Ka taƙaita labarin:  Hanyoyin ruwa da ke kusa da Arewa maso Gabas suna cike da kankara wanda ya fi kafa kafa a wasu wurare, yana sa rayuwa ta zama abin ƙyama ga waɗanda suke rayuwa a kan ruwa. Scott Werner na Portland, Maine, ya ce wannan hunturu ta kasance 'abin ban tsoro' ga masu kamun kifi kamarsa. Ruwan kankara ya hana shi fitar da jirgin ruwansa don kamun kifi a cikin 'yan makonnin nan, kuma ya yanke damar da yake da ita na samun kudi a lokacin hunturu mai jinkirin hunturu, in ji shi. 'Ba zan yi kasada ba. Ba na son karya wani abu, 'in ji Werner. 'Abin baƙin ciki ne, amma me za ka yi?' Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Sabbin abubuwa: Portland Harbor a Maine yana fuskantar kankara fiye da kowane lokaci godiya ga watan Fabrairu mafi sanyi a cikin rikodin - an kulle jiragen ruwa masu yawa a cikin kankara kuma ana buƙatar masu fasa kankara don ci gaba da cinikayya. Hanyoyin ruwan kankara suna da matsala a wasu wurare na Arewa maso Gabas, kamar su Boston, inda jirgin ruwan fasinja da ke dauke da fasinjoji sama da 100 ya jinkirta da kimanin mintuna 45 lokacin da ta yi jinkiri ta hanyar kankara a bakin tekun a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu. Kuma a New York, inda masu tsaron gabar teku ke yanke kankara a Kogin Hudson don jiragen ruwa masu ɗauke da man dumama, fetur da kuma man jirgin sama su isa wuraren da za su je. Mafi girman ɓangaren yana cikin yankin Germantown da Hudson, arewacin New York City. A wasu wurare kankara tana da kaurin kafa da rabi, in ji jami'an tsaron bakin teku. 'Gidan jirgin ruwa da ke tafiya daga New York City zuwa Albany suna da mafi wahalar wucewa ta wannan yanki, don haka a nan ne Jami'an Tsaro na Tsaro ke ba da ƙoƙari don tsabtace,' in ji Laftanar Ken Sauerbrunn. Jirgin ruwan kamun kifi na lobster sun kulle cikin kankara a Widgery Wharf a Portland, Maine. Wannan shi ne watan Fabrairu mafi sanyi a Portland bisa ga bayanan da Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta kasa ta yi tun daga shekarar 1940. Bill Needelman, mai kula da tashar jiragen ruwa na birnin ya ce, yanayin zafi ya sa fiye da jirage goma da suke kamun kifi suka daskare a kan kankara a Portland. Ƙananan masunta sun sami damar bin kifi na abinci mai mahimmanci kamar haddock da pollock, wanda ya yanke cikin saukowa a...
Scott Werner na Portland ya ce wannan hunturu ya kasance'wasan kwaikwayo mai ban tsoro'ga masunta masu kama da shi. Ruwan kankara ya hana shi fitar da jirgin ruwansa don kamun kifi a cikin 'yan makonnin nan, kuma ya yanke damarsa ta samun kuɗi a cikin jinkirin lokacin kamun kifi na hunturu. Masu tsaron bakin teku sun fuskanci kimanin makonni biyu a watan Fabrairu lokacin da yake yanke kankara, Shackle, yana yanke kankara a kowace rana.