LISBON (The Thursday Times) — Bahr-e-Aoqiyanoos se aane wale Toofan Charles ke baais Portugal ne Budh ko apne school band kar diye, 300 se zaid parwazen mansookh kar deen, aur ghair zaroori sarkari khidmaat muattal kar deen, taham hawa aur barish ka badtareen hissa us se kam nuqsan ke sath guzar gaya jitna bohat se logon ko khadsha tha.
Chaar bain-ul-aqwami hawai addon par kaam rok diya gaya, aur hukoomat ki janib se logon ko gharon mein rehne ki hidayat ke baad taqriban 8,000 schoolon ne classes mansookh kar deen. Ek qaumi supermarket chain ne apne store band kar diye, aur Lisbon mein buses khali chalti rahin, jahan naliyan band hone se kuch sarkon par pani bhar gaya.
Qaumi mehkma-e-mosmiyat IPMA ne kuch ilaqon mein 120 kilometer fi ghanta se zyada ke jhakkar record kiye, aur Lisbon aur Setubal ke sahilon par saat meter tak oonchi lehron ki pesh goi ki gayi. Hukkam ne rehaishiyon se sahilon aur khule samandari kinaron se door rehne ko kaha.
Madeira pehla nishana bana
Toofan ne Mangal ko Madeira ke jazeere par taqriban 130 kilometer fi ghanta ki hawaon ke sath dastak di, jis se Funchal ke kuch hisson mein nadiyan biphar gayin. Budh ki seh pehar tak sirf janoobi ilaqa Algarve, jo sayyahon ki bari manzil hai, red alert par reh gaya tha. Yeh sab se oonchi satah ki warning hai, jo pehle mulk ke nisf se zyada hisse par jari thi.
Lisbon mein technology conference Web Summit, jis mein taqriban 70,000 afraad shirkat karte hain, ne apna doosra din mansookh kar diya. Muntazimeen ne kaha ke ijlas Jumeraat ko dobara shuru hon ge.
Hukoomat ka apne radd-e-amal ka difa
Wazir-e-Azam Luis Montenegro ne toofan par nazar rakhne ke liye aath wuzra ke sath ek crisis unit ki sadarat ki. Wazir-e-Dakhla Luis Neves ne un tajaweez ko mustarad kiya ke hukkam ne zaroorat se zyada radd-e-amal dikhaya, aur kaha ke radd-e-amal mausam ki pesh goi ke mutabiq tha.
Markaz daayen baazu ki hukoomat ko January mein us waqt tanqeed ka samna karna para tha jab Toofan Kristin ne wasti Portugal ko nishana banaya aur us par radd-e-amal kamzor raha. Is toofan ne hazaron darakht gira diye aur amlaak ko nuqsan pohanchaya jis ki marammat ab bhi jari hai. February mein Toofan Leonardo ke baad Alentejo ke ilaqe mein ek 70 sala shakhs us waqt halak ho gaya jab selabi pani us ki gaari ko sarak se baha le gaya.
Toofan Charles ke baad mein Spain ki taraf barhne ki pesh goi thi, jahan lakhon karkun rehaish ke akhrajaat ke khilaf aam hartal par thay. Muntazimeen ne janoobi shehron Cordoba, Huelva, aur Cadiz samet kuch shehron mein march mansookh ya multawi kar diye.
