Purezidenti wa US Barack Obama adayendera gombe la New Jersey Lachitatu Lachitatu, ndikuwuza anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo kuti boma liwathandiza "kwanthawi yayitali."
Motsagana ndi Bwanamkubwa wa chigawo Chris Christie, a Obama adayesetsa kutsimikizira anthu mamiliyoni ambiri okhala mumzinda wa New Jersey komanso madera ena aku New York. Iye anati “tikumva chisoni ndi mabanja amene anataya okondedwa awo,” ndipo analonjeza kuti “tidzatsatira malangizo onse amene mungafune kuti mumangenso.”
Purezidenti adatinso makampani othandizira ochokera kutali monga California adalonjeza kuti athandiza. Iye adati alamula ndege zoyendera zankhondo kuti zisunthire zida ndi ogwira nawo ntchito kuderali kuchokera kumadera ena mdziko muno mwachangu.
Pakadali pano, New York's Bellevue Hospital Center, yogwiritsa ntchito magetsi osakhazikika, idatulutsa odwala mazana angapo Lachitatu. Maola angapo m'mbuyomu, Langone Medical Center yaku New York University idayambanso kusamuka pomwe majenereta osunga zobwezeretsera pamalowo adalepheranso.
Pafupi, asitikali a National Guard adasuntha Lachitatu kuti apulumutse anthu masauzande ambiri okhala ku Hoboken, New Jersey omwe adakali otsekeredwa ndi madzi osefukira mumzinda pamtsinje wa Hudson.
Chisankho chapurezidenti chisanakwane sabata imodzi, wopikisana naye waku Republican Mitt Romney - yemwe akuchita kampeni ku Florida - adapempha othandizira kuti achite zomwe angathe kuti athandizire thandizo.
“Anthu ku America konse [aku]sonkhanitsa thandizo lawo mwanjira iliyonse yomwe angathe kuti athandize anthu omwe akumana ndi tsokali. Choncho, chonde, ngati muli ndi dola yoonjezera kapena ziwiri zitumizireni ndikusunga anthu omwe akhala pachiwopsezo… m'malingaliro ndi mapemphero anu. Timasonkhana nthawi ngati izi,” adatero Romney.
Anthu mamiliyoni makumi ambiri ku New Jersey, New York ndi Connecticut Lachitatu adawona zochitika zachiwonongeko zomwe sizinawonekere m'dera lomwe lili ndi anthu ambiri. Ozimitsa moto ku New Jersey ndi ena ogwira ntchito yopulumutsa adalepheretsedwa ndi matani a zinyalala zoyandama pomwe amayesa kulimbana ndi moto wambiri wa gasi m'tawuni yotchinga pachilumba cha Mantoloking, komwe nyumba zingapo zidawotchedwa masiku awiri apitawa.
Kutali kutali, ku New York City, anthu anachita zonse zomwe angathe kuti abwerere kuntchito.
Meya wa mzinda wa New York a Michael Bloomberg anali ku New York Stock Exchange pa Wall Street kuti alize belu lotsegulira. Aka ndi koyamba kuti amalonda abwerere kuntchito kuchokera pamene mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Sandy inazungulira dera lonselo, ndikusefukira mbali zina za njanji zotchuka za mumzindawu.
Akuluakulu akuti mwina padutsa masiku angapo sitima zapansi panthaka ziyambanso kugwira ntchito. Koma ma eyapoti awiri mwa atatu aku New York akuyamba ntchito zochepa, pomwe yachitatu - LaGuardia Airport - idatsekedwa chifukwa chakuwonongeka kwamadzi.
Ma eyapoti, njanji, ndi mayendedwe apagulu m'mizinda ina ku Eastern Seaboard akuyambiranso ntchito.
Mphepo yamkunthoyi yachititsa chidwi kwambiri ku Vatican komwe Papa Benedict XVI anapereka mapemphero ndi chipepeso kwa anthu amene akhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi.
Sandy wapha anthu osachepera 45 ku North America, ndi anthu ena 65 ku Caribbean sabata yatha asanayang'ane United States.
(VOA)
