Umkhukula eCosta Rica, ngo-Okthobha u-2011
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba wawukhe waya kwindawo eyayinomkhukula. Apho ndihlala khona ngo-Novemba ka-2013 sasinomntu obukrakra bakhe bugqithise kunoko sasinako kude kube ngoko. Indlela yajika yangumlambo onobunzulu obumalunga neenyawo. Kodwa, ewe, oku bekungeyonto xa siyithelekisa naleyo ingakumbi abahlali bemozulu yetropiki, njengeCosta Rica okanye iHawaii, ekufuneka behlala kuyo, apho kungekuphela nje kwezitrato ezifakwe emanzini, kodwa nakwiidolophu zonke.
Kodwa, Uyintoni kanye kanye umkhukula? Kwaye zibangelwa yintoni?
Isikhukula asinto yimbi ngaphandle kwamanzi ahlala kwiindawo ezomileyo, ezinje ngezitalato. Zingabangelwa zizizathu ezahlukeneyo: iimvula ezinkulu, ukunyibilika, amaza olwandle, okanye imilambo ephuphumayo.
Zenzeka ngokwendalo emachibini nasemilanjeni, apho izikhukula zenza umlambo uphuphume, njengoko kusenzeka xa sibeka iemele phantsi kwetephu evulekileyo. Kufika ixesha xa, lingenawo amandla aneleyo okuqokelela ulwelo oluninzi kangaka, luyaphuma. Ungayibona le nto kwizitiya xa kunetha kakhulu: xa umhlaba unyanzelwa ukuba ube namanzi amaninzi, ngokungabinamandla afanelekileyo okwenza ukuba amanzi abaleke kuphela ngaphezulu.
Umkhukula eMinatitlán (Veracruz) ngo-2008
Kuyimfuneko ukuba nenkqubo ye-levee ikwimeko efanelekileyo ukunqanda ilahleko, kodwa akusoloko kulula kwizazi zemozulu ukuqikelela ngokuzithemba xa isenzeko esifana nenyikima okanye inkanyamba iyakwenzeka, enokubangela izikhukula.
Iindawo ezisemngciphekweni kakhulu zezi zihlala kufutshane nonxweme, kodwa sinokuchaphazeleka ukuba sihlala kufutshane nemilambo okanye imigxobhozo. E-United States, apho i-avareji yeshumi lezaqhwithi zenzeka ngonyaka, i-Kentucky, California okanye iVirginia zinokuba nezikhukula ezinkulu.