ລົມພາຍຸ ເຮີຣິເຄນ Mathew ທີ່ກຳລັງອ່ອນແຮງລົງ ລຸນຫຼັງໄດ້ພັດຜ່ານເປັນເວລານຶ່ງອາ ທິດ ໝູ່ເກາະກາຣິບຽນ ແລະເລາະຕາມຝັ່ງມະຫາສະໝຸດອັດລັງຕິກຂອງ ສຫຣ ໄດ້ສັງ ຫານຜູ້ຄົນໄປເກືອບນຶ່ງພັນຄົນ ຊຶ່ງສ່ວນຫຼາຍແມ່ນຢູ່ເກາະເຮຕີນັ້ນ. ນອກນັ້ນລົມພາຍຸດັ່ງ ກ່າວຍັງໄດ້ທຳລາຍບ້ານເຮືອນຫຼາຍປະຊາຄົມໃຫ້ລາບຄາບ ທັງທຳລາຍເຄື່ອງປູກຂອງຝັງ ຈົນໝົດກ້ຽງ ຢູ່ໃນປະເທດ Republican Republicຢູ່ Jamaicacubaແລະ Bahamas.
Jamaicaໄດ້ປະກາດໃຫ້ເປັນມື້ໄວ້ອາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດສາມມື້ ໂດຍທີ່ປະທານາທິບໍດີ Jocelerme Privet ກ່າວວ່າ “ດ້ວຍຄວາມສາມະຄີກັນ” ພ້ອມກັບພວກພໍ່ແມ່ ແລະ ເພື່ອນຝູງຂອງພວກທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບເຄາະຈາກລົມພາຍຸ Mathew ແລະປະຊາຊົນທັງຫຼາຍໃນ ຂົງເຂດນີ້ ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມທໍຣະມານນຳກັນຈາກຜົນກະທົບຂອງເຮີຣິເຄນດັ່ງກ່າວ.
Mathew ພວມເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍ ຂຶ້ນມາທາງພາກຕາເວັນອອກສຽງເໜືອໃນເຂດ Outer Banks ຂອງຣັດ North Carolina ໂດຍມີລົມແຮງຂະໜາດ 120 ກມ ຕໍ່ຊົ່ວໂມງ ຊ່ຶງ
ນັ້ນເປັນພຽງຄວາມແຮງເຄິ່ງນຶ່ງຂອງເມື່ອນຶ່ງອາທິດກ່ອນ. ໄດ້ມີລາຍງານເຖິງໄພນໍ້າຖ້ວມ
ຢ່າງ ຮ້າຍແຮງ ເລາະແຄມຝັ່ງທະເລກໍ້າຕາເວັນອອກຂອງ ສຫຣ 950 ກມ ຈາກ ຣັດ ຟລໍຣິດາຫານໍ ກາລໍຣາຍນາ. ປະທານາທິບໍດີ ບາຣັກ ໂອບາມາ ໄດ້ປະກາດພາວະສຸກ ເສີນຢູ່ໃນ 4 ຣັດ ຊຶ່ງຢ່າງໜ້ອຍລາຍງານເວົ້າວ່າ ມີຜູ້ເສຍຊີວິດ 10 ຄົນຈາກພາຍຸ ດັ່ງກ່າວ ນັ້ນ.
Mathew ໄດ້ກາຍເປັນພາຍຸທີ່ຮ້າຍແຮງສຸດທີ່ປະທະຝັ່ງທະເລຂອງ ສຫຣ ເປັນເວລາ ເກືອບເຖິງນຶ່ງທົດສະວັດຜ່ານມາ ທັງເປັນລົມເຮີຣິເຄນຮ້າຍແຮງທີ່ປະທະຍາວນານ ໃນ ປະຫວັດສາດນຳດ້ວຍ ແຕ່ຄວາມເສຍຫາຍຂອງມັນ ກໍແມ່ນມີໜ້ອຍກວ່າ ທີ່ໄດ້ຄຳນວນ ເອົາໄວ້ຕັ້ງຫຼາຍເທົ່າ.
ລົມພາຍຸ ເຮີຣິເຄນ Mathew ທີ່ກຳລັງອ່ອນແຮງລົງ ລຸນຫຼັງໄດ້ພັດຜ່ານເປັນ ເວລານຶ່ງອາ ທິດ ໝູ່ເກາະກາຣິບຽນແລະເລາະຕາມຝັ່ງມະຫາສະໝຸດອັດລັງຕິກຂອງ ສຫຣ ໄດ້ສັງຫານ ຜູ້ຄົນໄປເກືອບນຶ່ງພັນຄົນ ຊຶ່ງສ່ວນຫຼາຍແມ່ນຢູ່ເກາະເຮຕີນັ້ນ. ນອກນັ້ນລົມພາຍຸດັ່ງກ່າວ ຍັງໄດ້ທຳລາຍບ້ານເຮືອນຫຼາຍປະຊາຄົມໃຫ້ລາບຄາບ ທັງທຳລາຍເຄື່ອງປູກຂອງຝັງຈົນ ໝົດກ້ຽງ ຢູ່ໃນປະເທດ Republican Republic ຢູ່ Jamaica cuba ແລະ Bahamas.
Jamaica ໄດ້ປະກາດໃຫ້ເປັນມື້ໄວ້ອາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດສາມມື້ ໂດຍທີ່ປະທານາທິບໍດີ Jocelerme Privet ກ່າວວ່າ “ດ້ວຍຄວາມສາມະຄີກັນ” ພ້ອມກັບພວກພໍ່ແມ່ ແລະ ເພື່ອນຝູງຂອງພວກທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບເຄາະຈາກລົມພາຍຸ Mathew ແລະປະຊາຊົນທັງຫຼາຍໃນ ຂົງເຂດນີ້ ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມທໍຣະມານນຳກັນຈາກຜົນກະທົບຂອງເຮີຣິເຄນດັ່ງກ່າວ.
Mathew ພວມເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍ ຂຶ້ນມາທາງພາກຕາເວັນອອກສຽງເໜືອໃນເຂດ Outer Banks ຂອງຣັດ North Carolina ໂດຍມີລົມແຮງຂະໜາດ 120 ກມ ຕໍ່ຊົ່ວໂມງ ຊ່ຶງ ນັ້ນເປັນພຽງຄວາມແຮງເຄິ່ງນຶ່ງຂອງເມື່ອນຶ່ງອາທິດກ່ອນ. ໄດ້ມີລາຍງານເຖິງໄພນໍ້າ ຖ້ວມຢ່າງຮ້າຍແຮງ ເລາະແຄມຝັ່ງທະເລກໍ້າຕາເວັນອອກຂອງ ສຫຣ 950 ກມ ຈາກ ຣັດ ຟລໍຣິດາ ຫາ ນໍ ກາລໍຣາຍນາ. ປະທານາທິບໍດີ ບາຣັກ ໂອບາມາ ໄດ້ປະກາດພາວະສຸກ ເສີນຢູ່ໃນ 4 ຣັດ ຊຶ່ງຢ່າງໜ້ອຍລາຍງານເວົ້າວ່າ ມີຜູ້ເສຍຊີວິດ 10 ຄົນຈາກພາຍຸດັ່ງ ກ່າວນັ້ນ.
Flooding from Hurricane Matthew remained a threat Tuesday in parts of the eastern United States, while the death toll continues to grow in the Caribbean.
Haiti, the country hardest hit, observed the last of its three official days of mourning Tuesday. Official death tolls there have varied widely, from around 400 to over 1,000. Many areas of the country remained difficult to reach.
By Tuesday morning, the U.S. death toll stood at 27. Hundreds of thousands remain without power, and the situation could worsen as rivers crest.
In North Carolina, helicopters and rescue boats carried people to safety after a levee was breached near the town of Lumberton, according to Governor Pat McCrory.
Fifteen of the 27 deaths occurred in North Carolina - all but one of them in that state involving motor vehicles.
"Do not go through water," McCrory urged North Carolina drivers at a news conference Tuesday morning. "We've had over 10 people killed as a result of that. We're not messing around and we do not want to put people at risk to save you once you make that decision."
Dozens of river and stream gauges were still showing flood stage across the Carolinas and Virginia, and five locations in North Carolina were at all-time highs, according to the National Weather Service.
State of emergency
After speaking with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco, President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in North Carolina on Monday. The declaration will make federal funding available to affected individuals in 10 counties hit by the storm.
Matthew, which dissipated after leaving the Atlantic coast, was the most powerful storm to hit the eastern United States in nearly a decade, and one of the longest-lasting major hurricanes on record.
Damage estimates in the U.S. are in the billions of dollars. (http://jacksonville.com/news/2016-10-08/hurricane-matthew-damage-could-reach-6-billion)
But the destruction was on another level in Haiti, where thousands of homes were flattened, crops destroyed and critical infrastructure left in tatters.
A United Nations official (Paul Edouarzin) in Haiti, surveying the vast destruction, ruined crops and casualties, described the scene as if a nuclear bomb had gone off.
Paul Hasse, national director for the humanitarian agency World Vision in Port-au-Prince, told VOA virtually nothing in Haiti's southwest was spared.
"The island in the middle on the western side took a really hard blow. Fifty percent of the houses are destroyed there. And the northwest as well. It's not getting a lot of attention, but we're hearing from our partners who worked there that it's extremely hard hit," he said.
Long term problems
The immediate concern is keeping people alive and treating cholera cases, Hasse said. But that will eventually give way to longer-term problems, such as how to restore crops and rebuild homes.
The United Nations on Monday appealed for $119 million to bring life-saving assistance to Haiti.
"Hurricane Matthew has resulted in the largest humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake at a time when the country is already facing an increase in the number of cholera cases, and severe food insecurity and malnutrition," the U.N. appeal said.
Haiti says 1.5 million people have been affected by the hurricane and 350,000 are in need of immediate assistance as most are homeless.
The U.S. military has been delivering food and medicine to Haiti by air and sea, as well as heavy-lift helicopters, bulldozers, water-delivery vehicles and mobile operating rooms.
UNICEF says the conditions in Haiti are "perfect breeding grounds for waterborne diseases." Marc Vincent, UNICEF's representative in Haiti says, "Every day that goes by increases the threat of cholera."
The catastrophic damage was made worse because the impoverished country is still recovering from a devastating earthquake in 2010. Thousands of people who have been living in flimsy shelters since the earthquake saw those washed away by the hurricane, which also destroyed a bridge that is the only link between a large portion of southern Haiti and the rest of the country.
Officials have warned the list of casualties will likely climb, perhaps significantly, as rescuers manage to reach remote villages.
Video images from Haiti showed entire landscapes of metal shanties that lost their roofs in the winds and driving rains, along with downed trees and fields of mud from overflowing rivers.
The International Red Cross has also issued an emergency appeal for $6.9 billion in relief aid for Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Video images from Haiti showed entire landscapes of metal shanties that lost their roofs in the winds and driving rains, along with downed trees and fields of mud from overflowing rivers.
The International Red Cross has also issued an emergency appeal for $6.9 billion in relief aid for Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
