Ua aʻo aku ka US State Department i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka Hurricane Matthew a paipai i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e kali i ka huakaʻi i Haiti.

Hōʻike ka National Hurricane Center ua hoʻopuka ʻia kahi ʻōlelo aʻo no ka hapa nui o Haiti. Manaʻo ʻia nā ʻino ʻino ma ke ʻano o ka makani e hiki i ka ʻāina ma ʻOkakopa 36. ʻO nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e noho ana a e hele ana ma nā wahi kahakai ma waho o Haiti, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ka peninsula hema me nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Jeremie, Les Kayes, a me Jacmel e makaʻala loa makani ikaika, hāʻule ka ua nui, a me ka wai kahe.

Hāʻawi ʻia i ka makani ʻino e kokoke mai ana, aia ka manawa palena no ka haʻalele palekana. Ua ʻae ke Keʻena Mokuʻāina i nā lālā ʻohana o nā limahana aupuni o ʻAmelika e haʻalele iā Haiti ma mua o ka Hurricane Matthew. Manaʻo mākou i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e haʻalele iā Haiti inā hiki a hana pū me nā mea lawe mokulele e haʻalele ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ʻino. E pani nā mokulele i ka wā e pōʻino ai nā kūlana a ʻaʻole hiki ke hele palekana. Paipai mākou i kēlā poʻe kamaʻāina hiki ʻole ke haʻalele i kahi malu ma kahi paʻa.

Pono ka poʻe huakaʻi e hoʻolaha i ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ko lākou wahi e noho ai, a e launa pū me kā lākou mea hoʻokele huakaʻi, nā limahana hōkele, a me nā luna kūloko no nā kuhikuhi haʻalele. Pono ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e pale i kā lākou huakaʻi a me nā palapala ʻike no ka pohō a i ʻole ka pōʻino, no ka mea, ʻo ka pono e hoʻololi i nā palapala nalowale hiki ke hoʻopaneʻe a hoʻopaneʻe paha i ka hoʻi ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Pane Kūikawā: ʻO nā ʻoihana mālama olakino, me nā kaʻa kaʻa alanui a me nā lawelawe pilikia ʻē aʻe, ua kaupalena ʻia ma Haiti. ʻO kekahi poʻe ʻAmelika i hōʻeha ʻia i nā ulia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe me nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i ka mālama olakino e pono ai ma Haiti a pono lākou e hoʻonohonoho a uku no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka lāʻau i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Paipai ikaika mākou i ka poʻe huakaʻi i Haiti e kiʻi i ka ʻinikua hoʻokuʻu olakino ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i ka ʻāina a e hoʻohana i nā hui hoʻokuʻu ʻana i loaʻa nā koho kākoʻo olakino paʻa. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka poʻe e hele ana ma nā wahi kuaʻāina o Haiti e hōʻoia i kā lākou hui haʻalele e hāʻawi i ka lawelawe i kahi a lākou e hele ai.

Ke kalaima: Ua hāʻule nui nā moʻolelo o ka ʻaihue ʻana i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika, me ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea i hōʻike ʻia i ka Embassy i ka makahiki 2016, akā hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia ke kidnapping no ka uku pānaʻi i kekahi ma Haiti, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe e noho lōʻihi ana ma ka ʻāina.

ʻO ka pōā me ka pūʻali koa he mea hiki maoli nō ia, ʻoi loa ma ka wahi o Port-au-Prince a ma hope koke o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kahua mokulele. E makaʻala i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi; e hālāwai me kāu mea hoʻokipa a hui paha ma ke kahua mokulele i ka hiki ʻana mai; a/a i ʻole nā hoʻoili mokulele a me nā hōkele i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia. E akahele i ke kipa ʻana i nā panakō ma Port-au-Prince. Ua ʻike ʻia nā poʻe powa e nānā i nā panakō a hao i nā mea kūʻai aku i ko lākou puka ʻana. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka liʻiliʻi o nā hana hewa ma waho o Port-Au-Prince, akā ʻo ka hiki ʻana o nā mana Haitian ke pane aku i nā pilikia ulia pōpilikia a ma kekahi mau wahi ʻaʻole i loaʻa.

Kūʻē Kivila: ʻO nā kūʻē, e like me nā alahaka a me nā alahaka, he mau pinepine a maʻamau. ʻO ka Haitian National Police (HNP), me ke kōkua ʻana mai ka United Nations 'Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), ke kuleana o ka mālama ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua. Eia naʻe, ua kaupalena ʻia ka hiki o ka HNP ke kōkua i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika i ka wā o ka haunaele. ʻO nā haʻalele ʻana i hoʻolako ʻia e ke aupuni US, e like me ka haʻalele ʻana i hana ʻia mai Haiti i ka makahiki 2010, e hana wale ʻia inā ʻaʻohe mea ʻoihana palekana palekana.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

citizens injured in accidents and others with serious health concerns have been unable to find necessary medical care in Haiti and have had to arrange and pay for medical evacuation to the United States.
citizens residing and traveling in coastal areas through out Haiti, especially on the southern peninsula including the cities of Jeremie, Les Kayes, and Jacmel should be alert to very strong winds, heavy rain fall, and flooding.
We strongly encourage travelers to Haiti to obtain medical evacuation insurance prior to arrival in country and to use evacuation organizations that have solid evacuation and medical support options in place.