Ukuwela ukusuka eGambia ukuya kwiZiqithi zaseCanary kwaba yintlekele. Inqanawa eyaqala uhambo ngenqanawa ngomhla wesi-7 ku-Agasti inabantu abali-128 yafunyanwa emva kokuntywila eAtlantiki kangangeentsuku ezingama-26. Kukholeleka ukuba abakhweli abangaphezu kwama-80 babhubhile, kuquka nosana.
Le nqanawa ibonwe ngoLwesithathu malunga neekhilomitha ezili-120 kumzantsi weGran Canaria yinqwelo-moya yohlangulo yaselwandle yaseSpain. Xa abahlanguli bafika kuyo ebusuku, kwakukho abakhweli abangama-45 kuphela ababesaphila. Kufunyenwe nezidumbu ezintlanu ebhodini.
Ngokutsho kobungqina obuqokelelwe ngabasindileyo, abantu abaninzi bafa ngexesha leeveki ezinde ezichithwe elwandle. Kuthiwa ezinye izidumbu zaphoswa emanzini. Ukudumba okukhulu kwathintela abahlanguli ekufumaneni izidumbu ezintlanu ezifunyenwe kwinqanawa.
Abasindileyo babebuthathaka kakhulu. Abathathu kubo bathuthwa ngehelikopta basiwa esibhedlele eGran Canaria. Abanye basiwa kwizibuko laseArguineguín ukuze bafumane unyango.
Le ntlekele ikwasisikhumbuzo seengozi zendlela yeAtlantiki edibanisa iNtshona Afrika neZiqithi zaseCanary, apho iinqanawa zinokuhlala elwandle kangangeeveki eziliqela ngaphambi kokuba zifike kunxweme lwaseSpain.
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