Texas mein Bhayanak Baadh: 27 Ladkiyan Gayab, 50 se Zyaada Maut
Texas mein ek bahut hi dukhad ghatna hui hai. Bhayanak (terrible) baadh (floods) aane se central Texas mein bahut tabahi mach gayi hai. Guadalupe River sirf 45 minutes mein 26 feet tak badh gayi. Rescuers missing logon ko dhoondh rahe hain. Is haadse mein 50 se zyaada logon ki maut ho chuki hai aur 27 ladkiyan (girls) gayab hain, jinki talash jaari hai.
Kahan Hui Sabse Zyaada Tabahi?
Texas ka Kerr County sabse zyada prabhavit hua hai, jahan 43 logon ki maut hui, jismein 15 bachche bhi shaamil hain. Travis County mein 4 logon ki maut hui. Burnet County mein 2 aur Tom Green County mein 1 aadmi ki jaan gayi. Kerr County mein Christian girls’ camp mein thunderstorms ke chalte waterways bhar gaye aur trailer homes mein phase hue logon ko current mein baha le gaye. Authorities ke mutabik, lagbhag do dozen campers abhi bhi missing hain, aur missing logon ki sankhya badh bhi sakti hai.
Bachane Waalon ki Race Against Time
Authorities ne kaha hai ki search operations ek race against time hai. Lekin unhone missing logon ko dhoondhne ki ummeed nahi chhodi hai. Texas Department of Emergency Management ke chief Nim Kidd ne bataya ki air, ground aur water-based crews Guadalupe River mein survivors aur dead bodies ko dhoondh rahe hain. Unhone kaha, “Hum tab tak search jaari rakhenge jab tak sabhi missing logon ko dhoondh nahi lete.”
Kitna Hua Nuksaan?
Social media par Texas se videos aa rahe hain jinmein dikh raha hai ki jahan pehle ghar hua karte the, wahan ab sirf concrete platforms bache hain. Nadi ke kinare rubble (malba) pada hua hai. Local media reports ke anusar, rescuers ne logon ko rooftops aur trees se bachaya, aur floodwater se logon ko nikaalne ke liye human chains banayi.
Aur Resources ki Maang
Texas ke Governor Greg Abbott ne kaha hai ki woh state disaster declaration ko badha rahe hain aur President Donald Trump se additional federal resources ki maang kar rahe hain. President Donald Trump ne pehle natural disasters ke response mein federal government ki role ko kam karne aur states ko zyada zimmedari lene ki baat kahi thi. Lekin Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ne kaha ki Trump us request ko pura karenge.
President Donald Trump ne kaha ki woh aur unki wife, Melania, victims ke liye pray kar rahe hain. Unhone social media par kaha, “Hamare Brave First Responders apni duty puri kar rahe hain.”
Warning Inaccurate Thi
Baadh Friday ko shuru hui — Fourth of July holiday weekend ki shuruat mein — jab kuch ghanton mein months’ worth ki baarish ho gayi. Kristi Noem ne kaha ki National Weather Service dwara Thursday ko jaari kiya gaya “moderate” flood watch extreme rainfall ka accurate prediction nahi tha, aur Trump administration system ko upgrade karne ke liye kaam kar raha hai.
Administration ne National Weather Service ki parent agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration se thousands of jobs cut kiye hain, jiski wajah se kai weather offices mein staff ki kami ho gayi hai, aisa former NOAA director Rick Spinrad ne kaha. Unhone kaha ki unhe nahi pata ki staff cuts ne Texas flooding ke liye advance warning ki kami mein yogdaan diya ya nahi, lekin isse agency ki accurate aur timely forecasts dene ki ability kam hogi.
Aur Baarish ki Bhavishyavani
The National Weather Service (NWS) ne apne forecast mein aur baarish ki warning di hai, aur kaha hai ki “excessive runoff se rivers, creeks, streams aur anya low-lying aur flood-prone locations mein flooding ho sakti hai.” Kerrville mein Saturday ko, aam taur par shaant rehne wali Guadalupe nadi tez beh rahi thi, aur iske murky waters mein debris bhara hua tha.
Resident Gerardo Martinez, 61, ne kaha, “Paani trees ke top tak pahunch gaya. Lagbhag 10 meters ya usse zyada. Cars, pure ghar nadi mein beh rahe the.” Flash floods aam baat hai, lekin scientists ka kehna hai ki recent years mein, human-driven climate change ne floods, droughts aur heatwaves jaise extreme weather events ko zyada frequent aur intense bana diya hai.
