Ngo-2017 i- Atlantic yenkwenkwezi yonyaka yayisebenza kakhulu kuneyona ndlela iqhelekileyo kwaye iFlorida yatshitshiswa yi-4 Isiqhwithi se-Irma, sigcina umonakalo omkhulu ngenxa yomoya kunye nezikhukhula.
Ngaphambi kowe-2016, iFlorida yayiye kwi-streak ye-win-free free streak. I-Sunshine State ihambe irekhodi engama-11 ngaphandle kweqhwithi. Kodwa loo mininzi-plus streak yafika ngoSeptemba 2016, xa iCandelo-1 Iphepho uHermine yenza ukuhlaselwa ngaphambi kokukhubeka kwisiphepho sezityalo.
Ngeeveki ezimbalwa emva koko, ngo-Oktobha 2016, iCandelo-3 iVietnam kaMatewu alizange yenze ukuhlaselwa eFlorida kodwa yayichitha usuku lonke lugqithisa unxweme ngaphandle kweedolophu, ukubhubhisa iidolophu, kubangela ukufa kwabantu abaninzi, nokushiya ngaphezu kwesigidi seFridians ngaphandle kwamandla.
Ukucwangcisa uhambo lokuhamba eFlorida? Nakhu okumele ukwazi ngexesha leqhwithi.
Iyintoni iqhwithi? Iintsholongwane ezitshatyalaliswayo ngeendawo eziphambili zomoya ezihambelana neendlela zokubethelwa kweqhwithi ziwela kweyodwa kwiintlobo ezintlanu, kunye neyona nto inamandla kakhulu yi-Category-5.
Kuphi na iqhwithi lonyaka? I-Atlantic yenkwenkwezi yonyaka ivela ngoJuni 1 ukuya kuNovemba 30 kunye nexesha eliphakamileyo ukususela ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti ukuya ekupheleni kwe-Oktobha. Inyangeni kaSeptemba ithambe ukuvelisa iindubane. Ibhethi yaseAtlantic iquka lonke i-Atlantic Ocean, uLwandle lweCaribbean kunye neGulf of Mexico.
Yintoni ebonakalayo yenkanyamba yonyaka? Ngokusekelwe kwiingxelo zemozulu zembali-mlando ukususela ngo-1950, ummandla waseAtlantiki uza kuba nama-stormy winds angama-39 mph, apho ezintandathu zijika zibe yizantya zomoya zifikelela kuma-74 mph okanye ngaphezulu, kwaye ezintathu zintlambo zididi ezintathu okanye ngaphezulu imimoya engama-111 mph.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ezininzi zezi mpuphozi azenzi umonakalo eMelika.
Zingaphi iindubane ezihlasele iFlorida? Ngokomyinge, inqwanqantya eyodwa ukuya kwembini (okanye ngokuthe ngqo, 1.75 iziphepho) yenza ukuwa kweNxweme yaseMpumalanga yase-US njalo ngonyaka. Phakathi kwabo, ama-40 ekhulwini afika eFlorida. Ukususela ngo-1851, iimvunguvungu ezingama-37 zenze i-Florida ngqo.
Kukho ulungelelaniso oluncinane phakathi kweenani leziqhumane kunye nalabo abangela ukuhlaselwa kunoma yiphi na ixesha. Ngokomzekelo, ngo-2010 kwakuyiminyaka exakeke kakhulu, kunye neempuphu ezili-19 ezibizwa ngeempompo ezili-12. Sekunjalo akukho ncitye, kunye nesinye isiqhwithi esiphezulu sezulu, senze ukuhlaselwa e-US ngaloo nyaka.
Kuthetha ntoni kwizicwangciso zam iholide? Ngokwemvavanyo, kukho umngcipheko ophantsi kakhulu ukuba isiphepho siyakuthintela iholide yakho. Sekunjalo, ukuba uceba ukuhlala eFlorida phakathi koJuni no-Oktobha, unokucinga ngokuthenga i- inshurensi yokuhamba okanye ukhetha ihotele enika isiqinisekiso soqhwithi . Ngokuqhelekileyo, ukuba uhambo lwakho luchoxisiwe okanye luphazanyiswe ngenxa yesiphango, ungabuyiselwa kumda wokufikelela. Qaphela ukuba kumaxesha amaninzi, i-inshorensi kufuneka ithengwe ngaphezu kweeyure ezingama-24 ngaphambi kokuba kuqhwitywe ngumbungu.
Kwakhona qaphela ukuba iziphepho ezitshatyalaliswayo ezingenakufikelela kwimoya yomshoshamali zingakwazi ukubeka i-damper kwiholide yakho ngokuzisa imvula engayiyekanga iintsuku. Unako ukukwazi ukurhoxisa iholide lakho ngaphandle kwesihlwayo, kodwa kufuneka uhlale unamehlo kwimeko yeemeko zesimo sezulu kunye nocwangciso (kwaye upake) ngokufanelekileyo.
Ndingahlala njani phezu kweengqungquthela? Ukuba uhamba kwindawo ephosakeleyo yendawo yamanzi, khuphela i- App yeNkukhu yase-American Red Cross ukuze uhlaziywe iziqhumane kunye nokubulawa kwezinto eziwusizo.
I-Recap yeSiphepho Sonyaka 2017
I-2017 ye-Atlantic yanyhukunyana yenkathi yonyaka yayingumonakalo onobuhlungu, obulalayo, kunye nexesha elibhubhisa kakhulu elibekwe phakathi kweyona nto inzima kuba iirekhodi zaqala ngo-1851. Okubi nakakhulu, le nkathi yayingapheliyo, nazo zonke iindwangu zonyaka ze-10 zenzeka ngokulandelelana.
Uninzi lwababalandeli abalahlekanga uphawu, nokuba lube lukhulu okanye lube lukhulu kuncinci kwimbini kunye nobushushu beephango. Ekuqaleni konyaka, ababikezeli babekulindele ukuba i-El Niño yayiza kuphuhlisa, iyanciphise umsebenzi wesiphepho. Nangona kunjalo, i-El Niño echaziweyo ayizange iphuhliswe kwaye, endaweni yoko, izimo ezingapheliyo zize zenziwe ukudala iLa Niña ngomnyaka wesibini ngokulandelana. Abanye ababikezelayo bahlengahlengisa izibikezelo zabo ngokubhekiselele kwintsebenzo, kodwa abazange baqonde ngokucacileyo indlela ixesha eliza kuvela ngayo.
Gcina ukhumbule ukuba unyaka oqhelekileyo uzisa iziphepho ezili-12 ezibiziweyo, iziqhwithi ezithandathu, kunye neentlanzi ezintathu.
Unyaka ka-2017 wawunexesha elibaluleke kakhulu ngaphezu kwexesha eliqhelekileyo elivelise eziliqela ezili-17 ezibizwa ngokuba yimvula, iziqhwithi ezili-10, kunye neentlanzi ezinkulu ezintandathu. Nantsi indlela abachasayo abahamba ngayo nezibikezelo zabo zexesha le-2017.
- I-NOAA (Ulawulo lwe-Oceanic kunye ne-Atmospheric Administration) elincinci elingaphantsi kwexesha, liqikelele "ixesha elingaphezulu" eliqhelekileyo elinama-11 ukuya kwe-17 abizwa ngeempompo, iziqhwithi ezisihlanu ukuya kwezi-9, kubandakanywa neziphephelo ezimbini ukuya kwezine.
- I-Global Weather Oscillations Inc. (GWO) nayo yachazwa ngomsebenzi ongaphezulu kwe-average ngeempompo ezili-16 ezibizwa ngokuba yiziqhwithi, ezithandathu iziphepho kunye neziqhwithi ezine ezinkulu.
- Iingozi ezitshatyalaliswa ngumoya kwiNyuvesi yaseLondon yaseNyuvesi yaseNyuvesi yaseLondon zancinci ukunyuka kwexesha lexesha ngokuchazwa kweziphepho eziyi-14, iziqhwithi ezithandathu, kunye neentlanzi ezintathu.
- I-Weather Channel nayo yayichaza ixesha eliqhelekileyo, kunye neziphepho ezili-12 ezibizwa ngokuba yiempula, ezithandathu iziphepho, kunye neziphepho ezinkulu ezimbini.
- ISebe leNyuvesi yaseNorth Carolina State University of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric liye lalahleka umqondiso ngokuchazwa kwexesha eliqhelekileyo leqhwithi elinama-11 ukuya ku-15, elinegama leempukane, ezineziqhumane ezine ukuya kweyesithandathu.
- I-Accuweather yayikude, iqikelele ixesha elingaphantsi kwexesha eliqhelekileyo, elinemivungu elinegama eli-10, iziphepho ezinhlanu, kunye neentlanzi ezintathu.
- I-Colorado State University yabikezela ukuba unyaka ungaphantsi kancinci kunezo zinto eziqhelekileyo, ezineziphepho ezibiziweyo ezili-11, iziqhwithi ezine, kunye neephukhula ezimbini.