Inhlekelele yaseThailand eyenzeka esiqhingini sasePhuket ngoDisemba 26, 2004, ishaqise ngempela umhlaba wonke. Amagagasi amakhulu namathani amaningi oLwandlekazi i-Indian, achukunyiswa ukuzamazama komhlaba komhlaba, ahlasela izindawo zokungcebeleka.
Ofakazi bokuzibonela ababesemabhishi ngalolo suku ekuseni bathi ekuqaleni amanzi olwandle, njengasemanzini aphansi, aqala ukuphuma ngokushesha ukusuka ogwini. Futhi emva kwesikhashana kwaba nomsindo omkhulu, futhi amagagasi amakhulu ashayisa ogwini.
Cishe ihora ngaphambili, kwaqashelwa ukuthi izilwane zaqala kanjani ukushiya ugu ezintabeni, kepha izakhamizi zendawo noma izivakashi azikunakile lokhu. Umuzwa wesithupha wezindlovu kanye nezinye izakhamuzi ezinemilenze emine kulesi siqhingi zasikisela inhlekelele ezayo.
Labo abasebhishi cishe babengenawo amathuba okuphunyuka. Kepha abanye baba nenhlanhla, basinda ngemuva kokuchitha amahora amaningi olwandle.
Amanzi amaningi agijimela ogwini aqhekeza iziqu zemithi yesundu, acosha izimoto, adiliza izakhiwo ezingasogwini ezilula, ahamba nakho konke phakathi nezwe. Abaphumelele kube yilezo zingxenye zolwandle lapho bekunezintaba eziseduze namabhishi nalapho amanzi ebengenakukhuphuka khona. Kodwa imiphumela ye-tsunami yaba mibi kakhulu.
Izindlu zabahlali bendawo zicishe zacekelwa phansi ngokuphelele. Amahhotela abhujiswa, amapaki nezikwele ezinezimila ezishisayo ezikhukhulekayo zakhukhulwa. Amakhulu izivakashi nabantu bendawo badukile.
Abatakuli, amaphoyisa kanye namavolontiya bekufanele basuse ngokushesha izidumbu ezibolayo ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu yamabhilidi, izihlahla ezaphukile, udaka olwandle, izimoto ezisontekile nokunye ukungcola, ukuze ubhadane lungaqhamuki ekushiseni kwasezindaweni ezishisayo ezindaweni zenhlekelele.
Ngokuya ngemininingwane yamanje, ingqikithi yezisulu zaleyo tsunami kulo lonke elase-Asia ngabantu abangu-300,000, kufaka phakathi izakhamuzi zendawo kanye nabavakashi abavela emazweni ahlukene.
Ngosuku olulandelayo, abamele abezokuhlenga, odokotela, amasosha kanye namavolontiya aqala ukuvakashela lesi siqhingi ukusiza uhulumeni kanye nezakhamizi zaseThailand.
Ezikhumulweni zezindiza zenhlokodolobha, izindiza ezivela emhlabeni wonke zafika zithwele imithwalo yemithi, ukudla namanzi okuphuza, okwakushoda ngokuphuthuma kakhulu kubantu abasendaweni yenhlekelele. Unyaka omusha u-2005 wonakaliswa izinkulungwane zabantu ababulawa ogwini lwe-Indian Ocean. Akuzange kugujwe ngabantu bendawo, kusho ofakazi bokuzibonela.
Umsebenzi omangazayo bekufanele ubekezelelwe ngodokotela bakwamanye amazwe abasebenze izinsuku ezibhedlela ukusiza abalimele nabakhubazekile.
Izivakashi eziningi zaseRussia ezasinda ekuhlaselweni yi-tsunami yaseThai, zalahlekelwa ngabayeni noma amakhosikazi azo, abangane, zashiya ngaphandle kwemibhalo, kodwa nezitifiketi ezivela kwiNxusa LaseRussia, zabuyela ekhaya zingaphethe lutho.
Ngenxa yosizo oluvela kuwo wonke amazwe, ngoFebhuwari 2005, amahhotela amaningi asogwini abuyiselwa, futhi impilo yaqala ukuba ngcono kancane kancane.
Kepha umphakathi womhlaba uhlupheke ngombuzo wokuthi kungani izinsizakalo zokuzamazama komhlaba zaseThailand, amazwe ezindawo zokungcebeleka zomhlaba wonke, zingazisanga izakhamuzi zawo kanye nezinkulungwane zabavakashi ngokuzamazama komhlaba okungenzeka kube khona? Ekupheleni kuka-2006, i-United States yanikela eThailand amashumi amabili nambili ama-buoy wokulandela umkhondo obangelwe ukuzamazama komhlaba kolwandle. Zitholakala amakhilomitha ayi-1 000 ukusuka ogwini lwaleli lizwe, futhi iziphuphutheki zaseMelika ziqapha indlela eziziphatha ngayo.
Igama elithi TSUNAMI lisho amaza amade avela enqubeni yolwandle noma olwandle. Amagagasi ahamba ngamandla amakhulu, isisindo sawo silingana namakhulu amathani. Bayakwazi ukubhidliza izakhiwo ezinezitezi eziningi.
Akunakwenzeka ukuthi usinde emfuleni onamandla onamandla owavela olwandle noma olwandle weza ezweni.
