UMartin uMartin, isiqingatha-isiDatshi, isiqingatha-saseFrance isiqithi seLeeward Islands, ibe yindawo ethandwayo yokundwendwela abantu baseMelika ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-1950. Intlekele yehla ngo-Septemba ka-2017, nangona kunjalo, xa udidi lwesi-5 lweNkanyamba u-Irma lwahlasela esi siqithi kangangeeyure ezisibhozo. Esi yayisesinye seziqithi ezichithwe kabuhlungu, kwaye kuqikelelwa ukuba ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-90 zezakhiwo zonakaliswa; isinye kwisithathu satshatyalaliswa ngokupheleleyo.
Uninzi lwabemi luyabandakanyeka kukhenketho ngandlel 'ithile, ke abahlali, i-European Union, kunye neBhanki yeHlabathi beyazi ukuba kubalulekile ukubuyisela iziseko ezingxamisekileyo endaweni yazo ngokukhawuleza ukuze kukhutshwe abantu abongenayo kwaye babonelele ngaphakathi. ngokungakhathali ukubuyela kule ndawo ithandwayo yeCaribbean, kancinci kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo, ngeenyawo zayo.
Okwangoku, nangona umsebenzi ugqityiwe ubukhulu becala kwiziseko zophuhliso, sisiqingatha kuphela seziqithi zase-pre-sefeyinti ezinokubuyiselwa. Lukhulu ulwakhiwo olwenziwa kwesi siqithi kangangokuba kukho imiqobo: ekuvumeleni, ukungenisa elizweni izinto, kunye nokufumana ii-visa zabasebenzi bokwakha. Yongeza kulibaziseko olucaphukisayo lweendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide kunye nabasebenzi babo, abanomdla wokubuyela emsebenzini.
Xa ndandindwendwele iSaint Martin ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari kulo nyaka, ndandisakwazi ukubona amakhaya abucala amaninzi kunye neendawo zokutyela ezazihlala zonakele, kunye neevenkile ezazikhwelisiwe okanye zokuqeshisa. Kodwa ndikwafumanise uninzi lwenkunkuma icociwe (gcina ukuphuka kwenqanawa okumangalisayo, apho esi siqithi sidume khona-uninzi lwazo lwandulela i-Irma ngamashumi eminyaka).
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saphakama saqala ukusebenza, saphinda saqala ukusebenza kwinyanga nje emva koqhwithela kwaye saphinda savula isikhululo esikhulu ngoDisemba 2018. Kwalandela izibuko lokuhamba ngenqanawa. Ngumthombo obalulekileyo wengeniso; Isiqithi asinakukwazi ukuhlawulela imizila yokuhamba kwakhona, ihlala isisombululo esilula kwimigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Iinkampani zokuhamba ngenqanawa zahlala zithembekile kwisiqithi esineengxaki, kwaye kungekudala ngokwaneleyo ukuya kuthi ga kwiinqanawa ezinkulu ezisixhenxe ziphinde zabuya suku ngalunye. Kuba uninzi lwabakhweli beenqanawa luhlala kwikomkhulu laseDutch lasePhilipsburg, apho zikhona iidock, ukucoca nokwakha apho kuye kwathatha indawo yokuqala, kwaye idolophu ibuyele kuyo. Kwaye uninzi lwezi ndawo zokuchithela iiholide zibhetele kwi-Intanethi.
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