- Isiphepho iTropical Henri sithuthukise saba yisiphepho.
- Kukhishwe izexwayiso ezinzima ngesimo sezulu enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-US.
- Kulindeleke imvula enkulu, lapho iNational Hurricane Center ixwayisa ngemvula engafika kumasentimitha ayishumi kwezinye izindawo.
Isiphepho iTropical Henri sithuthukisiwe namhlanje saba sezingeni lesiphepho yi-US National Hurricane Center. UHenri wenyuselwa esimweni sezulu esishisayo waba yisiphepho ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi awele phansi ngeSonto.
Kukhishwe izexwayiso zesimo sezulu ezinzima ngaphesheya kwenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-US, njengoba iSiphepho uHenri silandelela enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Atlantic.
Ngezivinini zomoya okwamanje ezizungeze ama-75mph, uHenri kulindeleke ukuthi ashaye iLong Island noma eningizimu yeNew England kusasa.
Uma kwenzeka ifika eLong Island, kuzoba yisiphepho sokuqala ukugadla lapho kusukela eGloria ngo-1985. Uma kwenzeka ifika eNew England, kuzoba yisiphepho sokuqala ukwenza lokho kusukela uBob ngo-1991, owabulala abantu abangu-15 futhi wahlasela ibhilidi elingaphezu kuka- $ 1.5 billion lomonakalo.
UHenri okwamanje uletha izivinini zomoya ezingaba ngama-75mph (120kph) ngaseMelika, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi iqinise njengoba isondela ezweni. Kukhishwe izexwayiso zesiphepho kusuka eNew York kuya eMassachusetts. Abaphathi bakulezi zifundazwe, kanye naseConnecticut naseRhode Island, beluleke ngokungahambi ngokungadingekile. I-Connecticut neMassachusetts futhi zibize amalungu eNational Guard ukuba asebenze kanzima ukulungiselela ukufika kukaHenri.
Kulindeleke imvula enkulu, neNational Hurricane Centre isixwayiso yemvula engafika kumasentimitha ayishumi kwezinye izindawo. "Imvula enamandla evela eHenri ingahle ibe nezikhukhula ezinkulu, amadolobha, nezikhukhula ezincane," kweluleka isikhungo, sengeza ngokuthi "isiphepho noma ezimbili" zingase zivele eNew England ngeSonto.
INew England isivele iphekiwe ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa emvula enamandla. I-Federal Emergency Management Agency (i-FEMA) umphathi uDeanne Criswell uthe ngoMgqibelo lezi zimo ezinamanzi amaningi zisho ukuthi uHenri angazisiphula kalula izihlahla nezintambo zikagesi, okungaholela ezinsukwini zokuphela kukagesi.
"Sizobona ukunqamuka kukagesi, sizobona izihlahla ezigawuliwe, futhi noma ngabe isiphepho sesidlulile, usongo lokuwa kwezihlahla nezitho zomzimba lukhona laphaya," esho.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Uma kwenzeka iwela eNew England, kuzoba isiphepho sokuqala ukwenza lokho kusukela uBob ngo-1991, esabulala abantu abangu-15 futhi sakhokhisa imali engaphezu kuka-$1.
- U-Henri uthuthukiswe esuka esivunguvungwini esishisayo waba isiphepho ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi avele ngeSonto.
- Njengamanje u-Henri uletha isivinini somoya esingaba ngu-75mph (120kph) ngase-US, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi aqinise njengoba esondela emhlabeni.
