Ambaliyar ruwa da ba a taba gani ba ta kashe mutane 341 a Afirka ta Kudu

Yayin da tituna da gadoji a kudu maso gabashin Afirka ta Kudu ambaliyar ruwan da ba a taba ganin irin ta ba a wannan mako ta tafi, masu aikin ceto na cikin gida sun yi ta gwabzawa don kai kayayyaki a fadin birnin Durban, inda mazauna yankin suka kasance ba su da wutar lantarki ko ruwan fanfo tsawon kwanaki hudun da suka gabata.

A yau, adadin wadanda suka mutu sakamakon ambaliyar ya haura 341, yayin da masu aikin ceto suka bazu a birnin Durban da ke kudu maso gabashin kasar, a wani yanayi na neman wadanda suka tsira da rayukansu.

A cewar Sihle Zikalala, firaminista na KwaZulu-Natal, adadin mutane 40,723 ne bala’in ya shafa inda ya zuwa yanzu an samu asarar rayuka 341.

Sihle Zikalala ya ce "Matsayin barnar rayuwar bil'adama, kayayyakin more rayuwa, da kuma hanyar sadarwar sabis a lardin ba a taba ganin irinsa ba."

Gwamnati dai ba ta bayar da bayanin adadin mutanen da suka bata ba. Zikalla ya yi hasashen cewa kudirin barnar zai kai biliyoyin Rand.

Kwana daya bayan da ruwan sama ya lafa, an samu raguwar wadanda suka tsira, in ji darektan kungiyar agaji ta Rescue South Africa. Daga kiran waya 85 a ranar Alhamis, ya ce tawagarsa sun gano gawarwaki kawai.

Shugaban kasar Afirka ta Kudu Cyril Ramaphosa ya ayyana yankin a matsayin wani yanayi na bala'i domin bude kudaden agaji. Hukumomin kasar sun ce sun kafa matsuguni 17 don daukar fiye da mutane 2,100 da suka rasa matsugunansu.

Ramaphosa ya bayyana bala'in a matsayin "mummunan bala'i mai yawa," ya kara da cewa "ba shakka wani bangare ne na sauyin yanayi."

Ita ma gwamnatin lardin KwaZulu-Natal ta yi kira ga jama'a da su kai agaji, inda ta bukaci jama'a da su ba da gudummawar kayan abinci marasa lalacewa, ruwan kwalba, tufafi da barguna.

Masana yanayi sun ce wasu yankunan sun sami fiye da 45cm (inci 18) a cikin sa'o'i 48, wanda ya kai kusan rabin ruwan sama na Durban na shekara-shekara na 101cm (inci 40).

Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Afirka ta Kudu ta yi gargadin a karshen mako na Ista game da tsawa da ambaliyar ruwa a yankin KwaZulu-Natal da makwabciyarta Free State da Eastern Cape.

Afirka ta Kudu na ci gaba da fafutukar ganin ta murmure daga cutar ta COVID-350 da ta shafe shekaru biyu tana fama da tashe tashen hankula a shekarar da ta gabata wacce ta kashe mutane sama da XNUMX.