Miliyoyin mazauna gabar tekun gabashin Ostireliya na shirin yin tasirin guguwar da ke kusa da kudu don yin barazana ga yankin cikin fiye da shekaru hamsin.
Guguwar Tropical Alfred mai karfin kwatankwacin nau’in guguwar Atlantika mai lamba 1 ana sa ran za ta tsallaka gabar tekun kudu da babban birnin Queensland na Brisbane mai dauke da mutane miliyan 2.5 da sanyin safiyar Juma’a mai yuwuwa a cikin ruwan sama mai karfin gaske wanda ke dagula kwanaki masu zuwa na ayyukan gaggawa.
Firayim Minista Anthony Albanese a Brisbane a ranar Laraba ya ce “Wannan lamari ne da ba kasafai ba samun guguwa mai zafi a yankin da ba a ware shi a matsayin wani bangare na wurare masu zafi ba a nan kudu maso gabashin Queensland da arewacin New South Wales (NSW).”
Guguwa ta ƙarshe da ta tsallaka kusa da Brisbane mai irin wannan ƙarfi ita ce Cyclone Zoe a baya a cikin 1974 wacce ta haifar da babbar ambaliyar ruwa a cikin birni da yankin Arewacin Rivers na NSW.
Yawan mutanen Brisbane ya ninka fiye da ninki biyu tun lokacin amma masana sun ce ana iya jin mafi munin Cyclone Alfred a kudancin idon guguwar tare da shahararrun rairayin bakin teku masu yawon bude ido daga Gold Coast zuwa arewacin NSW.
“Ba mu ga wani abu makamancin haka ba tsawon shekaru 50 masu kyau” in ji Darrell Strauss mai binciken kula da bakin teku a Jami’ar Griffith.
“Akwai wuraren da guguwar ta fi ta’azzara sannan akwai wuraren da yawan igiyar ruwa da zaizayar ruwa da ambaliya daga tekun kai tsaye sakamakon igiyar ruwa babbar matsala ce. Don haka mun sami haɗin duk waɗannan daga Brisbane zuwa kogin Arewa (na NSW)” in ji Strauss.
Ya zuwa ranar Laraba guguwar Alfred ta wuce kilomita 400 (mil 250) daga gabar tekun inda take tafiya zuwa yamma da iska mai barna da ta kai kilomita 120 a cikin sa’a guda (mil 75 a cikin sa’a) a cewar Ofishin Kula da Yanayi na Australia (BOM).
Cyclone Alfred na bin yamma zuwa gabar tekun gabashin Ostiraliya.
Ana sa ran rafuka da koguna a arewacin NSW za su yi ambaliya, wanda ke barazanar dawowar da ba a so a cikin al’amuran 2022 lokacin da ruwan sama mai karfi ya ga koguna da dama sun fashe.
Shekaru uku a baya wasu gidajen da ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye har yanzu ba su zama ba kuma jinkirin sake ginawa ya tilasta wa mazauna wurin zama a gidaje na wucin gadi da tantuna na tsawon lokaci fiye da yadda mutane da yawa ke fata.
“Kogunan Arewa sun shiga jahannama a cikin ‘yan shekarun nan. Mun damu musamman game da wasu daga cikin waɗannan al’ummomin “in ji Firayim Ministan NSW Chris Minns ranar Talata.
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