Korar otal ɗin Ahwahnee ya tilastawa rockfall

Masanan ilimin kasa suna sa ido kan tsaunin da ke bayan Otal din Ahwahnee na Yosemite National Park, bayan da aka harba duwatsu daga ginin Royal Arches ya tilasta korar baki 300 a ranar Laraba.

Masanan ilimin kasa suna sa ido kan tsaunin da ke bayan Otal din Ahwahnee na Yosemite National Park, bayan da aka harba duwatsu daga ginin Royal Arches ya tilasta korar baki 300 a ranar Laraba.

Duwatsun da ke fadowa, wasu masu girman kai kamar tanda microwave, sun yi kasa a kalla taku 100 daga gindin dutsen zuwa wurin ajiye motoci na valet, inda motoci da dama suka lalace, in ji kakakin wurin shakatawa Scott Gediman. Ba a samu rahoton jikkata ba.

Gediman ya ce: "Duk abin yana da laushi a yanzu. "Mun nemi mutane da su tafi don yin taka tsantsan yayin da masana kimiyyar kasa ke bincike."

Kurar dusar ƙanƙarar, wadda ta fara da misalin tsakar rana, ta ɗan rufe idanunta na ɗan lokaci na Half Dome.

Baƙi na otal mai dakuna 125 mai tarihi an umurce su zuwa lawn kudu da ke bayan otal ɗin yayin da masana kimiyyar ƙasa suka duba kwanciyar hankali kuma suka tantance yiwuwar faɗuwar duwatsu. Gediman ya yi tsammanin za a bar su su koma dakunansu da yamma.

Rockfall wani haɗari ne mai yuwuwar haɗari a cikin wurin shakatawa da aka kafa lokacin da glaciers ke ja da baya suna yanke gyare-gyaren ban mamaki daga ƙaƙƙarfan dutsen dutse. Hasumiya ta Royal Arches tana da ƙafa 1,600 a bayan Ahwahnee, wani katafaren otal mai salon fasaha da sana'a tare da ra'ayoyi masu ban mamaki na Half Dome, Yosemite Falls da Glacier Point.

A watan Oktoba jami'an gandun dajin sun rufe kashi daya bisa uku na kauyen Curry dake karkashin Glacier Point bayan kwatankwacin motocin juji 570 sun afka cikin gidaje 17 tare da tilasta kwashe matasa sama da 150 a balaguro. Babu wanda ya samu mummunan rauni.

Ƙauyen Curry na ƙarni shine mafi kyawun masaukin dangi a cikin wurin shakatawa, wanda ya ƙunshi ɗakuna, shaguna da gidajen cin abinci waɗanda wani kamfani na waje ke gudanarwa.

Wani labarin da kamfanin dillancin labarai na Associated Press ya bayar a bara ya ce masana kimiyyar kasa sun yi gargadin akalla shekaru goma cewa fuskar Glacier Point sama da kauyen na da hadari. Duk da mutuwar mutane biyu da karuwa da yawa da kuma tsananin rugujewar duwatsu tun 1996, jami'an wurin shakatawa sun yi jinkirin daukar mataki.

Gediman ya amince a ranar Laraba cewa rugujewar wani abu ne mai yuwuwar hatsari kuma wani abu ne da masana kimiyyar kasa suka sanya ido a kai.

"Yosemite ya ci gaba da fama da girgizar kasa kuma dutsen ya ci gaba da kasancewa wani bangare na ci gaba da ci gaban kwarin Yosemite," in ji shi.

ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:

  • In October park officials permanently closed one-third of Curry Village under Glacier Point after the equivalent of 570 dump trucks of rock hit 17 cabins and forced the evacuation of more than 150 youngsters on a field trip.
  • A series of falling rocks, some as large as microwave ovens, tumbled at least 100 feet from the base of the cliff and into the valet parking lot, where several cars were damaged, park spokesman Scott Gediman said.
  • Guests of the historic 125-room hotel were directed to the south lawn behind the hotel while geologists checked the stability and assessed the likelihood that more rocks would fall.

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Linda Hohnholz

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