Guguwar Irma.
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A lokacin 2017 akwai mahaukaciyar guguwa da dama da suka haifar da babbar illa, ba wai kawai kayan ba har ma da asarar mutum. Kawai Irma, Na 5, wanda ya fara daga 30 ga watan Agusta zuwa 15 ga Satumba, ya bar asarar dala dubu 118 sannan mutane 127 suka mutu. Ya kasance mafi tsada tun Katrina, 2003. Amma ba kawai zamu tuna Irma ba: akwai wasu sunaye waɗanda ba zai zama da sauƙi a manta da su ba, kamar Harvey o María.
Karshen karshen mako mun yi Nate, wanda ya kasance daga hadari mai zafi wanda ya lalata Costa Rica, Nicaragua da Honduras zuwa mahaukaciyar guguwa ta 1 wacce ta yi barazanar Mexico da wani ɓangare na gabar Amurka. Tare da wannan sabon abu, a halin yanzu akwai guguwa 9 masu aiki na lokacin, mafi yawan aiki fiye da ƙarni ɗaya.
Kodayake sau ɗaya aka lura daga ƙasa ko daga kwale-kwale, wanda ke da matukar wuya a san ko mahaukaciyar guguwa goma aka samu a cikin shekara guda, gaskiyar ita ce lokacin 2017 yana aiki musamman a cikin Atlantic, tun a kalla 1893. Amma me yasa?
Masana sun riga sun annabta cewa wannan lokacin zai zama mafi aiki fiye da yadda yake. Matsakaicin yanayin zafin saman Tekun Atlantika, haɗe da rauni mai rauni na El Niñosun baiwa mahaukaciyar guguwa da dama damar samarwa, wasu daga cikinsu masu tsananin gaske.
Guguwar Maria da ta yi barna a Puerto Rico.
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Guguwa tana ciyar da zafin teku. Mafi girman yanayin zafin teku, ana sa ran ƙarin mahaukaciyar iska. Amma, ƙari, idan muka ci gaba da amfani da tekuna a matsayin wurin zubar da shara, ba wai kawai za mu jefa rayuwar dabbobin ruwa cikin haɗari ba, har ma da rayuwarmu. Roba abu ne wanda ke tara zafi kuma yana iya kara zafin ruwan. Kwanan nan ganowa na wani sabon tsibiri na shara na filastik a cikin Pacific, wanda yakai girman Mexico kuma ya fi Spain girma, ya kamata su taimaka mana mu sanya matakan da zasu fara mutunta duniyar da muke rayuwa a kanta.
Idan ba mu yi haka ba, dole ne mu saba da al'amuran yanayi masu lalata abubuwa.