Isiphepho u-Irma sibonakale sisuka e-International Space Station
Irma manje sesibe ngokusemthethweni isiphepho esinamandla kakhulu emlandweni esenziwe e-Atlantic. Nabanye imimoya eqhubekayo cishe engama-300km / h, nosayizi ocishe ufane nowaseFrance, uqhubeka nokusondela kwawo kudala umonakalo omkhulu. Amandla ayo makhulu kangangokuba nama-seismographs angakubona ukuba khona kwawo. Isithinte iziqhingi zaseCaribbean i-Anguilla, i-Antigua neBarbuda. Futhi njengamanje ibheke eCuba, ePuerto Rico, naseZweni laseFlorida.
Imeya yaseMiami-Dade, uCarlos Giménez, ukuqinisekisile lokho "ISiphepho u-Irma siyisongo esikhulu eFlorida, eSouth-Dade nasendaweni yethu ikakhulukazi". Kunemiyalo yokukhishwa kwabantu abaningi ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene. Kanjalo banikeze imephu kubantu abahlala eMiami nasezindaweni eziseduze, ezindaweni zokuphuma kuye ngobungozi bokuhlala lapho ngesikhathi sesiphepho. Ngaphezu komoya onamandla, izimvula ezinamandla nezikhukhula eziyingozi kulindelekile nomaphi lapho kudlula khona.
Izimo ezinhle eziholele ku-Irma
Ngokuya ngezexwayiso zezazi zezulu, ngisho nesimo esiphuthumayo, bayakuqinisekisa lokho umthelela wayo ungaba yinhlekelele enkulu kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelekile. Isibonelo esihle uHarvey, othole umfutho oqinile ngaphambi kokwehla komhlaba. I-Irma, yize ifinyelele esigabeni 5, kubonakala ngathi ayilandeli inqubo ejwayelekile yazo zonke ezinye izivunguvungu zase-Atlantic. Imvamisa lapho isiphepho sesifikile esigabeni esiphezulu, babevame ukuba "ntekenteke", futhi kwakuhlala kunesimo esingavamile. U-Irma ukhuthazelele.
Phakathi kwezici ezifanele kakhulu, izinga lokushisa lolwandle liphakathi kuka-1 no-1ºC ngokufudumele, okwenza kube yisiphepho esinamandla. I-shear yomoya iphansi, okungukuthi, umoya ungahamba ngokukhululeka uphume uphume. Awekho amafu othuli aseSahara ajikeleza e-Atlantic, futhi kushesha ngokwanele ukuthi amanzi afudumele aphuma kulesi siphepho anomthelela ekushiseni kwawo. Ngaphezu kokuthi akakathinti phansi, zonke lezi zinto zibambe iqhaza ekusizeni u-Irma abe yilokhu ayikho.
Umbuzo osasele futhi okuxoxwa ngawo muva nje uthi, ingabe isikali sikaSaffir Simpson kuzofanele sinyuswe siye esigabeni 6?