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1 | The Flood of the Half-Century — and You Probably Haven't Heard About It | Tondra-dranon'ny Tapa-Taonjato — Nefa Mety Mbola Tsy Henonao Mihitsy |
2 | Malawians evacuated after devastating floods in late January wait out another deluge at a makeshift shelter. | Miandry safo-drano hafa indray ireo Malawita nafindra toerana eo amin'ny fialofana vonjimaika taorian'ny tondra-drano nandravarava tamin'ny faran'ny janoary teo. |
3 | Roughly 175,000 people have been displaced and crops were destroyed by what the country's president says is the worst flooding in its history. | Manodidina ny 175.000 ny olona nifindra toerana ary potika ny ambioka noho ny nataon'ilay lazain'ny filohan'ny firenena hoe tondra-drano ratsy indrindra eo amin'ny tantara. |
4 | Credit: Sam Eaton. | Saripika : Sam Eaton. |
5 | Published with PRI's permission. | Nahazoana alalana tamin'ny PRI. |
6 | This article and a radio report by Sam Eaton for The World originally appeared on PRI.org on February 5, 2015, and is republished as part of a content-sharing agreement. | Lahatsoratra sy tatitra radio nataon'i Sam Eaton hoan'ny The World nivoaka voalohany tao amin'ny PRI.org tamin'ny 5 Febroary 2015 ary navoaka indray noho ny fifanarahana mifampizara vontoaty. |
7 | Even for a country used to flooding, this has been something beyond pretty much anyone's experience. | Eny fa na dia ao amin'ny firenena iray efa zatra tondra-drano aza, dia trangam-piainana mivoaka amin'ny mahazatra azy ireo izy ity. |
8 | Roughly 175,000 people displaced, widespread destruction of staple crops like maize, and a looming public health crisis following what observers say is the worst flooding in Malawi in half a century. | Tokotokony ho 175.000 eo ho eo ny olona nafindra toerana, miparitaka ny foto-pambolena simba tahaka ny katsaka, ary mananontanona ny krizin'ny fahasalamam-bahoaka taorian'ny lazain'ny mpitazana ho tondra-drano ratsy indrindra tao Malawi tao anatin'ny 50 taona. |
9 | A 69-year-old man who'd lived near the banks of the Shire river, the site of some of the worst flooding since the torrents began in mid-January, says he's never seen anything like it in his life. | Lehilahy antitra 69 taona niaina manamorona ny reniranon'i Shire, toerana anisan'ny tafiditra ao anatin'ny tondra-drano ratsy indrindra hatramin'ny nanombohan'ny tafiotra tamin'ny tapaky ny volana janoary, nilaza fa tsy mbola nahita tahaka izao mihitsy izy nandritra ny androm-piainany. |
10 | The floods come every year, he says, people can plan for them, but this time was different. | Misy isan-taona ny tondra-drano, hoy izy, afaka miomana amin'izany ny olona, fa hafa ny tamin'ity indray mitoraka ity. |
11 | Families tell stories of watching their homes collapse, sometimes on top of them, and climbing onto termite mounts, the only high ground left, waiting for helicopters or boats to rescue them. Crocodiles sometimes circled the water around them, they say. | Maro ireo fianakaviana mitantara ny fijereny ny firodanan'ny tranony, indraindray eo ambonin'izy ireny, ary miankina amin'ny havoanan'ny “termite”, hany tany avo sisa tavela, miandry angidim-by na sambo hamonjy azy ireo. indraindray mihodikodina mihodidina azy ireo ny mamba, hoy ny filazan-dry zareo. |
12 | The disastrous floods have largely affected areas along the Shire river in far southern Malawi. | Nahahenika ireo faritra andalovan'ny renirano Shire any amin'ny faritra farany atsimon'i Malawi ny tondra-drano. |
13 | The region is prone to flooding, but locals say the recent floods are the worst in at least a half century. | Mora tratran'ny tondra-drano ny faritra, saingy araka ny filazan'ny mponina ao an-toerana dia ny tondra-drano farany teo no ratsy indrindra tao anatin'ny tapaky ny taonjato raha kely indrindra. |
14 | Public domain image via Wikipedia Commons | Sary azon'ny rehetra ampiasaina via Wikipedia Commons |
15 | At a camp for displaced people in Bangula, in southern Malawi, everyone I spoke with said they lost everything except the clothes they were wearing. | Ao amin'ny tobin'ny olona nafindra toerana ao Bangula, atsimon'i Malawi, dia miteny avokoa ny rehetra niresahako fa tsy manana na inona na inona ankoatra ny eny an-kodiny ry zareo. |
16 | (See more images from Sam Eaton's visit to the Malawi flood zone at PRI.org.) | (Jereo ny sary hafa avy amin'ny fitsidihan'i Sam Eaton ao amin'ny faritra tratran'ny tondra-drano ao Malawi ao amin'ny PRI.org.) |
17 | In the camp itself, conditions are miserable, with as many as 10 families sharing a tent without mosquito netting and little protection from the continuing rains or blazing sun between downpours. | Ao amin'ny toby koa dia mahafadiranovana ny toe-draharaha, fa fianakaviana folo no mifampizara tranolay iray tsy misy lay miaro amin'ny moka ary zara raha maharo amin'ny ora-mikija na ny masoandro migaigaina anelanelan'ny rotsak'orana. |
18 | Women cooking over open fires say there isn't enough food. | Ireo vehivavy mahandro amin'ny kitay milaza fa tsy ampy ny sakafo. |
19 | I heard reports of male camp workers demanding sex in exchange for some of the little food there is, and girls afraid of being raped at night, when there's little lighting or security. | Naheno koa aho fa misy ireo lehilahy mpiasa mitaky fanaovana firaisana ara-nofo ho takalon'ny sakafo kely, ary matahotra ny ho voaolana ny zazavavy amin'ny alina rehefa tsy ampy ny jiro na ny fiarovana. |
20 | Meanwhile, thousands remain isolated in places that can't be reached by road. | Mandritra izany fotoana izany, dia mbola an'arivony ireo tafatoka-monina any an-tsefatsefany any ary tsy tra-bonjy amin'ny alalan'ny lalana. |
21 | Crews are trying to deliver food to these areas by helicopter. | Miezaka ny mandefa sakafo any amin'ireny faritra ireny amin'ny alalan'ny angidim-by ny ekipa. |
22 | The causes of the disaster are a complex mix, including those torrential rains, high population density and deforestation. | Mifangaroharo avokoa ny antony mahatonga ity voina ity, ka tafiditra amin'izany ny oram-baratra, ny hakitroky ny mponinia ary ny fahasimban'ny ala. |
23 | In the Shire river watershed, the hillsides have been completely deforested, for cooking fuel among other things, so there's nothing to stop the huge amounts of rainfall from surging down into the valleys. | Manaramorona ny reniranon'i Shire, dia ripaka tanteraka ny ala amin'ny havoana manodidina, hanaovana kitay ankoatra ny zavatra hafa, ka tsy misy intsony ny manakana ny rian-drano hirodona mankany amin'ny lohasaha. |
24 | Listen to rain fall in Malawi: http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Rain-clip.mp3 | Henoy ny feon'orana mirotsaka ao Malawi: http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Rain-clip.mp3 |
25 | Climate change may also be involved. | Mety ho tafiditra ihany koa ny fikorontanan'ny toetr'andro. |
26 | The intensity of the storm system behind the floods fits cleanly with what climate models have been projecting as carbon emissions trap more energy in the atmosphere. | Ny hamafin'ny tafiotra ao ambadiky ny tondra-drano misy no antonona tsara amin'ny maodelin-toetr'andro naseho fa anangonan'ny karibaona miangona eny an'habakabaka angovo maro kokoa eny amin'ny atmôsfera. |
27 | These storms can have devastating effects on poor countries like Malawi, where many families live in simple mud brick homes and farm plots that just can't withstand this kind of weather. | Mety mandravarava tanteraka ny tafiotra tahaka itony amin'ny firenena mahantra tahaka an'i Malawi, izay miaina amin'ny trano vita amin'ny biriky tany ny fianakaviana maro ao ary amin'ny sombin-tanimboly kely tsy mahajoro manoloana ny karazana toetr'andro tahaka izao. |
28 | Observers now fear the story that's going to evolve here over the weeks and months ahead will be that of a serious food shortage. | Matahotra ny mpitazana ankehitriny fa izao tantara tsy mitsaha-mivoatra isan-kerinandro sy isam-bolana izay dia mialoha ny tsy fisian-tsakafo mafaitra dia mafaitra. |
29 | Many farmers' fields have been completely devastated, leaving little opportunity to replant before the end of the country's short rainy season. | Sahan'ny tantsaha maro no potika tanteraka, ka mahakely ny fahazoana mamboly indray mialoha ny fiafaran'ny vanim-potoana manorana izay fohy ao amin'ny firenena. |
30 | And the floods come at the tail end of a severe drought that also took a toll on food production. | Ary tondra-drano no namarana ilay haintany henjana dia henjana izay naka ny anjarany ihany koa eo amin'ny famokaran-tsakafo. |
31 | And the country's government is hardly in a position to respond to the crisis. | Ary sahirana dia sahirana ny governemantan'ny firenena mamaha ny olana. |
32 | Foreign aid, which makes up about 40% of Malawi's economy, was recently cut off in the wake of a giant corruption scandal. | Vao tapaka noho ny fisian'ny trangan-kolikoly goavana nanafintohana ny fanampiana avy any ivelany izay mandrafitra ny 40 isanjaton'ny toekaren'i Malawi. |
33 | And this week the parliament went on strike demanding higher salaries. | Ary vao tamin'ity herinandro ity ny parlemanta no nitokona nitaky ny fampakarana ny karama. |
34 | So the government is barely operating. | Hany ka zara raha miasa ny governemanta. |
35 | Instead NGOs are largely running the relief efforts, but they're already running short on cash. | Eny tokoa fa miezaka ny mandefa ireo fanampiana maro dia maro ny ONG, saingy efa lany vola ry zareo. |
36 | And with more rains in the forecast, the conditions that caused this widespread displacement event are far from over. | Raha tsinjo mbola hitohy ny rotsak'orana, dia mbola lavitry ny ho tapitra ny toe-javatra miteraka ny famindran'olona maro. |