SHBA nën pushtetin e stuhisë së ftohtë, banorët e Teksasit vuajnë nga mungesa e ngrohjes, ushqimit dhe ujit

SHBA nën pushtetin e stuhisë së ftohtë, banorët e Teksasit vuajnë nga mungesa e ngrohjes, ushqimit dhe ujit

Banorët e Teksasit ende janë duke luftuar me të ftohtin ekstrem që ka goditur vendin.

“Jemi në gjendje të vështirë dhe vetëm po përkeqësohet.”, u shpreh Thomas Black, banor në Dallas.

Energjia elektrike po rikthehet ngadalë në shtet, ndërsa po shfaqen probleme të reja. Banorët po raportojnë për emergjenca të shumta në banesat e tyre. Sistemet e shpërndarjes së ujit janë të mbingarkuara duke zgjatur kështu emergjencën, ndërsa tubacionet që rrjedhin po shterojnë rezervat.

Problemi më i madh mbetet uji i pijshëm. Gjysma e popullatës në Teksas po ndjekin këshillën për ta valuar ujin para konsumimit. Mungesa ka edhe në furnizimin me ushqime, ndërsa mungesa e energjisë elektrike në supermarket dhe rrugët e ngrira kanë ndikuar shpërndarjen.

Mungesa në furnizimin me ujë dhe presioni i ulët po prekin shërbimet e emergjencës. Zjarrfikësit po vuajnë mungesën, teksa hasën probleme në fikjen e një zjarri të madh në një kompleks banimi në San Antonio.

“Bëmë një punë të mirë dhe më pas na mbaroi uji”, u shpreh Jerry Bialick, departamenti i zjarrfikëseve.

Shërbimi meteorologjik kombëtar konfirmoi se më shumë se 100 milionë amerikanë janë vënë në gjendje alarmi për shkak të stuhive të forta dimërore. Masa e ajrit  të ftohtë që vjen nga Arktiku ka nisur të përhapet dhe temperaturat do të vazhdojnë të jenë deri në minus 19 gradë celsius në pjesën qendrore të territorit amerikan.

Stuhia e motit të ftohtë ka shkaktuar probleme edhe në vaksinimin e qytetarëve dhe u ka marrë jetën dhjetëra personave./Motilokal.com

Texas is even struggling to clear its side of road compared to neighboring Arkansas. Footage taken by professional storm chaser Charles Peek shows Stateline Road in Texarkana, which straddles the line between both states, on Tuesday as cars on the Texas side the street deal with icy driving conditions while those on the opposite side in Arkansas drive on a cleared roadway

Richardson, Texas: Carlos de Jesus takes a selfie in front of the frozen fountain at the Richardson Civic Center after a second winter storm brought more snow and continued freezing temperatures to North Texas on Wednesday

Dallas, Texas: Leonel Solis and Estefani Garcia use their car to heat their home. The couple, who lost power on Sunday, have been using electricity from a neighbor's generator and heat from their car to stay warm

Southwest Arlington, Texas: After seeing a posting on Facebook, LaDonna (no last name given) drove from Johnson County, Texas to collect some of the dumpsters-full of ice cream thrown out at a Southwest Arlington, Texas, Kroger store, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Arlington TX. LaDonna said she's collecting the frozen goods for her neighbors. Rolling power outages this week have forced businesses to clear merchandise that needs refrigeration

Seven million Texans are under boil water notices after the storm compromised systems - a problem exacerbated by the lack of power in many homes. Another blast of ice and snow threatened to sow more chaos Wednesday

Fort Worth, Texas: Gas stations such as this 7Eleven/Exxon on Highway 377 can not get deliveries of fuel, having run out on Sunday and not expecting another shipment until next week

Dallas, Texas: Houses covered with snow on Wednesday afternoon as millions throughout the state were still without power

Desperate Texans waited for more than an hour in freezing rain to fill propane tanks in Houston on Wednesday as more than 3million people remain without power. Some 600,000 had power switched back on by 6am Wednesday and even more were turned back on before lunchtime but millions remain in the dark and without heating. With ongoing, forced blackouts in being carried out in different parts of the state, it is difficult to track exactly how many people don't have it and where they are in real-time.

Frozen: More than 4million people in Texas were without power yesterday afternoon in subzero temperatures for the fourth day in a row.

Texans covered in blankets wait in line for more than an hour to fill propane tanks to heat their homes in Houston on Wednesday. Millions across the state remain without power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts

A Texan looks for information on his cell phone as he rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Wednesday as winter storm Uri prompted countless people sought warmth in pop-up shelters after rolling black-outs left millions without heat and power

An apartment complex in Dallas, Texas, where icicles have formed on ceiling fans

A long line of cars snakes out of the H-E-B gas station and into the supermarket's parking lot Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 in Brownsville, Texas

Natural gas runs in the home of Cynthia Valadez off of East Cesar Chavez Street in Austin on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021

Customers wait outside at a Home Depot in Pearland, Texas to enter the store to buy supplies on February 17, 2021. The store has no power so is only letting one person at a time

A man walks to his friend's home in a neighborhood without electricity as snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas