Eselulekweni esisha sokuhamba esikhishwe ngeSonto, uMnyango Wezangaphandle Nezohwebo kahulumeni wase-Australia ufudumeze “izingozi ezinkulu” zokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula ezindizeni zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe eziya nase-United States.
Njengenkomba yengozi enkulu yokuhlasela kwamaphekula, Umnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya wase-US weluleke i-System Threat Level Orange kuzo zonke izindiza zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe, ngokusho kokwelulekwa. "Ikuphuzi noma 'iphakeme' kuyo yonke eminye imikhakha, okubonisa ubungozi bokuhlasela kwamaphekula."
Iseluleko sezokuvakasha siphinde sahlanganisa izexwayiso ngezimo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu nezinsongo kubahambi njengoba iziphathimandla ziyala ukuthi i-New Orleans isuswe ngenxa yezinsongo zesiphepho u-Gustav. Kodwa-ke, isiphepho, abanye ababesibize ngokuthi “yisiphepho sekhulu leminyaka,” sase sintekenteke ngoMsombuluko, siletha ukuklwebheka okuncane eNew Orleans uma kuqhathaniswa nezikhukhula eziyinhlekelele ezalethwa uKatrina eminyakeni emithathu edlule.
“Kunesimo sezulu esibi, kuhlanganise neziphepho, ezithinta ugu oluseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-United States,” kwenezela lesi seluleko.
Njengoba isiphepho uGustav sinqamula iGulf of Mexico ngesivinini somoya esingamamayela angu-125 ngehora, sishiye iCuba, iDominican Republic, iHaiti neJamaica ehlaselwe abantu abangu-81, ngokwemibiko yakamuva.
Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, iSiphepho uKatrina sagadla e-US Gulf Coast, sabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-1,800 futhi sadala umonakalo olinganiselwa ku-US$81 billion eNew Orleans. I-Katrina kwakuyinhlekelele yemvelo eyabulala kakhulu i-US eyadlula kuyo cishe iminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili.
