Nibura abantu 46 biapfuye, ndetse amazu arenga igihumbi yasenywe n’umuriro w’amashyamba yaka hafi y’abaturage ahantu hatuwe cyane muri Chili rwagati, nk’uko perezida w’iki gihugu yabitangaje ku wa gatandatu.

Mu ijambo kuri televiziyo y’igihugu, Perezida Gabriel Boric yavuze ko umubare w’abahitanwa nawo ushobora kwiyongera kubera ko inkongi y’umuriro ukabije yatwitse mu karere ka Valparaiso, aho abashinzwe kuzimya umuriro bahanganye n’ikibazo cyo kugera mu duce twugarijwe cyane.

Boric yasabye Abanya Chili gufatanya n’abatabazi.
Ati: “Niba ubwiwe kwimuka ntuzatindiganye kubikora”. Ati: “Inkongi y’umuriro iragenda yihuta kandi ikirere cyifashe nabi ku buryo bitoroshye. Hariho ubushyuhe bwinshi, umuyaga mwinshi n’ubushuhe buke. ”

Kuri uyu wa gatandatu, Minisitiri w’imbere mu gihugu, Carolina Tohá, yatangaje ko inkongi z’amashyamba 92 zatwitse hagati no mu majyepfo y’igihugu, aho ubushyuhe bwabaye hejuru cyane muri iki cyumweru.

Muri iyo nkongi y’umuriro yahitanye abantu benshi mu karere ka Valparaíso, aho abayobozi basabye abantu ibihumbi n’ibihumbi kwimura amazu yabo.

Hagati aho, abatuye mu turere twa kure y’umuriro basabwe kuguma mu rugo kugira ngo moteri y’umuriro, ambilansi n’izindi modoka zihutirwa zishobore kugenda mu mihanda byoroshye.

Tohá yavuze ko inkongi y’umuriro ebyiri hafi y’imijyi ya Quilpué na Villa Alemana yatwitse byibuze hegitari 8000 kuva ku wa gatanu. Imwe muri iyo nkongi y’umuriro yari ibangamiye umujyi wa Viña del Mar uri ku nkombe z’inyanja, aho uturere tumwe na tumwe twari tumaze kwibasirwa cyane.
Muri Villa Independencia, agace k’imisozi kari mu burasirazuba bw’umujyi, amazu menshi n’ubucuruzi byarasenyutse. Imodoka yatwitse ifite amadirishya yamenetse yatonze umuhanda, yari yuzuye ivu.

Rolando Fernández, umwe mu baturage babuze inzu ye yagize ati: “Njye hano hashize imyaka 32, kandi sinigeze ntekereza ko ibi bizaba.”

Yavuze ko yabanje kubona umuriro waka ku musozi wari hafi aho ku wa gatanu nyuma ya saa sita kandi mu minota 15 ako gace kaka umuriro n’umwotsi, bituma buri wese yiruka mu buzima bwe.

Fernández yagize ati: “Nakoze ubuzima bwanjye bwose, none nsigaye ntacyo.”

Tohá yavuze ko ubuhungiro butatu bwashyizweho mu karere ka Valparaíso, maze kajugujugu 19 n’abashinzwe kuzimya umuriro barenga 450 bazanwa muri ako gace kugira ngo bafashe guhangana n’umuriro.

Inkongi y’umuriro yatwitse ku misozi igoye kuhagera, nk’uturere twubatswe neza ku nkombe za Viña del Mar.
Abayobozi bavuze ko umuriro w’umuriro watewe n’umuriro, Tohá avuga ko mu karere ka Valparaíso, ibitaro bine n’amazu atatu yita ku bageze mu za bukuru bigomba kwimurwa. Minisitiri w’imbere mu gihugu yavuze ko inkongi y’umuriro yangije kandi bisi ebyiri.

Imiterere y’ikirere cya El Niño yateje amapfa n’ubushyuhe burenze ubusanzwe mu burengerazuba bwa Amerika yepfo muri uyu mwaka, byongera ibyago byo kuzimya amashyamba. Muri Mutarama, hegitari zirenga 17.000 z’amashyamba yashenywe muri Kolombiya n’umuriro wakurikiranye ibyumweru byinshi by’ikirere cyumye.