Kua waipuketia ngā wāhanga o te raki o Kuīnirani e ngā waipuke nui – ā, nā te ua nui i aukati i ngā ngana ki te whakawātea i tētahi wāhi noho i pāngia e te pikinga o te wai. Nā te huarere kino i akiakihia e te awhiowhio pārūrū a Jasper i tuku iho te ua mō te tau ki ētahi wāhi. E whakaatu ana ngā whakaahua i ngā waka rererangi i mau i te ara rere o te taunga rererangi o Cairns, me te hopukina o tētahi korokotairo 2.8m te roa i roto i ngā wai waipuke i Ingham. I whakamutua e ngā mana whakahaere te whakawātea i ngā tāngata 300 o Wujal Wujal nā ngā āhuatanga kino. Kāore anō kia puta he pūrongo mō ngā mate, ngā tāngata ngaro rānei. Heoi, e matapaetia ana e ngā mana whakahaere ko te waipuke te mea kino rawa atu i tuhia i te kawanatanga, ā, e matapaetia ana ka haere tonu te ua nui mō ētahi atu 24 hāora. Kua whakaorangia ngā rau tāngata – he maha ngā kāinga kua waipuketia, kua motuhia te hiko me ngā rori, ā, kua heke te wai inu haumaru. Neke atu i te 2m (7 putu) te ua i whiwhi te tāone o Cairns mai i te tīmatanga o te āhuatanga huarere. I kati tana taunga rererangi i muri i te mau o ngā waka rererangi i te waipuke o te ara rere, ahakoa e kī ana ngā mana whakahaere kua mārama ngā wai. I kōrero te Pirimia o Kuīnirani, a Steven Miles, ki te Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) ko te aituā taiao "ko te mea kino rawa atu tēnei e mahara ana ahau." "Kua kōrero ahau ki ngā tāngata whenua o Cairns i te whenua... ā, e kī ana rātou kāore anō rātou kia kite i tētahi mea pēnei," tana kī. "Mēnā he tangata nō te raki rawa o Kuīnirani ki te kī i tēnā, he mea nui tēnā." E whakaatu ana tētahi mapi a te BBC i te nui katoa o te ua i tae mai ki te raki o Kuīnirani i te wiki tae noa ki te 18 o Hakihea, me te nui o te ua i tae mai ki Cairns me Wujal Wujal. I aukati te ua i ngā whakawāteatanga I te tāone tūmatanui o Wujal Wujal, tata ki te 175km (110 maero) ki te raki o Cairns, e iwa ngā tāngata tae atu ki tētahi tamaiti mate i noho i te tuanui o tētahi hōhipera i muri i te korenga o ngā kapa āwhina ki te tae atu ki a rātou. I nekehia te rōpū ki tētahi atu wāhi i te Rāhina, engari i kī a Mr Miles kua akiakihia ia ki te whakamutu i te whakawāteatanga o te toenga o te tāone nā te kino o te rangi. Ka mahia tētahi atu nganatanga i te ata o te Tūrei i te wā ā-rohe, e ai ki te pūrongo a ABC. Ko te hunga katoa i toe i "haumaru, kei runga i ngā wāhi teitei ake", e ai ki te Komihana Tuarua o Kuīnirani a Shane Chelepy. I whakapuaki a Mr Miles i mua i "ngā āwangawanga mō te wai inu, mō te paru, te hiko me ngā whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, ngā rori - he maha ngā rori kua āraia, ā, kāore e taea e mātou te tiki tautoko mai i te rangi". I kī ngā kaimatapae huarere ka haere tonu te ua nui mō te nuinga o te Rāhina, ā, ka taurite ki te tai nui, ka kaha ake te pānga ki ngā hapori papaku. Ahakoa e matapaetia ana ka tīmata te heke o te ua i te Tūrei, kāore anō kia piki te ua o ngā awa, ā, ka pupuhi tonu mō ngā rā. Kua toremi ngā waka rererangi a Joseph Dietz i te taunga rererangi o Cairns. Kua waipuketia e Joseph Dietz te maha o ngā wāhi i te raki rawa o Kuini, tae atu ki te taunga rererangi o Cairns.
E matapaetia ana ka pakaruhia e ētahi awa ngā rekoata i whakatakotoria i te wā o te waipuke i te tau 1977. Hei tauira, kua hipa kē te awa o Daintree i te rekoata o mua mā te 2m, whai muri i te whiwhinga o te 820mm o te ua i roto i ngā haora 24.
E ai ki ngā whakatau tata a ngā āpiha kāwanatanga, ko te utu mō te aituā ka eke ki te A$1 piriona (£529m; $670m).
Kua pāngia te rawhiti o Ahitereiria e ngā waipuke maha i ngā tau tata nei, ā, kei te pāngia te whenua e te huarere El Niño, he āhuatanga e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga kino pērā i ngā ngahere ahi me ngā awhiowhio.
Kua pāngia a Ahitereiria e te maha o ngā aituā i ngā tau tata nei – te tauraki nui me ngā ahi ngahere, ngā tau maha o ngā waipuke nui kua pahure ake nei, me ngā huihuinga e ono o te ma i te Moana Nui o te Moana.
Tērā pea ka kino haere ngā āhuatanga kino o te ao i te heke mai, ki te kore e tangohia he mahi tere hei aukati i te huringa āhuarangi, e ai ki te pūrongo hou a te UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Wā tuku: Hepetema-23-2024