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1 | Trinidad & Tobago: Smoke in the City | Trinidad & Tobago: Setroka Tao An-Tanàna |
2 | The work week in Trinidad began on a dark note - literally. | Nanomboka tao anaty haizina - ara-bakiteny - ny herinandro fiasana tany Trinidad. |
3 | On Monday January 27, the atmosphere was thick with haze, the sky a sombre grey as people commuted to work and parents dropped their children off to school. | Rakotra setroka matevina ny tontolo ny 27 Janoary, matroka nivolom-batolalaka ny lanitra raha ny olona kosa mivezivezy mamonjy asa ary ireo ray aman-dreny tsy nandefa ny zanany tany an-tsekoly. |
4 | At first, many couldn't pinpoint the cause - wasn't it too early in the year to be experiencing the effects of Saharan dust? - but soon, news spread that the source of the smog was coming from the La Basse, the capital's main landfill site, located next to one of the most disadvantaged communities in the country. | Tsy fantatra izay antony nahatonga izany tamin'ny voalohany - tsy aloha loatra ve raha izao sahady dia hiaritra ny vokatry ny vovok'i Sahara ? - fa vetivety foana dia niely ny vaovao fa avy any La Basse, toerana fandorana fako ao an-drenivohitra ao, ary manakaiky ny iray amin'ny toeran'ireo vondrom-piarahamonina izay mahantra indrindra ao amin'ny firenena ilay setroka. |
5 | As usual, Facebook was the go-to site for information; users posted updates and thoughts as information came in. | Araka ny mahazatra dia toerana ifaneraserana, ahazoam-baovao ny Facebook ; alefan'ireo mpiserasera ao ireo fanitsiam-baovao sy ireo vaovao tonga ao an-tsaina. |
6 | It is suspected that several fires were started in the waste dump, allegedly by Beetham residents, in protest over the shooting of a resident by police the day before. | Noahiahiana fa ireo mponina ao Beetham no nanomboka nandoro ny fako ho fanoherany ny nitifiran'ny mpitandro filaminana ka nahafaty mponina iray ny omalin'io. |
7 | As the smog grew thicker, some schools in the area were closed, but officials from the Environmental Management Authority and the Trinidad and Tobago Solid Waste Management Company, which oversees the dump, have been working with the fire services to get the situation under control. | Koa satria natevina be ilay setroka, dia nihidy ny sasany amin'ireo sekoly tao an-toerana fa ny mpiasa avy amin'ny Environmental Management Authority ( Fahefana Mitantana ny Tontolo Iainana) sy ny Trinidad and Tobago Solid Waste Management Company (Orinasa Mpitantana ny Fako Mivaingana any Trinidad sy Tobago) izay mikarakara ny fanaraha-maso ny fako kosa dia niara-miasa tamin'ny sampan-draharahan'ny mpamono afo mba hifehezanay ilay afo. |
8 | A mid-morning rainfall on Monday improved the situation slightly, but as of earlier today, firemen were still trying to contain two lingering fires that were blazing underneath mounds of rubbish. | Nanatsara ny toe-deraharaha ny filatsahan'ny orana ny maraina, saingy vao maraim-be androany dia mbola niezaka hatrany hifehy afo anankiroa izay mbola tsy maty fa manao otrik'afo ny mpamonjy voina. |
9 | Several early morning Facebook status updates spoke to the situation. | Nitantara ny fivoaran'ny toe-draharaha ny ankamaroan'ny fanitsiam-baovao vao maraina tao amin'ny Facebook. |
10 | Catherine Emmanuel quipped: | Izao no tsindrom-paingotr'i Catherine Emmanuel : |
11 | Mmm…landfill smoke with my morning tea. | Mmm…setroky ny toerana fandorana fako miaraka amin'ny dite marainako. |
12 | Yes please. | Eny azafady. |
13 | Gareth Jenkins added: | Nampian'i Gareth Jenkins : |
14 | This city stinks. | Mamoaka fofona maimbo ity tanàna ity. |
15 | Kids shouldn't have to go to school in a shroud of burning garbage. | Tsy afaka nianatra ny ankizy fa rakotry ny setroky ny fako ny tanàna. |
16 | Photographs soon followed. | Haingana ihany koa ny fahatongavan'ny sary. |
17 | Facebook user Iain Waller uploaded a pic of Port of Spain taken from the highway that passes in front of the dump and accompanied it with this sardonic question: | Nakarin'i Iain Waller, mpiserasera amin'ny aterineto, ny sarin'i Port of Spain nopihana teny amin'ny làlambe migodàna mandalo anoloan'ny fako ary nampiarahana tamin'ity fanontaniana manindrona ity : |
18 | China?!? | Shina?!? |
19 | C News Live posted a photo set that showed the effects of the heavy smoke in the capital: | C News Live dia nandefa andian-tsary mampiseho ny vokatry ny setroka matevina ao an-drenivohitra : |
20 | Mark Franco posted a photo taken from a balcony on the outskirts of town, noting that “Port of Spain [was] shrouded again”: | Naparitak'i Mark Franco ny sary iray nalaina teny an-davarangana tany amin'ny manodidina ny tanàna, manamarika fa “[mbola] rakotra indray i Port of Spain “: |
21 | There was also a lot of discussion on Twitter. | Ireto misy resadresaka tao amin'ny Twitter. |
22 | Kerwyn Forde noted: | Nomarihan'i Kerwyn Forde : |
23 | "BREAKING: The EMA says the particles in the air at the beetham landfill is 13 times the limit of the air pollution rules. @CNC3TV" | “BREAKING: Ambaran'ny EMA fa avo 13 henin'ny fetra ara-dalàna amin'ny loton'ny rivotra ireo singa eny amin'ny rivotra any amin'ny fendorana fako any beetham. |
24 | - Kerwyn Forde (@Senator_Forde) January 29, 2014 | @CNC3TV“ |
25 | @CNC3TV posted regular updates: | Nampakatra fanitsiam-baovao tsy tapaka ny @CNC3TV : |
26 | NEWS: SWMCOL says no new fires but the high smoke volume is due to high winds. | NEWS: Lazain'ny SWMCOL fa tsy misy afo vaovao fa vokatry ny rivotra mahery io setroka miakatra io. |
27 | - CNC3TV (@CNC3TV) January 29, 2014 Latest EMA tests reveal that the air quality has returned to normalcy within the Port of Spain area. | Ny andrana farany nataon'ny EMA dia namoaka fa niverina amin'ny ara-dalàna ny kalitaon'ny rivotra ao Port of Spain. |
28 | - CNC3TV (@CNC3TV) January 29, 2014 EMA says " high ambient air quality levels are documented only at the Beetham at this time. " | Ambaran'ny EMA fa ” tao Beetham irery ihany no nahitàna ilay kalitao ambonin'ny rivotra iainana tain'ity indray mitoraka ity. “ |
29 | - CNC3TV (@CNC3TV) January 29, 2014 Kalifa Sarah Clyne observed: | Izao no fanamarihan'i Kalifa Sarah Clyne : |
30 | I might be the only person in pos with a face mask on. | |
31 | #toxicsmoke #Trinidad http://t.co/e6PzkGu6vF | Izaho ihany angamba no olona hany manao fiarovana. |
32 | - Kalifa Sarah Clyne (@kalifasclyne) January 29, 2014 | #toxicsmoke #Trinidad http://t.co/e6PzkGu6vF |
33 | @triniqt2 complained: | Nitaraina i @triniqt2: |
34 | My lungs are burning from the #pollutuion of POS #Trinidad with smoke from the #Beetham dump! - Simi (@triniqt2) January 29, 2014 | Main'ny #pollutuion ( loto) avy any amin'ny POS #Trinidad miaraka amin'ny setroka avy amin'ny fako any #Beetham ny havokavoko ! |
35 | @PLatchman felt sorry for the children who are being affected: | Nahatsiaro nalahelo an'ireo ankizy tratr'ilay setroka i @PLatchman : |
36 | What a shame. | Tena mahamenatra. |
37 | MT @UKinTT: RT @Lordrich6: Schools in PoS suspending classes #SmokeInTheCity #trinidad | MT @UKinTT: RT @Lordrich6: Naato ny fianarana tany PoS #SmokeInTheCity #trinidad |
38 | - Pradeep (@PLatchman) January 29, 2014 In typical Trinidadian style, @KetchAVapse used humour to deal with the situation: | Nampiasain'i @KetchAVapse ny hatsikana hiatrehana ilay toe-draharaha, amin'ny fomba ahafantarana an'i Trinidad: |
39 | Lewwe have a smog fete!! | Misy fetin'ny setroka matevina any Lewwe e!! |
40 | Complimentary respirator and mardi gras beads upon entry! | Fitaovam-pisefoana maimaim-poana ary voahangin'ny talata matavy eo am-pidirana ! |
41 | #Trinidad | #Trinidad |
42 | - Je Suis Lakshmi (@KetchAVapse) January 29, 2014 If the smog persists for much longer, chances are that netizens will be less inclined to joke about it. | Raha ohatra ka hitohy haharitra ela ilay setroka matevina, kely ny vintana mbola hanohizan'ireo mpiserasera hihanihany ny momba an'io. |
43 | It is now being reported that the Environmental Management Authority has allegedly asked the dump's management company to close the site until further notice. | Vaovao farany, nasain'ny Environmental Management Authority ( Fahefana Mitantana ny Tontolo Iainana ) nakaton'ny orinasa mpitantana ny fako ny tranonkala mandra-pisy baiko vaovao. |