Mutane 42 ne suka mutu a karshen mako a kasar Portugal a lokacin da ambaliyar ruwa da zabtarewar kasa suka mamaye kauyukan da ke gefen tsaunuka da kuma garuruwan gabar teku a tsibirin Madeira. A yau hukumomi suna ta kokarin gyara magudanar ruwa da kuma kwashe tarkace. Tawagar ceto sun yi amfani da karnuka masu yawan kashe wuta wajen neman akalla mutane hudu da suka bata.
Ma'aikata a Funchal, babban birnin kasar, sun fitar da ruwa daga wani wurin ajiye motoci na karkashin kasa na kantuna, inda suke fargabar samun karin gawarwaki. Matakan kuri'a biyu sun nutse a ranar Asabar, lokacin da ruwan sama na wata daya ya sauka a cikin sa'o'i takwas kacal.
Wani titi da ke kusa da shi ya cika da motoci cike da ƙasa da tarin kasidu da aka yi amfani da su azaman tsakuwa ta cikin laka. Anais Fernandes, ma’aikacin kantin sayar da kayayyaki, ya bayyana ganin ruwan yana buga wata gada.
"Mutane suna wucewa, kuma kun fara jin kururuwa," kamar yadda ta fada wa Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Associated Press. “Kowa yana gudu tare. Abin ban tsoro ne.”
Tawagar masu aikin ceto sun tona motoci daga tudun ruwa domin ganin ko akwai wani a ciki. Karnukan maharba sun zazzage tarkacen da ke toshe tituna. Ma’aikatan agajin gaggawa sun yi amfani da na’urar buda-bude da na’urar daukar kaya na gaba wajen cire tarin laka da aka yi wa bishiya, duwatsu da kuma bishiyu masu tsinke daga magudanar ruwa da koguna, da fatan za su hanzarta kwararar ruwa.
Magajin garin Funchal Miguel Albuquerque ya ce "Mun shafe sa'o'i 48 muna tafiya a hankali kuma za mu ci gaba har sai an kammala aikin."
Jama'ar yankin sun kasance cikin tashin hankali yayin da shawa ta shiga ciki, tare da zubar da ruwa mai yawa a kan tsaunin tuddai.
Shugabar kula da yawon bude ido da sufuri na yankin Conceicao Estudante, ta shaidawa taron manema labarai cewa, har yanzu ba a gano mutane 18 da abin ya shafa ba. Ta roki yan uwa da su je dakin ajiye gawa na wucin gadi a filin jirgin Funchal.
Mambobi bakwai na iyali mai mutum takwas sun mutu a lokacin da aka tafi da gidansu da ke gefen tsauni, kamar yadda kafar yada labarai ta Radiotelevisao Portuguesa ta ruwaito.
Jami’ai sun ce mutane 18 daga cikin 151 da aka kwantar a babban asibitin Funchal na ci gaba da samun kulawa. Wasu mutane 150 ba su da matsuguni.
Rui Pereira, ministan harkokin cikin gida, ya ce a Lisbon gwamnati na aikewa da kaso na biyu na agaji zuwa tsibirin.
Wani jirgin jigilar sojoji yana kan hanyarsa zuwa Madeira tare da karin karnuka masu sanki, manyan kayan aikin famfo da kayan aiki ga ma'aikatan soji don maye gurbin hanyoyin da gadoji da suka rushe, in ji Pereira. Ya ce har yanzu ana kirga bukatun kudi na Madeira.
Madeira, sanannen wurin yawon buɗe ido, shine babban tsibiri na tsibiri na Portugal mai suna iri ɗaya a cikin Tekun Atlantika kusa da nisan mil 300 (kilomita 480) daga gabar yammacin Afirka.
Gwamnatin Portugal ta sanar da zaman makoki na kwanaki uku ga wadanda bala'in Madeira ya rutsa da su.
