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1 | It Never Rains in Central Asia, But When it Does, it Pours | Azia Afovoany : Tsy Avy Mihitsy Ny Orana Fa Rehefa Avy Izy Dia Oram-Batravatra |
2 | Almaty floods. | Tondra-drano tany Almaty. |
3 | Photo uploaded onto Twitter by Dina Sabyrova (@4144777)Central Asia is known for its hot dry summers and long, cold winters, with snow a more common form of precipitation than rain. | Sary nakarin'i Dina Sabyrova (@4144777) tao amin'ny Twitter, fantatra amin'ny fahavaratra mafana sy maina sy ny ririnana lava sy mangatsiaka miaraka aminà ranomandry miendrika orana ny faritra Azia Afovoany. |
4 | But when the heavens do open, it is not for the sake of a spot of drizzle, as residents of three of the region's biggest cities found out last weekend. | Fa rehefa misokatra ny lanitra, tsy tombony ho an'ny oram-panala, tahaka izay hitan'ireo mponina ao amin'ireo tanàn-dehibe telo amin'iny faritra iny tamin'ny herinandro lasa. |
5 | On May 30-31 torrential rainstorms visited chaos on Kazakhstan's Almaty, Uzbekistan's Tashkent and Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek. | Ny 30 sy 31 May teo, orambe nivatravatra nitondra riaka mahery no nandrava tany Almaty any Kazakhstan, Tashkent any Uzbekistan ary Bishkek any Kyrgyzstan. |
6 | While damage was mostly limited to floating cars and flooded houses, for Kyrgyzstan there was a more tragic outcome, as a man died shortly after an uprooted tree collapsed [ru] on top of him. | Raha toa ka nijanona teo amin'ireo fiara mitsingevana sy trano safotry ny rano ny loza, ho an'ny tany Kyrgyzstan kosa dia ratsy kokoa satria nisy lehilahy iray maty nianjeran'ny hazo niongotra hatramin'ny fàkany. |
7 | Almaty, Kazakhstan Kazakh mass media reported[ru] May 31 that the country's largest city, Almaty, home to roughly 1.4 million people, was literally awash. | Almaty, Kazakhstan Notaterin'ny haino aman-jery Kazakh tamin'ny 31 May fa tena safotry ny rano ara-bakiteny i Almaty, ilay tanàna lehibe indrindra izay misy mponina manodidina ny 1,4 tapitrisa. |
8 | The city sewage system, which has seen few updates since Soviet times, could not cope with the deluge as traffic jams formed in the main streets of Almaty and residential areas, construction sites and the downtown business district all experienced flooding. | Tsy ampy ho an'ny riaka ireo fanarian-drano izay nasiam-panamboarana tamin'ny andron'ny sovietika, toy ny fitohanan'ny fiara miforona eny an-dàlamben'i Almaty sy ny faritra fonenan'ny mpanambola, ireo toeram-panorenana foto-drafitrasa sy ny faritra misy ireo mpivarotra ao afovoan-tanàna dia safotra avokoa. |
9 | Apart from fate, citizens blamed [ru] poor irrigation networks and fast-paced urbanization for the floods. | Ankoatry ny zava-niseho dia tsikerain'ny mponina ny tsy fahampian'ny tambajotra mitondra rano sy ny fihazakazaky ny fanamboarana tanàn-dehibe ho an'ny tondradrano. |
10 | In comparison with the Soviet era the area that does not absorb rain water - rooftops and buildings, paved areas and roads - has increased. | Raha ampitahaina tamin'ny andron'ny Sovietika dia nitombo isa ireo faritra tsy mitroka ranon'orana- tafotrano sy tranobe, rarivato sy arabe. |
11 | The irrigation system, constructed decades ago, now simply cannot cope with the volumes of water. | Tsy ampy ho an'ny habetsahan'ny rano intsony ankehitriny ireo fantsona, naorina folo taona lasa izay. |
12 | [Another problem] is that the irrigation canals are blocked with rubbish, but the main issue is that the flooding itself is much heavier. | [Olana iray hafa] tsentsin'ny fako ny lakandrano, fa ny tena olana dia mavesatra kokoa ny tondradrano amin'ny maha-tondradrano azy fotsiny. |
13 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan The capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, which has a population of over 2 million people, was flooded May 30. | Tashkent, Uzbekistan Safodrano tamin'ny 30 May i Tashkent, renivohitr'i Uzbekistan izay misy mponina maherin'ny 2 tapitrisa. |
14 | Everything from parking lots to playgrounds was plunged underwater as huge traffic jams formed along the main intersections of the city. | Anaty rano avokoa ny zavatra rehetra manomboka amin'ireo toerana fitobian'ny fiara ka hatramin'ireo faritra filalaovana raha fitohanana goavana amin'ny fifamoivoizana kosa no miforona manaraka ny sampanan-dàlana lehibe rehetra ao an-tanàna. |
15 | Commenting on a report published by Gazeta.uz, a Tashkent local, Vyacheslav wrote [ru]: | Izao no nosoratan'i Vyachesla maneho hevitra momba ny tatitra navoakan'ny Gazeta.uz : |
16 | Our road services just screwed up. | Mihitsoka ny rafi-pifamoivoizana eto aminay. |
17 | This was not a PR show for local authorities, but a serious issue wherein they should have demonstrated what they could do to help the city cope with the rain. | Tsy fampisehoana ataon'ny PR ho an'ny manam-pahefana eto an-toerana anefa ity fa tena olana lehibe dia ny tsy maintsy hanehoan'izy ireo izay azony atao hanampiana ny tanàna hiatrehana ny orana. |
18 | Where were the storm drains? | Aiza no toerana ivarinan'ny ranon'orana ? |
19 | Where were the cars, equipped with water pumps that could pump the water out of the tunnels and subways? | Aiza ireo fiarabe afaka mitroka ny rano hivoaka ny tonelina sy ny fiarandalamby ambanin'ny tany ? |
20 | Will someone be punished for this? | Misy olona ho voasazy noho io ve ? |
21 | Heavy rain in Tashkent. | Oram-batravatra tany Tashkent. |
22 | Photo taken from the public Facebook group Drivers of Tashkent. | Sary nalaina tamin'ny vondrona Facebook ho an'ny daholobe Drivers of Tashkent. |
23 | Shukhrat Alymbaev, another citizen of Tashkent, disagreed [ru] that the municipality could have combated the floods any better: | Tsy eken'i Shukhrat Alymbaev, mponina iray hafa ao Tashkent, ny hoe ho afaka hiady amin'ny tondradrano ny fiadidiana ny tanàna : |
24 | No one could have been ready for this kind of rain. | Tsy misy olona tsara fiomanana ho amin'ny karazan'orana tahaka io. |
25 | It was an element of nature, force-majeure. | Singa voajanahary io, tsy azo anoharana. |
26 | There are a lot of people who criticize the work of the city public services, but, actually, I saw them doing their best to solve the problem at the time of the flooding. | Betsaka ireo mitsikera ny tolotra ho an'ny daholobe ao amin'ny tanàna, nefa raha ny marina, hitako ankehitriny fa manao izay ho afany ry zareo hamahàna ny olana amin'ny fotoanan'ny tondradrano. |
27 | Once the storm had calmed Uzbek mass media took stock [ru] of the carnage: several felled trees, multiple car crashes and flooded houses, but no people injured or dead. | Raha vao nitsahatra ny orambe dia nanao tombana ny fahasimbàna ny haino aman-jery Uzbek : hazo be dia be nianjera, fiara maro mifandona ary trano safotry ny rano, fa tsy nisy olona naratra na maty. |
28 | Further south in Tajikistan, damage was limited to congestion on the city's roads. | Ny any atsimo kokoa, any Tajikistan dia hatreo amin'ny fivangongoan'ny fiara manentsina ny làlana ihany ny loza. |
29 | In Kyrgyzstan, however, the wild weather had tragic consequences, claiming the life of one man, injuring another and tearing the national flag that flies in Bishkek's main square. | Fa ny tany Kyrgyzstan kosa dia nampihorohoro ny vokatry ny haratsian'ny toetr'andro, namoizana ain'olona iray, naharatrana iray hafa ary nandrovitra ny sainam-pirenena izay nanidina teny amin'ny kianjan'i Bishkek. |
30 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan On May 31, Bishkek's city council announced [ru]: | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Nambaran'ny mpanolotsain'ny tanànan'i Bishkek tamin'ny 31 May : |
31 | 16 trees fell due to the gusty winds and rainy weather in Bishkek on May 30-31. | Hazo 16 no nianjera noho ny herin'ny rivotra sy ny orana tany Bishkek tamin'ny 30-31 May. |
32 | As a result of the falling trees one person was killed, two cars destroyed… the flag in Ala-Too square was ripped, and in several other parts of Bishkek engineering works and other objects were damaged. | Olona iray no maty, fiara roa simba… rovitra ny saina tao amin'ny kianjan'i Ala-Too ary rava ny ankamaroan'ireo asan'ny jenia tao Bishkek sy zavatra maro hafa vokatry ny fianjeran'ny hazo. |
33 | A man lies dead in central Bishkek on May 31 after a tree falls on his head. Photo from vb.kg/azzatyk. | Lehilahy iray maty nitsitra tao afovoan'i Bishkek tamin'ny 31 May rehefa nianjeran'ny hazo ny lohany Sary avy amin'i vb.kg/azzatyk. |
34 | Bishkek officials were quick to respond to criticism that the unnamed man's death was avoidable and a consequence of municipal neglect: | Haingana ny famalian'ireo mpiasam-panjakana any Bishkek ireo tsikera fa azo nialàna ny fahafatesan'ilay lehilahy tsy fantatra anarana ary vokatry ny tsy fandraisan'ny tanàna andraikitra : |
35 | Mobile teams have been organized in order to clean the city after the storm. | Nisy fandaminanà ekipa afaka mivezivezy mba hanadio ny tanàna taorian'ilay oram-batravatra. |
36 | A special tour to define the trees which are in critical condition was organized. | Misy fikarakarana fijerena manokana atao an'ireo hazo izay atahorana ihany koa. |
37 | Currently, work is underway. | Efa mandeha ny asa amin'izao fotoana izao. |
38 | The banality of the man's death has resonated with Bishkek residents. | Nanaitra ny mponin'i Bishkek ny tsy firaharahiana ny fahafatesan'ilay lehilahy. |
39 | Reportedly he was waiting for the arrival of one of the city's ubiquitous minibuses when a gust of wind uprooted a nearby tree that suddenly collapsed on him. | Heverina fa niandry ny fahatongavan'ny fiara fitaterana hita na aiza na aiza ao an-tanàna izy no tonga ilay rivotra be nanongotra ilay hazo teo akaikiny ka nianjera tampoka teo aminy. |
40 | Another man struck by the same tree was taken in an ambulance to a city hospital and is recovering. | Nisy lehilahy anankiray nianjeran'io hazo io ihany koa saingy nentin'ny fiara mpitondra marary tany amin'ny toeram-pitsaboana ka avotra. |
41 | Against a background of social media panic that Bishkek, an honored “green city” during Soviet times, is full of old trees waiting to fall down at any moment, one commenter on Vecherni Bishkek's website mused [ru]: | Hanoherana ny fisafotofotoan'ny haino aman-jery sosialy hoe i Bishkek, nomem-boninahitra ho “tanàna maitso” nandritry ny vanim-potoana Sovietika, dia rakotra hazo antira miandry fotsiny ny hotapahana, nieritreritra [ru] ny olona iray naneho hevitra tao amin'ny tranonkalan'ny Vecherni Bishkek hoe: |
42 | I was going home from work and we were standing for almost two hours in traffic near [the shop] 1000 Small Things. | Nody avy niasa aho ary nijanona efa ho ora roa teo ho eo tao anaty fifamoivoizana teo akaikin'ny [ magazay] 1000 Small Things ( zavatra bitika an'arivony). |
43 | I was so angry at the whole world but it emerges that there were victims of that vile weather. | Tezitra tamin'ny tontolo aho nefa hita fa nisy ny niharam-boina tamin'izany andro ratsy izany. |
44 | My god, now I understand that [what I experienced] was so trivial, and someone else lost their loved one ((( | Andriamanitra ô! izao vao fantatro fa tsy misy dikany ny [ zavatra niainako] ary misy olona any namoy ny malalany ((( |
45 | Although few expect the freaky meteorological events of May 30-31 to repeat themselves in the near future, for many citizens of Central Asia's key cities, the storms have simply reaffirmed a belief they are living in a self-help world while public services recede in the face of disaster. | Na dia vitsy aza ireo mihevitra ny hiverenan'iny tranga andro ratsin'ny 30-31 May iny ao anatin'ny fotoana fohy, ho an'ny ankamaroan'ny mponin'ireo tanàna fototr'i Azia Afovoany kosa dia nanamafy ny finoana fa miaina amin'ny tontolon'ny fifanampiana ry zareo raha toa ka mihemotra manoloana ny loza kosa ireo mpiandraikitra ny fiainam-bahoaka. |
46 | As Aleksandr Tikhonov surmised [ru] in a comment on gazeta.uz: | Araka ny naminanian'i Aleksandr Tikhonov azy amin'ny fanehoany hevitra ao amin'ny gazeta.uz : |
47 | Our public services don't work in these circumstances. | Tsy miasa amin'ny toe-javatra tahaka ireny ireo mpiandraikitra ny fiainam-bahoakanay. |
48 | Of course it is easier to say that “saving the drowning is the problem of the drowning”, but this raises the question: Why do we need a state, laws, and various organs of administration??? | Ekena fa mora ny miteny hoe :” olan'ny maty an-drano ny famonjena ny maty an-drano”, saingy mampametra-panontaniana io hoe : nahoana isika no mila fanjakana, lalàna, ary karazam-pitantanana maro samy hafa ??? |
49 | Police in raincoats take shelter in Almaty. | Mpitandro filaminana manao akanjo fiaro orana mialoka any Almaty. |
50 | Photo uploaded onto Twitter by @4144777 | Sary nakarin'i @4144777 ao amin'ny Twitter |