Isiphepho sikagesi yisimo sezulu esibonakala ikakhulu ngombani nombani ohambisana nemisindo yaso. Zakha emafwini amakhulu abizwa ngokuthi i-cumulonimbus. Ukuduma kwezulu kuvame ukuhambisana nomoya onamandla, imvula enamandla, nesichotho. Noma kungabalulekile.
Inhlokodolobha yomhlaba emenyezelwe yiNASA, iMaracaibo. Uma muva nje sibhale ngalokho i isifunda somhlaba lapho kubhaliswe khona ama-waterpouts amaningiFuthi yindawo lapho kubhaliswe khona izivunguvungu zikagesi ezengeziwe. Edolobheni lase-Ologá, eLake Maracaibo, kungenye yezindawo ezingalindelekile kakhulu ukuba nobusuku obuthule. Ngokwesilinganiso kuduma izulu elingu-297 ngonyaka.
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Ukushaya Imibani eyizigidi eziyi-1,6 minyaka yonke ngokuphelele, ngokwesilinganiso. Lesi sifunda saseVenezuela futhi siyindawo eyehlise isihlalo sobukhosi soMfula iCongo e-Afrika, njengendawo lapho imibani eminingi yashaya khona. Ngemuva kokucwaningwa ngokucophelela ngusosayensi we-NASA uRichard Blakeslee. Ucwaningo lushicilelwe ephephandabeni le-American Meteorological Association (AMS). Futhi ukuthi le nto ithandwa kakhulu eVenezuela, eyaziwa njenge umbani weCatatumbo.
Uma kungenjalo, ngaphandle kokubizwa ngombani weCatatumbo, Kuyisimo esibonakalayo kulo lonke uLwandle iMaracaibo. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-17 yokuqoqa imininingwane nedatha sibonga isethelayithi i- "Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission", iNASA eyifake emzileni wayo ukukala umthelela weziphepho zasezindaweni ezishisayo. UBlakeslee uphinde wengeza, ngokubaluleka kokuqonda lesi simo ngokushisa okungafinyelelwa ngamanzi futhi maqondana nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Okudlulele futhi okuhlukile umbani weCatatumbo, ukuthi ngisho Kucelwe ukuthi kube yi-Unesco ukuba ibe ngamaGugu Esiko Angaphatheki. Ngale ndlela lesi sihloko besizophathwa, kanye nesamanje IGuinness World Record ukusekela.