Izimo zezulu ezimbili eziyingozi zisongela i-US Gulf Coast, ezimbili ngesikhathi.
Isivunguvungu saseTropical uMarco sathuthukiswa saba yisiphepho ngeSonto njengoba sithole amandla ngaphezu kweGulf of Mexico. UMarco angase abe yingxenye yesiteleka esingakaze sibonwe e-US Gulf Coast eduze neTropical Storm Laura, okungenzeka ukuthi iqinise isiphepho kuleli sonto.
UMarco ungene eGulf of Mexico ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa wabhekisa amabombo eLouisiana noma eMississippi ngoMsombuluko ntambama, ngokusho kweNational Hurricane Center.. Kusukela ngeSonto ntambama, i-Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter ithole ukuthi uMarco usefinyelele imimoya eqinile ye-75 mph.
Ukuze ufinyelele isimo sesiphepho, isiphepho sidinga ukukhiqiza imimoya eqinile okungenani engu-74 mph.
I-National Hurricane Centre e-Miami ixwayise uMarco ukuthi kulindeleke ukuthi alethe isiphepho esinamandla nesiphepho esisongela ukuphila eGulf Coast.
Isiphepho saseTropical uLaura - cishe amakhilomitha angu-40 enyakatho-mpumalanga yePort au Prince, eHaiti, kusukela ngeSonto ekuseni - kulindeleke ukuthi siqine kakhulu ukuze sibe yisiphepho ngoLwesibili ntambama, kusho isikhungo. Ingase ifike isuka eTexas iye eGulf Coast eFlorida ngoLwesithathu ntambama, kusho izangoma.
"Kubukeka sengathi i-upper Gulf izothola i-punch eyodwa-two," kusho okhulumela isikhungo seziphepho uDennis Feltgen. "Lokho kuyinto engakaze ibonwe ngaphambili."
UMbusi waseLouisiana uJohn Bel Edwards umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kweziphepho futhi ngoMgqibelo wacela uMongameli uDonald Trump ukuthi anikeze isimo esiphuthumayo sombuso kuhulumeni.
Ukukhishwa okuyisibopho kwesifunda sasePlaquemines eNew Orleans kuzoqala ngeSonto ntambama, kumemezele izikhulu zepherishi ngoMgqibelo ebusuku. I-Plaquemines iyindawo eseningizimu yedolobha, ezungezwe yiGulf of Mexico, futhi ilinyazwe kakhulu iziphepho zangaphambilini, kubandakanya noKatrina ngo-2005.
