ʻO Hurricane Dorian a me nā Mokupuni o Bahamas: ka leka uila a ka Ministry of Tourism & Aviation

Ke hoʻomau nei ka Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) i ka holomua o ka Hurricane Dorian, i hoʻonui ʻia i kahi makani ʻino Category 5. Manaʻo ʻia e noho pōʻino loa ka Hurricane Dorian a hiki i ka Pōʻakahi, Kepakemapa 2 i kona neʻe mālie ʻana i ke komohana, e ʻimi ana i nā wahi o ka Northwestern Bahamas i ka lā Lāpule, Kepakemapa 1.

"He ʻōnaehana hoʻoikaika kino kēia a mākou e hoʻomau nei e nānā pono i ka palekana o ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me nā malihini," wahi a Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation Director General Joy Jibrilu. “He pae ʻāina ʻo Bahamas me nā mokupuni ʻoi aku ma mua o 700 a me nā cays, hoʻolaha ʻia ma luna o 100,000 mau mile square, ʻo ia hoʻi e ʻokoʻa loa nā hopena o ka Hurricane Dorian. ʻOiai mākou e hōʻoluʻolu i ka hapa nui o ka lāhui, ke hopohopo nui nei mākou i ko mākou mau hoalauna ma The Abacos a me Grand Bahama Island. I kēia manawa ke hāʻawi nei mākou i kēlā me kēia pae kākoʻo i kēia mau mokupuni e hoʻopilikia ʻia i kēia lā.

ʻO nā hale hoʻokipa a me nā mea hoʻokipa ma ke kapikala Bahamian o Nassau, a me nā mokupuni ʻo Paradise Island, e wehe ʻia. Wehe ʻia ke kahua mokulele ʻo Lynden Pindling International (LPIA) a hiki i ke awakea o kēia lā a e hoʻopuka hou i kahi mea hou ma 3:00 pm EDT. Pono nā mākaʻikaʻi e nānā pono i kā lākou mokulele no ka mea ʻokoʻa paha ka papa manawa.

Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻino no ka Northwest Bahamas: Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini, Berry Islands, North Eleuthera a me New Providence, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Nassau a me Paradise Island. ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana i ka makani ʻino e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā mokupuni i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua o 36 mau hola.

Ke hoʻomau nei ka wati makani ʻino no Andros. ʻO ke kiaʻi ʻino, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia ka mokupuni i ʻōlelo ʻia i loko o 48 mau hola.

ʻAʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā mokupuni ma ka Hikina Hema a me Central Bahamas, me The Exumas, Cat Island, San Salvador, Long Island, Acklins/Crooked Island, Mayaguana a me Inagua.

Ke neʻe nei ka Hurricane Dorian i ke komohana ma kahi o 7 mau mile i ka hola. Ua piʻi aʻe ka makani i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi kokoke i 180 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola me ka ʻoi aʻe o ka makani.

Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau ka neʻe ʻana i ke komohana no ka lā aʻe a ʻelua paha, a ma hope o ka huli ʻana i ke komohana ʻākau. Ma kēia ala, e hoʻomau ka neʻe ʻana o ka Hurricane Dorian ma luna o Great Abaco a neʻe kokoke a ma luna paha o Grand Bahama Island ma hope o kēia pō a me ka Pōʻakahi.

ʻO nā hōkele, nā hale hoʻokipa, a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ke komohana ʻĀkau, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Bahamas i kā lākou papahana pane ʻino a ke hana nei lākou i nā mea āpau e pono ai e pale i nā malihini a me nā kamaʻāina. Paipai ʻia ka poʻe kipa e nānā pololei me nā mokulele, nā hōkele a me nā laina holo moana e pili ana i nā hopena i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi.

ʻO ka mea aʻe ka hoʻohou kūlana ma nā kahua mokulele, nā hōkele, nā mokulele a me nā manawa holo moana i kēia manawa.

NA KAHIKI

• Ua wehe ʻia ʻo Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) ma Nassau. Pono nā mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻokaʻaʻike pololei i kā lākou mau mokulele no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka papa hana. E hoʻopuka ʻia ka mea hou hou ma 3:00 pm EDT.
• Ua pani ʻia ʻo Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO).
• Ua pani ʻia ʻo Leonard Thompson International Airport (MHH) ma Marsh Harbour, Abaco.

Hotels

Pono nā mea mālama e hoʻopili pololei i nā waiwai no ka ʻike piha, no ka mea, ʻaʻole kēia he papa inoa piha.

• Ua aʻo ikaika nā hōkele ma The Abacos a me Grand Bahama Island i nā malihini e haʻalele a ua kōkua i nā kaʻina hana hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka Hurricane Dorian.

FERRY, CRUISE a me nā awa

• Ua kāpae ʻo Bahamas Ferries i nā hana o ka hopena pule a me ka holo ʻana a hiki i ka ʻike hou aku. Pono nā poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka ʻike hou aku e kelepona iā 242-323-2166.
• Ua kāpae ʻo Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line's Grand Celebration i nā hana o ka hopena pule a e hoʻomaka koke ana ma hope o ka hala ʻana o ka Hurricane Dorian.
• Ua pani ʻia ke awa kūʻokoʻa o Grand Bahama Island.
• Ua wehe ʻia nā awa ʻo Nassau a e hana ana ma kā lākou papa hana maʻamau.

Hoʻolako ʻia kēlā me kēia Bahamas Tourist Office (BTO) a puni nā mokupuni me kahi kelepona ukali e hoʻopaʻa mau me ke kikowaena kauoha ma New Providence. Ke hoʻomau nei ke Kuhina i ka nānā ʻana i ka Hurricane Dorian a e hāʻawi i nā mea hou ma www.bahamas.com/storms. No ka hahai ʻana i ka Hurricane Dorian, kipa www.nhc.noaa.gov.