Konke Okufuneka Ukwazi NgoMichigan Abaphathi
Michigan Tornado Facts
UMichigan akakwazi ukubizwa ngokuba ngamaqhwithi ayo, kodwa kukho izibini ezibonakalayo eziye zachukumisa kwi-Great Lake State, ezaqala ngawo-1950.
Iintshonalanga zivakhenkethi ezingapheliyo eMichigan. Ngokwe-National Climatic Data Centre, umlinganiselo welizwe nje ngeemvula ezili-17 zenyakatho ngonyaka. Ngoxa i-17 ibonakala ngathi yinani elikhulu, xa lifaniswa nelizwe elisezantsi laseTexas, eliphakathi kwama-35 ukuya ku-159 ngqabunga ngeminyaka, isiqingatha seMichigan sonyaka sisezantsi.
Kuzo zonke iziqhwithi zaseMichigan ezibhalwe kwimbali, malunga neepesenti ezingama-5 kuphela zeF4 okanye i-F5 kwi-Fujita Tornado Damage Scale. I-F4 okanye i-F5 isiqhwithi sichazwe ngokuthi "sonakalisa" kwaye imimoya enamandla ifikelela ngesivinini se-207 mph okanye ngaphezulu. Ngokutsho kwe-Extreme Weather Sourcebook ka-2001, iMichigan ifikelela kwi-17 kwisizwe ngokubhekiselele ekulahlekeni kwezoqoqosho ezibangelwa iindubhu.
Imifudlana yaseMichigan idla ukuvela emva kwemini kwaye kusihlwa, ngokuqhelekileyo phakathi kweeyure ze-4 no-6 ntambama. Nangona zenzeka rhoqo kwiinyanga zikaJuni, ngo-Apreli no-Meyi zibonisa kwakhona ukuphakama kwexesha leqhwaba, ngokutsho kweNational Weather Service . Nangona kunjalo, iingqungquthela zibikwe unyaka wonke, zithintela inyanga kaDisemba noJanuwari.
I-Tornado eyona nto ibhubhe kakhulu eMichigan
Kukho kuphela i-F5 yenkqantosi, erekhodiweyo eMichigan, kwaye yabangela umonakalo omkhulu ongonakaliyo. Isiqhwithi, esabizwa ngokuthi i-Flint-Beecher Tornado yahlulwa ngodidi lwe "Incredible" ngesantya somoya phakathi kwe-261-318 mph kunye nesiphepho sasiyinkangala ye-9 eyayifa kwi-History of United States.
Isiqhwithi sagudla kwi-Flint esenyakatho ngoJuni 8, 1953. Kwaqhekeza izindlu ngeendlela ezingama-23-ende eziye zahlala edolophini yaseLapeer. Isalathisi esinamandla sabulala abantu abayi-115, balimala ngo-844 kwaye bangela ukuba i-$ 19 yezigidi zonakalise umonakalo wepropati. Isiqhwithi sasiqine kakhulu, i-debris esuka kwindlela yokuchukumisa ifunyenwe i-200 miles away.
Ezinye izinto ezinqabileyo zaseMichigan
- Ngo-Meyi 12, 1956: I- Allen Park F4 iTornado yalimala abantu abayi-22.
- NgoJulayi 4, 1957: I- Brighton F4 Tornado yabangela ukulimala kwe-2, yachitha imizi emininzi.
- Ngo-Meyi 8, 1964: UMt. I-Clemens F4 I-Tornado yinqumla indlela emitha emitha-ntshona yeMnt. Clemens. Isiqhwithi sabulala abantu abayi-11 kwaye sonakalisa izindlu nezakhiwo ezingama-372.
- Ngo-Apreli 11 ukuya ku-12, ngo-1965: I- Sunday Sunday Outbreak yayingumcimbi ophezulu wezulu owakhupha ama-tornadoes e-Indiana, e-Ohio, eMichigan, eWisconsin, e-Illinois nase-Iowa.
- Ngo-Ephreli 3 ukuya ku-4, 1974: I- Super Outbreak yenye enye imozulu eshushu kakhulu eyenza i-148 yenyuka eMichigan kunye namanye amaninzi eMidwest.
- Ngomhla wama-20 kuMatshi 1976: I- West Bloomfield F4 iTornado yathintela ngaseHalsted Road phakathi kwe-13 ne-15 Mile Roads. Kwabulala umntu oyedwa waza wabangela i-$ 5 yezigidi ngomonakalo wepropati.