Hadaddiyar zafin yanayi tana shirye ta ƙara ƙarfi wannan makon a yawancin tsakiya da gabas na Amurka da Kanada, tana haifar da tambayoyi masu muhimmanci game da lafiyar 'yan wasa a wasu wasannin zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026.

Bisa ga National Weather Service (NWS), ana sa ran yanayin zafi ya wuce 32C (90F) a yankuna da yawa, amma haɗuwar zafi mai tsanani da ɗimbin ɗanshi zai tura zafin da ake ji zuwa 46C (115F) a sassan kudu na filaye, kwarin mid-Mississippi, da kuma wani ɓangare na yankin Mid-Atlantic.

Iyakar lafiyar Fifpro na ƙarƙashin matsin lamba

Abin da ke da muhimmanci ga jin daɗin 'yan wasa shi ne Wet Bulb Global Temperature index, wanda ya la'anci duk zafi da ɗanshi tare. Ƙungiyar 'yan wasa ta duniya Fifpro tana amfani da wannan ƙididdiga don ƙayyade lokacin da yanayin ya zama mai haɗari sosai ga ƴan wasan ƙwallo na ƙwararru.

Wasanni da yawa wannan makon na iya kusanci ko kaiwa wannan iyaka — musamman wasannin Miami da Kansas City a ranar Juma'a 2 Yuli, inda zafin da ake ji na iya tashi zuwa 40C (104F). Argentina v Cape Verde da Colombia v Ghana na iya bugawa a yanayi mai wahala sosai.

Hasashen zafi ga kowane wasa

Mafi ƙarfin zafi zai kasance a Texas, inda masu goyon baya da ke tafiya zuwa filayen wasannin da ke da inuwar iska a Houston da Arlington za su sha wahala a wajen filayen. A Houston, ana hasashen zafin da ake ji yayin Brazil v Japan a ranar Litinin ya kai kusan 44C (111F), yayin da Dallas ke fuskantar yanayin har zuwa 41C (106F) a ranar Talata.

England v DR Congo a ranar Laraba a Atlanta suma za su fuskanci yanayin mai zafi da ɗanshi a wajen filin wasa, ko da yake filin da kansa yana da inuwar iska. Akwai ƙaramin haɗarin guguwar tsawa ga wannan wasan, tare da babban haɗari daga baya a rana bayan wasan ya ƙare.

Sauran wasannin da ake sa ran za su fuskanci babban zafi sun haɗa da:

Talata 1 Yuli — France v Sweden, New Jersey: 30C (86F).

Alhamis 1 Yuli — Portugal v Croatia, Toronto: 31C (88F).

Juma'a 2 Yuli — Argentina v Cape Verde, Miami: 31C (88F), ake ji 40C (104F).

Juma'a 2 Yuli — Colombia v Ghana, Kansas City: 32C (90F), ake ji 40C (104F).

Guguwar tsawa ma na iya tarwatsa wasannin

Haɗuwar zafi da ɗanshi ana sa ran za ta haifar da guguwar tsawa daga baya a mako. Bisa ga ƙa'idojin gasar, ana iya dakatar da wasa idan an gano guguwar tsawa a cikin radius na mil takwas daga filin wasa.

Wasan Argentina v Cape Verde a Miami a ranar Juma'a yana da babban yiwuwar guguwar tsawa, wanda na iya tilasta dakatawar. Wasan England v DR Congo a Atlanta yana fuskantar ƙaramin amma na gaske haɗari.

Zafi zai kai kololuwa a karshen mako

Ana hasashen yanayin ya ƙara taɓarɓarewa nan da karshen mako, lokacin da zagaye na 16 zai fara. Ana sa ran Philadelphia da New Jersey za su ga zafi mai yawa sama da al'ada, yana tashi zuwa manyan digiri na 30C — tare da zafin da ake ji wuce 40C (104F).

Gabashin Kanada ba za ta tsere ba. Ana hasashen Ontario da Quebec za su ga yanayin zafi har zuwa 10C (18F) sama da matsakaici, tare da zafin dare na iya zama sama da 20C (70F) — mataki wanda ƙwararrun yanayin ƙasa ke kira dare na wurare masu zafi.