Vanhu makumi mana nevaviri vakaurayiwa mukupera kwevhiki muPortugal apo mafashamo anopisa nokukoromoka kwevhu zvakapfuura nomumisha iri mumakomo nemataundi ari mumhenderekedzo yegungwa pachitsuwa cheMadeira. Nhasi zviremera zviri kutatarika kugadzirisa madhini emvura uye kubvisa tsvina. Mapoka ekununura akashandisa imbwa dzinofema kutsvaga vanhu vanosvika vana vachiri vasipo.
Vashandi vemuguta guru, Funchal, vakapomba mvura munzvimbo yekupaka yepasi penzvimbo yezvitoro, kwavaityira kuti vangangowana mimwe miviri. Matanho maviri emujenya akanyudzwa neMugovera, apo kunaya kwemwedzi wakajairika kwakanaya mumaawa masere chete.
Mugwagwa waiva pedyo wakanga wakazara motokari dzakazadzwa nevhu uye mirwi yemabhuku aishandiswa sematombo okutsika mumadhaka. Anais Fernandes, mushandi wemuchitoro, akatsanangura achiona mvura ichirovera zambuko.
"Vanhu vaiyambuka, uye wakatanga kunzwa mhere," akaudza Associated Press Television News. “Munhu wose aimhanya pamwe chete. Zvaityisa.”
Mapoka evanunura akachera motokari mumatope kuti vaone kana mukati maiva nemunhu. Imbwa dzinofembedza dzakatsvaira marara avhara migwagwa. Vashandi vekukurumidzira vakashandisa mabulldozer uye kutakura-mberi kubvisa matani ematope ane makeke, matombo uye miti yakatsemurwa kubva mumigero nenzizi, vachitarisira kukurumidza kuyerera kwemvura.
"Tanga tichienda kunze kwemaawa makumi mana nemasere uye ticharamba tichienda kusvika basa rapera," meya weFunchal Miguel Albuquerque akadaro.
Vagari vomunzvimbomo vakanga vachinetseka sezvo mvura yaitsvairwa mukati, ichirasa mvura yakawanda mujinga mezvikomo.
Conceicao Estudante, mukuru wedunhu rekushanya nekufambiswa kwezvifambiso, akaudza musangano wenhau kuti vanhu gumi nevasere vanga vasati vazivikanwa. Akakumbira nhengo dzemhuri kuti dziende kumochari kuFunchal airport.
Nhengo nomwe dzemhuri ine vanhu vasere dzakafa pakakukurwa imba yavo yemujinga megomo, nhepfenyuro yeruzhinji Radiotelevisao Portuguesa yakashuma.
Vakuru vakati vanhu gumi nevasere ve18 vakapinzwa muchipatara chikuru cheFunchal vachiri kurapwa. Vanhu vanenge 151 vakanga vasina pokugara.
Rui Pereira, Minister for Internal Administration, akati muLisbon hurumende iri kutumira chikamu chechipiri chekubatsira kuchitsuwa.
Ndege yekutakura mauto yaienda kuMadeira iine imbwa dzakawanda, midziyo yekupomba ine simba guru uye midziyo yemasapper emauto kutsiva migwagwa yakadonha nemabhiriji, Pereira akadaro. Vati mari yaVaMadeira ichiri kuverengwa.
Madeira, inzvimbo ine mukurumbira yekushanya, ndicho chitsuwa chikuru chezvitsuwa zvechiPutukezi zvine zita rimwe chete muAtlantic Ocean inopfuura mamaira mazana matatu (300 makiromita) kubva kumahombekombe ekumadokero kweAfrica.
Hurumende yePortugal yakazivisa mazuva matatu ekuchema kune vakawirwa nenjodzi yakaipisisa yeMadeira mundangariro yekurarama.
