Esexwayiso, i-ejensi igcizelele ukuthi amagagasi okushisa aphakathi kwezingozi zemvelo ezibulala kakhulu kanye I-WMO Umeluleki Omkhulu Wokushisa, uJohn Nairn, utshele abezindaba ukuthi amazinga okushisa aphezulu kakhulu ilungele ukukhula ngobuningi, ubude besikhathi kanye nokuqina.
"Ukushisa okuphindaphindiwe ebusuku kuyingozi kakhulu empilweni yomuntu ngoba umzimba awukwazi ukululama ekushiseni okuqhubekayo", esho. "Lokhu kuholela ekwandeni kwamacala okuhlaselwa yinhliziyo nokufa."
Umthelela obulalayo
Ngokombiko wakamuva wenhlangano ye-UN, abantu abengeziwe abangu-60,000 bashonile ngenxa yokushisa okukhulu eYurophu ehlobo eledlule - naphezu kwesexwayiso esinamandla sezwekazi kanye nezinhlelo zempilo.
I-WMO ithe kuyaphuthuma ukulungisa ingqalasizinda ukuze ikwazi ukumelana namazinga okushisa ahlala isikhathi eside futhi iqwashise abantu abasengozini ngezingozi.
Le nhlangano ixwayise ngokwanda kwengozi yokufa ngenxa yamagagasi okushisa e-Asia, eNyakatho Afrika nase-United States.
"Ukushisa kuyingozi yezempilo ekhula ngokushesha ngenxa yokwanda noma ukushesha kwedolobha, izinga lokushisa elikhulayo elikhulayo kanye nokuguga kwabantu", kusho uMnu. Nairn.
Ngokusho kwe-WMO, amagagasi okushisa amakhulu nanamandla kulo nyaka ayethusa - kodwa akulindelekile - njengoba ehambisana nezibikezelo.
Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu ngokwedlulele
Izimo ezishisayo "azizona izinhlelo zakho zesimo sezulu zesikhathi esedlule" futhi zinathi "ngenxa yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu", kugcizelela uMnu. Nairn. "Ulahlekelwa yiqhwa laseNorth Pole futhi lokho kuqinisa lowo mshini futhi kuzoqhubeka isikhathi esithile."
Uchwepheshe we-WMO wengeze ngokuthi “i-El Niño esanda kumenyezelwa kulindeleke ukuthi ikhulise ukwenzeka nokuqina kwezehlakalo zokushisa okukhulu. "Futhi zizoba nomthelela omubi empilweni yabantu nasezimpilweni zabantu."
Ephendula umbuzo wentatheli mayelana nokuthi igagasi lokushisa elikhona manje laqala kanjani, uMnu. Nairn wakhomba “izimiso zezulu ezimile eziqoqa ukukhanya kwelanga nokushisa okuningi endaweni eyodwa ehamba kancane kakhulu…Kufanele ukuhlehlise. Kufanele wenze ukulungisa isimo sezulu ukuze usishintshe. Ngakho-ke, ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke futhi kuzoqhubeka isikhathi esithile. ”
'Izimo eziphuthumayo ezingabonakali'
Echaza i-heatwave “njengesimo esiphuthumayo esingabonakali”, uPanu Saaristo, umholi weThimba Lezempilo Eziphuthumayo ovela kwi-International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), uthe kubalulekile ukubheka abantu abasengcupheni ngenxa yempilo ebuthaka, kodwa futhi kunomthelela ezimeni zenhlalo-mnotho kanye namalungiselelo okuhlala, “okungadala ubungozi” futhi.
Izindawo zabantu abahola kancane emadolobheni aseYurophu njengamanje zithwele kanzima, wengeza, ephawula ukuthi amagagasi okushisa “aphinde abe nomthelela kwezinye izindawo zomphakathi ngokuncipha komphumela wezomnotho, izinhlelo zezempilo ezinobunzima kanye nokunqamuka kukagesi”.
I-WMO igcizelele ukuthi emhlabeni wonke, ukushisa okushubile nokwedlulele akunakugwenywa futhi kubalulekile ukulungiselela nokuzivumelanisa nezimo njengoba amadolobha amaningi, amakhaya kanye nezindawo zokusebenza zingakhelwanga ukumelana namazinga okushisa ahlala isikhathi eside.
