagarika imodoka ndetse igatuma abantu bava mu nyubako zuzuye amazi.
Meya wa Montreal, Valérie Plante, yavuze ko abaturage benshi bo mu burasirazuba bw'umujyi babyutse ahagana saa kumi n'ebyiri za mu gitondo bakirwa n'abazimya umuriro babasaba kuva mu ngo zabo kubera ibyago by'umwuzure uturutse ku muyoboro w'amazi wo munsi y'ubutaka wamenetse hafi y'ikiraro cya Jacques Cartier.
Abatangabuhamya bavuze ko ubwo amazi yari asagambye cyane, “urukuta rw’amazi” rufite uburebure bwa metero 10 rwari rwaguye mu butaka, rusendereza mu gace katuwe cyane. Abaturage bambaye inkweto za kabutura maze banyura mu mazi yatembaga mu mihanda ndetse bazenguruka mu bidendezi mu masaha agera kuri atanu n’igice byatwaye kugira ngo amazi ahagarike burundu.
Plante yavuze ko saa 11:45 za mu gitondo ibintu byari "biri mu nzira y'uburinzi," kandi umuyobozi ushinzwe serivisi z'amazi mu mujyi yavuze ko abakozi bashoboye gufunga valve bityo umuvuduko mu muyoboro w'amazi waragabanutse. Ariko, umujyi watanze inama yo kubira amazi yakwirakwiriye igice kinini cy'amajyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bw'ikirwa.
Plante yagize ati: “Inkuru nziza ni uko ibintu byose biri mu murongo. Tuzagomba gusana umuyoboro, ariko ntabwo tugifite amazi angana n’ayo twabonye muri iki gitondo… kandi mu rwego rwo kwirinda, hazabaho inama zo kwirinda amazi abira.”
Mbere y'uwo munsi, abayobozi bavuze ko bitewe n'igabanuka ry'imiyoboro y'amazi mu mujyi ifite uburebure bwa kilometero 4.000, nta kibazo cy'umutekano cyari gihari ku bijyanye n'amazi yo kunywa mu karere kari karuzura. Ariko nyuma y'isaha imwe, bavuze ko babonye igabanuka ry'umuvuduko w'amazi mu gice cy'umuyoboro, bityo bakaba barashakaga gupima ingero z'amazi kugira ngo barebe neza ko nta kibazo cyari gihari.
Abayobozi bavuze ko inkomoko y’umwuzure ari umuyoboro ufite umurambararo urenga metero ebyiri washyizweho mu 1985, basobanuye ko kaburimbo na sima biri hejuru y’igice cy’umuyoboro cyangiritse bigomba gucukurwa mbere yuko bamenya uburemere bw’ikibazo.
Lyman Zhu yavuze ko yabyutse yumva imvura isa n’iy’“imvura nyinshi” maze areba mu idirishya rye abona “urukuta rw’amazi” rwari rufite uburebure bwa metero 10 n’ubugari bw’umuhanda. Yagize ati: “Byari bitangaje.”
Maxime Carignan Chagnon yavuze ko "urukuta runini rw'amazi" rwatembye mu gihe cy'amasaha abiri. Amazi yatembaga yari "akomeye cyane," nk'uko yabivuze, asuka mu gihe yakubitaga ku nkingi z'amatara n'ibiti. "Byari bitangaje cyane."
Yavuze ko amazi agera kuri metero ebyiri yakusanyirijwe mu cyumba cye cyo munsi y'ubutaka.
Yagize ati: “Numvise ko hari abantu bafite byinshi cyane.”
Martin Guilbault, umuyobozi w’ishami rishinzwe kuzimya umuriro muri Montreal, yavuze ko abantu bagomba kwirinda aka gace kari kazuye kugeza igihe abayobozi batanze uburenganzira bwo kugaruka.
Yagize ati: “Kuba amazi ari make ntibivuze ko imirimo irangiye,” asobanura ko ibice bimwe by’imihanda bishobora kwangirika bigatuma amazi yose yasutse hejuru yayo.
Abashinzwe kuzimya umuriro ntibatanze umubare uhamye w'abantu bakuwe mu byabo, babwiye abanyamakuru ko abakozi basuye inyubako zose zagizweho ingaruka kandi bakareba ko abantu bose bafite umutekano. Guilbault yavuze mbere gato ya saa sita ko abazimya umuriro bari bagikomeza kujya mu nzu ku nzu, bavoma mu byumba byo munsi y'ubutaka. Yavuze ko bari basuye aderesi 100 zinjiramo amazi muri icyo gihe, ariko rimwe na rimwe amazi yari mu magaraje aho kuba mu mazu yo guturamo.
Abayobozi b'umujyi bavuze ko Croix-Rouge irimo guhura n'abaturage bagizweho ingaruka kandi igatanga ubufasha ku batashoboye guhita basubira iwabo.
Uruganda rutanga amazi rwo muri Quebec rwagabanyije amashanyarazi mu gace kagize ikibazo nk'uburyo bwo kwirinda, rusiga abakiriya bagera ku 14.000 badafite amashanyarazi.
Imvura igwa mu gihe abantu benshi bo muri Montreal no muri Quebec bakomeje gusukura amazu yo munsi y’ubutaka yuzuye amazi nyuma y’uko ibice bimwe by’intara byahuye n’imvura ya milimetero 200 ku wa gatanu ushize.
Minisitiri w’Intebe François Legault yemeje ku wa Gatanu ko intara izagura gahunda yayo y’ubufasha ku bahuye n’ibiza, ikubiyemo n’abantu bafite amazu yuzuye amazi igihe imiyoboro yabo y’amazi yasubiraga mu gihe cy’inkubi y’umuyaga, aho kugabanya uburenganzira bwo kwangirika kwatewe n’imyuzure yo ku butaka.
Minisitiri w’umutekano wa rubanda François Bonnardel yabwiye abanyamakuru i Montreal ko ibintu birimo kugenda neza nyuma y’umwuzure wo mu cyumweru gishize, ariko imihanda 20 iracyagomba gusanwa naho abantu 36 basigaye bava mu mazu yabo.
Dushobora gutanga uburyo bwo kugenzura umuvuduko w'amazi mu buryo bwa radar ku bintu bitandukanye nko mu miyoboro yo munsi y'ubutaka, imiyoboro ifunguye na DAMS, kugira ngo ubashe gukurikirana amakuru mu buryo nyabwo.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Kanama-19-2024