Kuri uyu wa mbere tariki ya 13 werurwe 2023, inkubi y’umuyaga Freddy, yagarukanye umuyaga mwinshi n’imvura idasanzwe, yahitanye byibuze abantu 70 muri Malawi na Mozambike ubwo yagarukaga ku mugabane wa Afurika y’Epfo.
Nk’uko Croix-Rouge ibitangaza ngo imirambo irenga 60 yabonetse ku manywa mu majyepfo ya Malawi aho imvura nyinshi yateje umwuzure.
Umuryango w’ubutabazi ufasha mu bikorwa byo gushakisha no gutabara ku rubuga rwa Twitter, “Abantu mirongo itandatu na batandatu bapfiriye muri Malawi, 93 barakomereka naho abantu 16 baburirwa irengero kubera inkubi y’umuyaga witwa Freddy.“
Abandi bayobozi bavuga ko abandi bane bapfiriye mu gihugu cy’abaturanyi cya Mozambike.
Isuzuma ry’ibyangiritse riracyari gukorwa, ikigo cy’igihugu cya Mozambike gishinzwe imicungire y’ibiza (INGD) kivuga ko kugwa kw’umuyaga wa kabiri w’umuyaga mu gihugu byari bibi cyane kuruta uko byari byitezwe.
Umuyobozi wa INGD, Luisa Meque, yagize ati: “Umubare w’abantu bahuye n’ikibazo wari hejuru y’ibiteganijwe.”
Freddy, inkubi y’umuyaga ikomeye mu nzira yo kuba ndende cyane ku rutonde, yanyuze muri Afurika y’Epfo mu mpera z’icyumweru ku nshuro ya kabiri mu byumweru bike, agaruka nyuma yo kwibasirwa bwa mbere mu mpera za Gashyantare.
Muri Malawi, umujyi wa Blantyre wagize ingaruka mbi cyane, umuvugizi wa polisi mu karere, Beatrice Mikuwa, avuga ko imirambo 36 yatoraguwe mu mujyi wa Chilobwe wibasiwe cyane, amazu menshi yogejwe.
Mikuwa ati: “Ibikorwa byo gutabara biracyakomeza ariko birabangamiwe n’imvura idahwema guhagarara“.
Richard Duwa w’imyaka 38, yavuze ko umuryango wa muramu we watwawe n’umwuzure.
Umwanditsi wa leta, Duwa, yatangarije AFP ati: “Twabonye telefoni y’abaturanyi ahagana mu ma saa tanu za mu gitondo kugira ngo tuvuge ko ‘umubano wawe wogejwe n’imvura. Ikibabaje ni uko tumaze kubona umurambo umwe, umuhungu muto, ariko bane basigaye ntibaboneka.”
Guverinoma ya Malawi yategetse amashuri yo mu turere icumi two mu majyepfo gukomeza gufungwa kugeza ku wa gatatu, biteganijwe ko imvura n’umuyaga bizakomeza kwibasira amajyepfo y’igihugu.
Isosiyete y’indege ya Malawi Airlines yavuze ko indege zose zerekeza Blantyre zahagaritswe kugeza igihe zizamenyeshwa nyuma yuko indege yinjiye mu kirere kibi hagati y’indege maze ihatirwa gusubira ku murwa mukuru Lilongwe.
Freddy yageze mu gihugu kidafite inkombe mu gitondo cyo kuri uyu wa mbere nyuma yo gukandagira muri Mozambike muri wikendi.
Nk’uko umuyobozi w’akarere Moura Xavier abitangaza ngo muri Mozambique, byibuze abantu batatu bapfiriye i Namacura, umujyi wo mu ntara ya Zambezia rwagati.
Undi umwe yavuzwe ko yapfuye mu mpera z’icyumweru, nyuma yuko inzu iguye mu karere kegereye Zalala.
Biteganijwe ko umubare w’abapfuye uziyongera, kubera ko abayobozi bakoraga kugira ngo bagere mu turere twose twibasiwe.
Umuyobozi w’ishami rishinzwe kuzimya umuriro muri Zambezia, Andre Tazingua ati: “Dushyira imbere gutabara abantu no gukuraho imirambo idafite ubuzima. Nta mibare dufite. Icy’ingenzi ni ubufasha dutanga kandi tuzakomeza gukora.“
Guy Taylor, umuvugizi w’ikigo cy’umuryango w’abibumbye cyita ku bana UNICEF, yavuze ko ku wa mbere imvura yagabanutse ariko umujyi wa Quelimane wibasiwe cyane na Mozambique ukomeje kutabona amazi meza.
Yavuze ko umwuzure wibasiye uduce tw’umujyi. Kuri telefoni Taylor yagize ati: “Hariho byinshi byangiritse. Mu byaro byinshi, amazu menshi arasenyuka rwose“.
Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku bumenyi bw’ikirere (WMO) rivuga ko Freddy washinze mu majyaruguru y’uburengerazuba bwa Ositaraliya mu cyumweru cya mbere Gashyantare, yari agiye kuba inkubi y’umuyaga ndende ndende mu gihe kirekire.
Yambutse inyanja yose y’amajyepfo y’Ubuhinde maze iturika Madagasikari kuva ku ya 21 Gashyantare mbere yo kugera muri Mozambike ku ya 24 Gashyantare.
Dukurikije ibyo abahanga mu bumenyi bw’ikirere bavuga ko ari inzira idasanzwe, Freddy yahise asubira muri Madagasikari mbere yo kwerekeza muri Mozambike. Taylor yavuze ko agarutse byatwaye umuyaga mwinshi n’imvura.
Muri rusange, Freddy kugeza ubu yishe byibuze abantu 97 muri Malawi, 14 muri Mozambike na 17 muri Madagasikari.
Inkubi y’umuyaga ya nyuma yambutse inyanja y’amajyepfo y’Ubuhinde ni Tropical Cyclone Leon-Eline na Hudah mu 2000.
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