UBarack Obama usexwayise abantu baseMelika ukuthi bathathele phezulu iSiphepho uSandy njengoba iziphathimandla ziqala ukuvala ulwandle olusempumalanga ngaphambi kokufika kwaso.
Izifundazwe eziningi sezimemezele izimo eziphuthumayo, njengoba amashumi ezigidi zabantu abathintekayo njengoba kuvalwe izikole kanye nezinsiza zokuthutha zimisiwe.
Ochwepheshe besaba ukuthi i-Sandy ingase ibe isiphepho esikhulu uma iwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Eminye imihlangano yokhetho isimisiwe, uMnu Obama exwayisa izakhamizi ezithintekayo ukuthi zithobe.
Ukuhambela amazwe ngamazwe kuthinteke kabi. I-Air France, British Airways kanye ne-Virgin Atlantic bamise izindiza zangoMsombuluko eziya futhi zibuya emadolobheni ase-East Coast, okuhlanganisa iNew York, i-Baltimore, i-Newark, i-Washington, i-Boston ne-Philadelphia.
Inyanga egcwele
Ngo-02:00 EDT (06:00 GMT), isiphepho sasibheke enyakatho, iso laso lizungeza cishe amamayela angu-425 (760km) eningizimu-mpumalanga yeDolobha laseNew York, ngokusho kweNational Hurricane Center.
Ngemimoya engu-75mph, iSiphepho uSandy, esibizwa ngokuthi "i-Frankenstorm", kulindeleke ukuthi ilethe isikhukhula "esisongela ukuphila" phakathi nogu lwe-Atlantic, kuhlanganise ne-Long Island Sound ne-New York Harbour.
Imimoya kulindeleke ukuthi iqine uma uSandy ewela noma yikuphi phakathi kweVirginia naseningizimu yeNew England ngoMsombuluko.
Ithemba lokuhlangana nesiphepho sasebusika esivela entshonalanga phakathi nenyanga egcwele linamagagasi amaningi ayingozi asabekayo.
USandy ungamakhilomitha angaba ngu-520 (835km) ububanzi. Lihamba kancane futhi, liya enyakatho-mpumalanga ngebanga elingu-15mph nje kuphela, futhi lingahlala ezifundeni ezingaba ngu-12 amahora angu-24-36, liletha imvula efika ku-25cm, iqhwa elingu-60cm, ukuqubuka kwesiphepho esinamandla kanye nokunqamuka kwamandla.
Izimo eziphuthumayo zimenyezelwe eMaryland, eNew York, ePennsylvania, eVirginia, eWashington DC nasesifundeni esisogwini eNorth Carolina.
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Lokhu kunikeza u-Barack Obama ithuba lokuvela ngaphezu kwezombusazwe futhi abukeke njengomongameli - kodwa noma yikuphi ukwehluleka kungakhuliswa, futhi izinkinga zivame ukusolwa kumongameli "
Abangenele ukhetho lukamongameli ababili baguqule ukuxoxisana kwabo emikhankasweni, uMitt Romney ehoxile emcimbini obuseVirginia kwathi uMnu Obama esula imibuthano eVirginia naseColorado.
Umengameli uhoxile emcimbini wangoMsombuluko e-Ohio - othathwa njengezwe elibalulekile - ukuze abuyele eWashington ukuyoqapha isiphepho - nakuba esazohambela umhlangano nowayenguMengameli uBill Clinton eFlorida ekuqaleni kukaMsombuluko.
Evakashele iFederal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) eWashington ngeSonto, uMnu Obama ufunge wagomela ukuthi uhulumeni wakhe "uzosabela kakhulu futhi aphendule ngokushesha" ngemuva kokudlula kukaSandy.
Inkululeko ibambezelekile
I-Amtrak isiqalile ukumisa izinsiza zezitimela zabagibeli enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-US kanti ukuhamba ngendiza kushayeke kabi, njengoba izindiza ezingaba ngu-6,800 zikhanseliwe.
Umzila ongaphansi komhlaba waseNew York City, izinsiza zamabhasi nezitimela zimisiwe kusukela ngo-19:00 (23:00 GMT) ngeSonto, kanti izikole zovalwa ngoMsombuluko.
Ngokubikezelwa kwesiphepho esifinyelela ku-11ft, iMeya yaseNew York uMichael Bloomberg iyalele abantu abangama-375,000 ezindaweni ezisengozini yedolobha ukuthi bashiye amakhaya abo.
“Uma ungaphumi endaweni awugcini nje ngokubeka impilo yakho engcupheni, ubeka engcupheni izimpilo zalabo abafika kuqala okuzodingeka bakutakule,” usho kanje.
ISitatimende Senkululeko sivulwe kabusha ngeSonto ngemuva konyaka silungiswa, kodwa yiqeqebana lamasosha athola ukuvakasha ngaphambi kokuthi sivalwe futhi kuze kube okungenani ngoLwesithathu.
Abaqaphi Besizwe abangaba ngu-200 bazogada eManhattan kanti abanye abangama-300 bazosatshalaliswa eLong Island.
INew York Stock Exchange izovalwa ngokugcwele ngoMsombuluko, kusho opharetha wayo, futhi ngokunokwenzeka nangoLwesibili.
Ngaphambilini uthe ukuthengiselana nge-elekthronikhi kuzokwenzeka kodwa ngeSonto kumemezele ukuthi kuvalwe ngokugcwele ngoba "izimo eziyingozi ezenzeka ngenxa yeSiphepho uSandy zizokwenza kube nzima kakhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwabantu nemiphakathi yethu".
Izinyathelo ezifanayo zathathwa ngonyaka odlule njengoba iSiphepho u-Irene sisondela oGwini oluseMpumalanga. Ibulale abantu abangaphezu kuka-40 ukusuka eNorth Carolina ukuya eMaine futhi yadala umonakalo olinganiselwa ku-$10bn (£6bn).
'Phuma'
UFema uxwayise ngokuthi lolu songo ludlulela naphakathi nezwe, futhi usekhiphe namathiphu ezokuphepha okuthi ungabhekana kanjani nalesi siphepho.
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Ukungabikho kuka-Romney okuphoqelelwe ogwini lwe-Atlantic kuguqulelwe iqembu lakhe kwaba yinzuzo yakhe engcono kakhulu "
Imimoya enamandla ibivele izwakala eNew York ngeSonto ebusuku futhi ukukhathazeka okuzwakala emigwaqweni kukhombise ukuthi izakhamizi beziyithatha ngokungathi sína imiyalo yedolobha futhi ngokuxhamazela, kusho uMat Danzico weBBC eManhattan.
ENew Jersey, uMbusi uChris Christie uqinisekise inqwaba yokuphuma kwabantu okuphoqelekile, watshela izisebenzi zikahulumeni ukuthi zihlale ekhaya ngoMsombuluko wathi amakhasino ase-Atlantic City avaliwe.
"Isimo sezulu sizoba sibi [ngoMsombuluko] futhi sifuna wonke umuntu aphume emigwaqeni," esho.
“Ungazenzi isilima. Phuma. Ungazami ukuba yiqhawe wenze sengathi akukho okwenzeka lapha.”
Iziphathimandla zaseNew Jersey zilindele izikhukhula ezinkulu, ezinamagagasi amathathu akhuphukayo ngoMsombuluko, okungenzeka adale ukuphakama okungu-13-14ft - okubi kakhulu kusukela ngo-1903, kusho iziphathimandla.
USandy usebulale abantu abangu-60 eCaribbean ngesonto eledlule.
Ingabe usendleleni yeSiphepho uSandy noma usuvele uthintwe yiso? Ungasithumelela okuhlangenwe nakho kwakho usebenzisa ifomu elingezansi.
(Izindaba ze-BBC)
