LOS ANGELES - Ua hana nā mākaʻi US ma ka Pōʻaono e ʻike i nā iwi a me kahi palapala pilikino i loaʻa ma ka ʻāina wao nahele mamao o Death Valley, Kaleponi e pili ana i ʻehā mau mākaʻikaʻi Kelemania i nalowale i 13 mau makahiki i hala.

Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻOihana Makai Nui o Inyo County, ka coroner kūloko a me ka National Park Service, ua lawa kā lākou mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e hana ai i ka pilina pili i ka hui, i ʻike hope ʻia ma ia wahi i Iune 1996.

"Aia ma kahi kokoke i kahi i ʻike ʻia ai ke koena iwi he ʻike pilikino no kekahi o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kelemania i nalowale," i ʻōlelo ʻia ma lalo o ka makai nui ʻo Jim Jones ma kahi ʻōlelo i ka Pōʻalima.

ʻElua mahina ma hope o ko lākou nalowale ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia ka kaʻa hoʻolimalima o ka mea mākaʻikaʻi e nā mea noiʻi, akā ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike o ko lākou wahi i kahi o 185 mile (300 kilomita) ma ka ʻākau o Los Angeles, ma ka palena me Nevada.

Ua hōʻike ka Los Angeles Times i ka hui, mai Dresden mai, ʻo Cornelia Meyer, 28 makahiki, kāna keiki ʻo Max, ʻehā makahiki, a me 33 makahiki ʻo Egbert Rimkus a me kāna keiki ʻo Georg Weber, 10.

ʻO nā mahana i loko o ke awāwa make, kekahi o nā wahi wela a maloʻo loa o ka honua, ua hiki ke piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 115 degere Fahrenheit (46 degere Celsius) i ka manawa o ka nalo ʻana o ka hui.

I ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou kaʻa, paʻa nā huila ʻehā, e like me ka Times, a ua manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi i kēlā manawa ua holo ka hui ma nā huila i ʻoki ʻia no ʻelua mau mile ma mua o ke kū ʻana.