Iziphepho ziyizimo zezulu, ezibonakala ngezithombe zesathelayithi, ziyamangalisa ngempela. Kepha emhlabeni izinto ziyashintsha. Zingadala umonakalo omkhulu, kuze kube seqophelweni lokuthi kungahle kube nokufa kwabantu.
Kulonyaka, ngokusho kochwepheshe, kulindeleke iziphepho eziyishumi nambili ezishisayo e-Atlantic, okuyisihlanu kuzoba yiziphepho, ezimbili zazo zinamandla amakhulu, ngenkathi okuzosebenza ngayo isilinganiso. Isikhathi seziphepho esiqala ngokusemthethweni ngoJuni 1.
Kulo nyaka ukwakheka kweziphepho kuzothinteka ngokuncipha kwesimo se-El Niño namazinga okushisa aphansi eNyakatho ye-Atlantic. Umcwaningi nomphathi wephrojekthi yaseColorado State University (CSU) uPhilip J. Klotzbach uthe ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela Yesimo Sezulu Esishisayo Kazwelonke eSouth Padre Island, eTexas, balindele ukuthi kungenzeka kube neziphepho ezinkulu. okwenza ukwehla ogwini lwase-United States naseCaribbean. Ukucacisa ngokuthe xaxa, wakhombisa ukuthi kwakukhona i- 50% amathuba okuthi isiphepho sizothinta ugu lwe-Atlantic e-US, kanye no-30% ukuthi sizofinyelela eFlorida noma eGulf of Mexico. Ngokuphathelene neCaribbean, amathuba angama- I-40%.
UKlotzbach neqembu lakhe benza izibikezelo zabo minyaka yonke. Lolu cwaningo lwenziwa ngokuhlaziya iminyaka engama-29 yedatha yomlando ngeziphepho. Okwe-2016, babikezela iziphepho eziyishumi nambili ukuthi, izosebenza izinsuku ezingama-50. Kulaba abayishumi nambili, kuzoba nabahlanu abazoba yiziphepho, ezimbili zazo zinamandla amakhulu.
UKlotzbach uphinde wakusho lokho kwanele ukuba nesiphepho senze ukuwa komhlaba kubhekwe njengenkathi esebenzayo yaleyo ndawoakukhathaleki ukuthi umsebenzi weziphepho ubikezelwe kangakanani, ngakho-ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukubheka izexwayiso zesimo sezulu ukuze kungaveli izinkinga zanoma yiluphi uhlobo.