Zombo za Royal Navy zinali kupita ku zilumba za Turks ndi Caicos ndi thandizo ladzidzidzi usiku watha pambuyo poti dera la Britain linasakazidwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya 135 mph Ike, ndikuwonjezera vuto lalikulu laumunthu lomwe likuchitika ku Caribbean.
The frigate Iron Duke ndi Wave Ruler, Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, akuyembekezeka kufika pachilumbachi m'masiku angapo otsatira, akufika pamchira wa Category 4 mkuntho womwe ukuwopsezanso Dominican Republic, Haiti ndi Cuba usiku watha. .
Michael Misick, Pulezidenti wa ku Turks ndi Caicos, adanena kuti anthu ake "akugwirabe ntchito kwa moyo wonse" monga khoma la maso la Ike, kumene mphepo ndi yamphamvu kwambiri, inagwera pachilumba cha Grand Turk, komwe kuli anthu 3,000. Iye anati, “Iwo anamenyedwa kwenikweni, moipa kwambiri.”
Ina Bluemel, wogwira ntchito ku Britain Red Cross pazilumbazi, ananena kuti pafupifupi 95 peresenti ya nyumba za ku Grand Turk zinali “zowonongeka kwambiri, kuphwanyidwa, kugwetsedwa.” Adauza The Times kuchokera pachilumba cha Providenciales dzulo usiku, "Tidalumikizana pafupipafupi ndi Grand Turk mpaka usiku watha pomwe kulumikizana kudatha. Tinali ndi malipoti akuti nyumba zagwa; chipatala chowonongeka kwambiri. Malipoti omwe tinkalandira pa mafoni a m’manja ndi mawailesi anali omvetsa chisoni kwambiri pofika nthawiyi.”
Mnzake Clive Evans anati, “Mphepo ikawomba, zimakhala ngati kubangula kwa mikango.”
Inali mphepo yamkuntho yachiwiri kumenya zisumbu m’masiku asanu ndi limodzi; Boma likadali kuwunika momwe Hanna adakhudzira, yomwe idagunda Lolemba lapitalo ngati mphepo yamkuntho ya Gulu 1, pomwe Ike adachita dzulo dzulo. Akuluakulu ndi mabungwe opereka chithandizo anali ndi zenera la maola 24 okha pakati pa ma eyapoti am'deralo omwe akutsegulidwanso pambuyo pa Hanna ndikutsekanso patsogolo pa Ike kuti atengere zinthu zatsoka.
Nyuzipepala ya National Hurricane Center ku Miami, Florida inaneneratu kuti Ike ayamba kugwedeza dziko la Cuba usiku watha usiku atadutsa m'mphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto kwa Haiti, kumene anthu 650,000 akusowa pokhala chifukwa cha mkuntho wa Fay ndi Hanna, ndi Hurricane Gustav. m'masabata awiri apitawa.
“Zimene ndinaona mumzinda uno lero zili pafupi ndi helo padziko lapansi,” anatero Hedi Annabi, nthumwi ya United Nations, pamene anayendera mzinda wosefukira wa Gonaïves kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Haiti kumapeto kwa mlungu.
Khamu la ana linathamangitsa magalimoto onyamula zakudya a UN akufuula kuti “Anjala, anjala” ndipo mabanja anakwera padenga ndi magalimoto oyandama kuthawa madzi osefukira.
Apolisi ku Gonaïves adanena kuti malipoti oyambirira akuti mitembo ya 500 inapezedwa ikuyandama m'misewu sinali yowona, ngakhale kuti chiwerengero cha anthu omwe anamwalira kuchokera ku mphepo yamkuntho yapitayi chinali 252. Bungwe la British Red Cross ndi mabungwe ena adayambitsa madandaulo adzidzidzi kuti athandize ntchito kudera lonse lokhudzidwa. .
Ku Cuba, okhalamo ndi alendo adasamutsidwa m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Ochita tchuthi adalamulidwanso kuti atuluke ku Florida Keys, zilumba zingapo zomwe zimatambasulira nsonga ya Florida zomwe zimatha kukumana ndi mphepo yamkuntho pamene chimphepo chikudutsa kumwera.
Pambuyo pa Cuba, Ike akuyembekezeka kugunda ku Gulf of Mexico ngati mphepo yamkuntho ya Gulu 4 ndikulowera kumpoto chakumadzulo.
New Orleans ndi Louisiana, omwe adasamutsa anthu mamiliyoni awiri sabata yapitayo mphepo yamkuntho Gustav isanachitike, anali kuyang'anitsitsa njira yake, ngakhale kuti makompyuta aposachedwa kuchokera ku National Hurricane Center adaneneratu kuti idzalowera chakumadzulo kwambiri ku Texas. .
Koma omwe atopa kale ndi mphepo yamkuntho pakati pa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ya mphepo yamkuntho ya Atlantic angafunike kudzipangira okha zitsulo kuti ziwonongeke, asayansi adatero.
Lipoti lofalitsidwa m’magazini ya Nature ya September linanena kuti kutentha kwa dziko n’kumene kunachititsa kuti mphepo zamkuntho za m’nyanja ya Atlantic zikhale zamphamvu kwambiri m’zaka 30 zapitazi.
