UMary Allen
I-tsunami igagasi elikhulu elisuka olwandle lifike ogwini. I-tsunami ishanela yonke into esemachwebeni nasogwini: imikhumbi, izihlahla, izimoto nezindlu, kodwa futhi abantu nezilwane. Amanzi abe esegeleza abuyele olwandle futhi abangele omunye umonakalo. I-tsunami ibulala abantu abaningi nezilwane.
I-tsunami ivamise ukubangelwa ukuzamazama komhlaba olwandle, akuvamile ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo olwandle. Lapho ulwandle lukhuphuka, amanzi aphela emkhathini abese edudulelwa nhlangothi zonke. Lokhu kudala igagasi elisakazeka nxazonke njengombuthano. Ngokuvamile, kunamagagasi amaningana anekhefu phakathi.
Phakathi nolwandle, awuboni leli gagasi. Ngenxa yokuthi amanzi ajule kakhulu lapha, igagasi alikabi phezulu kangako. Nokho, ogwini, amanzi awashoni kangako, ngakho amagagasi kufanele anyukele phezulu kakhulu lapha. Lokhu kudala udonga lwangempela lwamanzi ngesikhathi se-tsunami. Ingakhula ibe ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-30 ubude, okuwubude besakhiwo esinezitezi eziyi-10. Leli gagasi lolwandle lingacekela phansi yonke into. Nokho-ke umonakalo omkhulu udalwa nayimpahla abasuke beyiphethe uma izwe ligcwele izikhukhula.
Abadobi baseJapane basungula igama elithi “tsunami”. Babesolwandle futhi abaqaphelanga lutho. Lapho bebuya, itheku labhujiswa. Igama lesiJapane elisho “tsu-nami” lisho igagasi ethekwini.
Ama-tsunami adlule aye abulala abantu abaningi. Namuhla ungakwazi ukuxwayisa abantu ngokushesha nje lapho ukwazi ukukala ukuzamazama komhlaba olwandle. Nokho, i-tsunami yasakazeka ngokushesha okukhulu, ekujuleni kolwandle ngokushesha njengendiza. Uma kunesexwayiso, abantu kufanele baphume ngokushesha ogwini futhi babalekele kude ngangokunokwenzeka noma, okungcono nakakhulu, bakhuphuke igquma.