Mu ndwi itangura ku wa 29 Gitugutu 2012, igitigiri c’abakora ubwicanyi n’ibindi vyaha bikomakomeye be n’ubusuma mu gisagara ca New York caragabanutse rwose ugereranije n’ivyabaye mu kiringo nk’ico nyene c’imisi itanu mu 2011. None vyavuye ku ki? Vyavuye ku gihuhusi gikomeye cane citwa Sandy cabiciye biracika mu buseruko bwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, bigatuma umuyagankuba ubura ahatari hake. Umuvugizi w’igipolisi c’i New York yitwa Paul Browne yavuze ati: “Iyo hateye icago c’icaduka canke ikindi cago gikomeye nka [ca gitero ca ba gaterabwoba caba ku wa 11 Nyakanga 2001], ubukozi bw’ikibi bukomakomeye buragabanuka.” Ariko rero, igitigiri c’abasagasi cariyongereye, ivyo bikaba bidatangaza uwo muvugizi Browne. Yavuze ati: “Mu duce twinshi ntihabona kubera ingorane y’umuyagankuba.”

Abanyasiyansi barahagaritswe umutima n’uko mu karere gakikuje isonga ry’epfo ry’isi kitwa Antarctique, ibimera kavukire vyaho biriko biravogerwa n’ibimera vyo mu tundi turere. Ibiharuro vyerekana yuko buri mwaka, umwumwe wese mu bantu ibihumbi n’ibihumbi bagendera ako karere ajanayo utubuto nka 9,5 akenshi nya tubuto tukaba tuba turi ku birato vyabo canke ku masakoshi yabo. Hari ubwoko bw’ibimera vyo mu tundi turere basanze mu karere ko mu burengero bw’agace ka Antarctique kinjira mu mazi.

Umukenyezi umwe w’imyaka 83 ni we muntu wa mbere bashizemwo umubangabanga wahinguwe mu butare bwitwa titane, ukaba wafyatuwe n’imashini y’ubuhinga buhanitse ikoresha imishwarara yitwa lazeri (laser). Naho umubangabanga w’uwo mukenyezi wari warononekaye kubera indwara yonona amagufa, ubu arashobora gufungura, guhumeka no kuvuga nk’uko yahora. Mu guhingura uwo mubangabanga, iyo mashini yagiye iragerekeranya uduhimbahimba tw’ubwo butare ibanje kudushongesha, mu nyuma abaganga baca bawushira muri uwo mukenyezi.

Haraheze umwaka umwe Leta y’Ubudagi itanze itegeko ryo kutanywera itabi mu bibanza bimwebimwe bihuriramwo abantu benshi. Ku mugwi umwe w’abantu wagizweko itohoza, basanze muri ico kiringo igitigiri c’abashirwa mu bitaro kubera ububabare bwo mu gikiriza caragabanutse ibice 13,3 kw’ijana, ic’abajayo kubera indwara y’umutima na co kigabanuka ibice 8,6 kw’ijana.