TOPEKA - Dutu rinononoka kufamba richiparadzira sinou, chando uye kunaya munzira yepakati penyika ine glazed uye kukanganisa ndege neChina, zvichiita kufamba kwekupedzisira kwemazororo kunyengera asi kuvimbisa Krisimasi chena kune vamwe.
Iyo National Weather Service yakaburitsa blizzard yambiro kune dzimwe nzvimbo dze Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota neTexas. Yakayambira kuti kufamba kunenge kune njodzi zvakanyanya munzvimbo idzodzo mukupera kwesvondo uye kuti vatyairi vanofanira kurongedza kititi chekupona munguva yechando kusanganisira tochi nemvura panguva yechimbichimbi.
Migwagwa inotsvedza yakapihwa mhosva yekufa kwevanhu gumi nevaviri kubva Chipiri uye vakuru vakayambira kuti vaizongowedzera, kunyanya kana kwasviba.
Yambiro nezvechando dutu zvaive zvichiitika kuMapani neMidwest, netsoka kana maviri echando zvinogoneka mune dzimwe nzvimbo nanhasi. NeChina masikati, zvikamu zvekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweMinnesota zvakange zvatowana masendimita masere.
Iyo Oklahoma Highway Patrol yakavhara kumabvazuva Eaststound 40 muEl Reno nekuda kwetsaona dzakawanda, asi vashandi vaishanda maawa gumi nemaviri ekuchinja kuti vachengete mimwe migwagwa mikuru icheneswe. Texas Gavhuna Rick Perry akagadza mauto nemauto ekurumidzira kubatsira vatyairi. Uye kuNorth Dakota, Gov. John Hoeven akati akaisa mamwe mauto ehurumende neNational Guard pakamira.
Scott Blair, wezvemamiriro ekunze weNational Weather Service muTopeka, akati mhepo iri kuita nyaya yakakomba, nekumhanya kwemhepo inosvika 25 mph uye mhepo inosvika 40 mph.
"Mhepo inouraya, kunyanya kana usina chinhu," mutyairi wemotokari Jim Reed akadaro panguva yekumira muOmaha, Neb., Apo akananga kuLincoln kunotora nyama yemombe asati atanga yake yakareba zororo revhiki.
"Chero chinhu chakaridzwa mubhokisi, kunge turera firiji seni ndinayo ... chinozoita kunge seiri hombe mumhepo," akadaro.
Dutu remuchando rakatungamira Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson kuvhara mahofisi ehurumende munzvimbo yeTopeka mangwanani eKisimusi.
Parkinson akaudza vashandi vehurumende munzvimbo iyi kuti vanogona kuenda kuzuva iri kuma3 masikati
Mutauriri Beth Bethino anoti Parkinson akaita kuchengetedza vashandi vakachengeteka.
Kumabvazuva kweKansas, Tony Glaum aifamba nemukadzi wake nemwanasikana kuenda kumba kwevabereki vake kuchamhembe kweManhattan. Vati ivo vari kufunga zvekurara husiku, pane kuita yavo yakajairwa Evha yeKisimusi kudzokera kumba.
Glaum, 43, weLeavenworth, akati iye nemwanasikana wake vakaona kutonhodza mumhepo.
“Unogona kunyatsonzwa mhepo. Zvinoita sekunge yamutswa nenzira isinganzwisisike, ”akadaro. "Zvinongonzwa zvisiri izvo."
Zvakadaro, akadaro, ari kutarisira Kisimusi chena: "Ndinofunga sinou ichave yakanaka."
Anenge zana akarongwa ndege kubva kuMinneapolis-St. Paul International Airport yakanzurwa neChina uye mamwe akawanda akanonoka. Iyo Will Rogers World Airport muOklahoma City yakavhara imwe yeayo matatu emigwagwa uye ikanzura dzinoda kusvika makumi matatu ndege. Kunonoka kutora maawa maviri kwakataurwa kuHouston's Hobby Airport.
Vafambi vazhinji vakatora zvinokanganisa zvishoma nezvishoma.
David Teater, makumi mashanu nemasere, naAaron Mayfield, 58, vese veMinneapolis, vaibhururuka kuenda kuLos Angeles vachienda kuAustralia kuzororo rekudonha. Vakanga vazvipa rimwe zuva rekufamba, vachitarisira kuti vaizononoka kumwe munzira, ndokusvika panhandare yeMinneapolis vaine zvekuverenga uye zvekuwedzera zvekudya.
"Ndiri kufunga kuti runway inofanira kubviswa," akafanotaura Teater.
Nick Shogren, 56, nemwanasikana wake ane makore 17, Sophie, wePark Rapids, Minn., Vaibhururuka kuenda kuCancun, Mexico, kwezororo remazuva gumi muIsla Mujeres. Vakaenda kuMinneapolis neChitatu, kwavo kwemaawa matatu kutyaira vachitora imwe awa yekuwedzera nekuda kwedutu rechando, ndokugara muhotera.
Shogren akati hapana chimwe chavangafarira kunze kwekutandara "kana tichikwanisa kubva pano."
Mushure mekusiya mwanakomana wavo wekupedzisira panhandare yendege, Theresa naFrank Gustafson vekuChaska, Minn., Vakananga kuMall of America muBloomington, uko vatengi vaishaya.
"Zvino zvatapedza kuendesa vanhu kwese kwese, tiri panze tichinakidzwa nemangwanani," akadaro Theresa Gustafson, ane makore makumi mana nemashanu, uyo anga achitenga zvipo zvekupedzisira zveKisimusi.
VaGustafons vakaronga kudzokera kumba mushure uye kugara mukati. Vaive netarisiro yekuti migwagwa yaizonyatsojeka paKisimusi kuti mwanasikana wavo wedangwe atyaire kubva kuguta riri padyo.
Dutu rakatanga kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero - uko mamiriro ezvinhu akaita sane blizzard akavhara migwagwa uye akakonzera murwi unosanganisira mota makumi maviri muArizona neChipiri - ndokupararira kumabvazuva nekuchamhembe, zvichikonzera kuraira kwemamiriro ekunze kubva kuR Rocky Mountains kuenda kuLake Michigan.
Nzira dzakatsvedza, dzine chando dzakapihwa mhosva yenjodzi dzakauraya vanhu vatanhatu muNebraska, ina muKansas, imwe muMinnesota uye imwe padhuze neAlbuquerque, NM Dutu rine guruva kumaodzanyemba kwePoenix rakaronga nhevedzano yekurovera kwakauraya vanhu vatatu Chitatu.
Sisitimu imwecheteyo yaiunza mvura inonaya uye mabhanan'ana ane simba kumativi eGulf Coast nekure mukati menyika. Vakuru muArkansas vakavhara chikamu cheInterstate 30 kumaodzanyemba kweLittle Rock nemusi weChina nekuda kwemafashama mushure memazuva maviri ekunaya kwemvura. Mhepo huru yakadonhedza muti pane imwe imba muLouisiana, ichiuraya murume, zviremera zvakati.
Mhepo ine simba nechando zvakakonzera kudzima kwemagetsi muNebraska, Illinois neIowa.
Dutu rakamanikidza kuvharwa kweMount Rushmore National Memorial muSouth Dakota uye zvakatungamira Gov. Mike Rounds kudzima zvirongwa zvekufamba nekugara muPierre yeKisimusi. Maround akazivisa mamiriro ekukurumidzira Chipiri mhepo isati yarova.
Nemusi weChina, gavhuna akayambira vanhu kuti vasanyengerwe nevanodzikama mudutu, achivimbisa kuti "ichasvika pano."
Associated Press vanyori Martiga Lohn muMinneapolis, Jean Ortiz naJosh Funk muOmaha, Neb., Michael J. Crumb muDes Moines, Iowa, James MacPherson muBismarck, ND, Tim Talley muOklahoma City, naCaryn Rousseau naMichael Tarm kuChicago yakabatsira kumushumo uyu.
