Rakyat berdiri di atas Pier Ocean City Music menonton melayari berat yang disebabkan oleh Taufan Sandy, pada 28 Oktober, 2012 di Ocean City, New Jersey (People stand on the Ocean City Music Pier watching heavy surf caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 28, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey (Mark Wilson/Getty Image/FP)
60 juta berisiko sebagai maut 'Frankenstorm' Sandy mencetuskan pemindahan jisim. . .
The 'Sandy Frankenstorm' telah bersedia untuk menjadi yang belum pernah berlaku dalam saiz sekali ia mencecah tanah besar Amerika Syarikat malam Isnin. Berpuluh-puluh berjuta-juta orang boleh terjejas sebagai taufan gabungan mengakibatkan mala malapetaka dari Pantai Timur ke Great Lakes pada minggu Halloween. Semakin buruk amaran angin kuat, gangguan kuasa, banjir yang meluas, hujan lebat dan walaupun salji sedang dibunyikan di New York dan lain-lain pusat-pusat penduduk utama sebagai Taufan Sandy terus berjalan dari Caribbean.
Presiden Obama telah menandatangani pengisytiharan darurat bagi negeri-negeri New York dan Massachusetts dan District of Columbia pada petang Ahad. Peramal berkata Sandy ditetapkan untuk mengubah ke dalam "ribut super," sebagai ribut tropika bergabung dengan ribut musim sejuk dan depan sejuk, mengancam sehingga 12 inci hujan di beberapa kawasan dan salji berat pedalaman. "Kami sedang melihat kesan lebih daripada 50 hingga 60 juta orang," kata Louis Uccellini, kepala ramalan alam sekitar bagi National Oceanic dan Atmosfera Pentadbiran.
Tetapkan untuk mendekati pantai negeri-negeri pertengahan Atlantik oleh Isnin, Sandy adalah mungkin untuk membuat pendaratan di kawasan metropolitan New York, rumah kepada kira-kira 22 juta orang, pada malam Isnin. Angin berterusan ribut Kategori 1 sebanyak 75 kilometer sejam adalah apa-apa yang luar biasa, tetapi dengan taufan angin mencapai 105 kilometer dari pusat dan lemah tenaga angin ribut tropika memperluaskan 700 batu, peramal di pinggir mengenai kesan potensi.
Badai kuat dijangka untuk menghulurkan jauh di pedalaman Pennsylvania. "Ini adalah angin hanya menakjubkan di segi kelajuan tinggi mereka. Saya tidak boleh ingat pernah melihat ramalan model seperti medan angin luas lahan masih cukup luas dengan nilai-nilai yang begitu tinggi untuk sekian lama masa. Kami bidang baru di sini, "meteorologi Perkhidmatan Cuaca Kebangsaan di Washington agensi, DC/Baltimore pejabat berkata pada malam Sabtu."Saiz ini (Sandy) sahaja, yang menjejaskan kawasan yang ramai penduduknya, akan menjadi sejarah membuat," kata Jeff Masters, seorang pakar taufan yang menulis blog Cuaca untuk Underground.pact.
Imej ini yang diperolehi pada 28 Oktober, 2012 dari University of Wisconsin'd Angkasa Pusat Sains dan Kejuruteraan, menunjukkan Taufan Sandy luar pantai Timur Amerika Syarikat. (This image obtained on October 28, 2012 from the University of Wisconsin'd Space Science and Engineering Center, shows Hurricane Sandy off the US East coast (AFP PHOTO/UW-SSEC)
Sixty million at risk as deadly 'Frankenstorm' Sandy triggers mass evacuations . . .
The ‘Frankenstorm’ Sandy is set to be unprecedented in size once it hits the US mainland Monday night. Tens of millions of people could be affected as the hybrid hurricane wreaks havoc from the East Coast to the Great Lakes on Halloween week. Increasingly dire warnings of powerful winds, power outages, widespread flooding, torrential downpours and even snow are being sounded in New York and other major population centers as Hurricane Sandy continues its trek up from the Caribbean.
President Obama signed an emergency declaration for the states of New York and Massachusetts and District of Columbia on Sunday evening. Forecasters said Sandy is set to transform into "super storm," as the tropical storm merges with a winter storm and a cold front, threatening up to 12 inches of rainfall in some areas and heavy snow inland. "We're looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people," says Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Set to approach the coasts of the mid-Atlantic states by Monday, Sandy is likely to make landfall in the New York metropolitan area, home to about 22 million people, on Monday night. The Category 1 storm’s sustained winds of 75 mile per hour are nothing extraordinary, but with hurricane force winds reaching out 105 miles from its center and weaker tropical storm-force winds extending 700 miles, forecasters are on edge about its potential impact.
The powerful gusts are expected to stretch as far inland as Pennsylvania. “These winds are just amazing in terms of their high speed. I cannot recall ever seeing model forecasts of such an expansive areal wind field with values so high for so long a time. We are breaking new ground here,” a National Weather Service meteorologist in the agency’s Washington, DC/Baltimore office said on Saturday night. "The size of this [Sandy] alone, affecting a heavily populated area, is going to be history making," said Jeff Masters, a hurricane specialist who writes a blog for Weather Underground.
Tanda berbunyi "Lautan Bahaya Tertutup" di pintu masuk ke pantai, kerana menghampiri Taufan Sandy, pada 28 Oktober, 2012 di Ocean City, New Jersey. (A sign reads "Danger Ocean Closed" at the entrance to the beach, due to approaching Hurricane Sandy, on October 28, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
Mereka jauh dari kawasan costal masih menyebabkan penggera, sebagai peramal meramalkan bahawa pedalaman banjir daripada luruan ribut boleh menimbulkan risiko yang lebih besar daripada angin. Pegawai Utiliti juga telah memberi amaran bahawa alasan tepu hujan boleh menghantar pokok yang jatuh ke dalam barisan kuasa, meninggalkan penduduk di rumah tanpa elektrik selama beberapa hari. Pegawai telah menggesa penduduk untuk menyimpan makanan, air dan bateri, dengan kedai-kedai runcit yang dibanjiri menjangkakan potensi gangguan kuasa.
Datuk Bandar New York Michael Bloomberg mengarahkan pemindahan mandatori kawasan-kawasan rendah Gotham, rumah kepada kira-kira 375,000 orang dalam jumlah. "Jika anda tidak berpindah, anda bukan sahaja membahayakan nyawa anda, anda juga membahayakan kehidupan balas pertama yang akan untuk menyelamatkan anda," Bloomberg berkata pada sidang akhbar Ahad. Sistem sekolah di bandar juga akan ditutup pada hari Isnin, terus Datuk Bandar. New York Pihak Berkuasa Pengangkutan Metropolitan (MTA) sebelum ini telah menyatakan bahawa Gabenor New York Andrew Cuomo telah mengarahkan "satu penutupan teratur dan penggantungan semua kereta api bawah tanah, bas dan perkhidmatan komuter" permulaan pada 7 petang Ahad.
Cuomo juga berkata keputusan untuk menutup jambatan dan terowong di negeri ini akan dibuat berdasarkan kes demi kes. Bandar ditutup bawah tanah sebelum Taufan Irene tahun lepas, dengan kajian Universiti Columbia meramalkan bahawa lonjakan Irene hanya satu kaki lebih tinggi boleh telah ditutup Manhattan. Amaran nyata Bloomberg kepada penduduk mengenai pemindahan mungkin telah didorong oleh kebimbangan bahawa puas hati telah ditetapkan dalam apabila Taufan Irene ternyata menjadi jauh lebih lemah daripada mulanya diramalkan.
Irene, yang melanda timur Amerika Syarikat pada bulan Ogos 2011, adalah bertanggungjawab bagi 56 kematian dan $ 15600000000 dolar dalam kerosakan, menjadikan ia ribut kelima costliest dalam sejarah negara. "Perkhidmatan Cuaca Kebangsaan percaya terdapat potensi yang semakin meningkat untuk angin kencang, banjir pantai dan hujan lebat di seluruh kawasan yang luas untuk tempoh yang panjang masa Ahad melalui Selasa," kata Howard Glaser, pengarah New York Negeri Operasi.
Bersebelahan di New Jersey, beratus-ratus penduduk pesisir mula bergerak pedalaman selepas Gabenor Chris Christie mengisytiharkan darurat pada hari Sabtu. Sedozen kasino Atlantic City telah ditutup berikutan perisytiharan itu, sebagai hab perjudian terletak di pulau penghalang. Penduduk hampir 40,000 pekan ini akan dipindahkan Ahad, pegawai bandar raya berkata. Atlantic City adalah berkemungkinan banjir, sebagai Peramal Khidmat Negara Cuaca di New Jersey meramalkan "arus perdana banjir besar utk Selasa melalui banyak minggu."
Those far away from costal areas still have cause for alarm, as forecasters predict that inland flooding from the storm surge could pose a much greater risk than the winds. Utilities officials have also warned that rain-saturated grounds could send trees plummeting into power lines, leaving residents at home without electricity for days. Officials have urged residents to stock up on food, water and batteries, with grocery stores being swamped in anticipation of the potential power outages.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a mandatory evacuation of Gotham's low-lying areas, home to some 375,000 people in total. "If you don't evacuate, you are not only endangering your life, you are also endangering the lives of the first responders who are going in to rescue you," Bloomberg said at a news conference Sunday. The city's school system will also be closed on Monday, the mayor continued. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had previously noted that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had directed "an orderly shutdown and suspension of all subway, bus and commuter railroad service" beginning at 7 pm Sunday.
Cuomo also said the decision to shut down the state's bridges and tunnels would be made on a case-by-case basis. The city closed the subways before Hurricane Irene last year, with a Columbia University study predicting that an Irene surge just one foot higher could have shut down lower Manhattan. Bloomberg's stark warning to residents regarding evacuation might have been spurred by fears that complacency had set in once Hurricane Irene turned out to be far weaker than initially predicted.
Irene, which struck the eastern US in August 2011, was responsible for 56 deaths and $15.6 billion dollars in damage, making it the fifth costliest storm in the country's history. "The National Weather service believes there is increasing potential for high winds, coastal flooding and heavy rains across a broad area for a lengthy period of time Sunday through Tuesday," said Howard Glaser, director of New York State Operations.
Seorang lelaki surfs sebagai Hurrican Sandy pendekatan pada 28 Oktober, 2012 di Long Beach, New York (A man surfs as Hurrican Sandy approaches on October 28, 2012 in Long Beach, New York (Mike Stobe/Getty Images/AFP)
Sebagai 08:00 EST, Taufan Sandy terletak kira-kira 395 kilometer selatan New York dan bergerak lebih selari Atlantik ke pantai pada klip sebanyak 14 mph. Ia dijangka membuat giliran tajam barat ke arah pantai pada malam Ahad. Sandy dijangka untuk mengubah ke dalam "satu taufan yang besar dan sengit selepas tropika kerana ia bertukar ke arah barat laut," Alam Sekitar Kanada berkata awal pagi Ahad.
"Ia adalah mustahil bahawa peralihan ini dapat memperhebatkan ribut sedikit lagi sebelum bergerak pedalaman tempat di sepanjang New Jersey pantai lewat malam Isnin atau Selasa pagi," agensi terus. "Ramai sebagai 23 juta Kanada berdiri akan terjejas oleh ribut ini. Itu 70% peratus daripada negara ini," meteorologi Mark Robinson pada Rangkaian Cuaca memberi amaran pada hari Sabtu. Sandy telah pun dirasai di laluan kempen, sebagai Presiden Barack Obama telah dipaksa untuk membatalkan berhenti kempen di Virginia pada hari Isnin dan Colorado pada Selasa, manakala pencabar Republikan Mitt Romney membatalkan semua acara yang dijadualkan di Virginia dan berpindah ke negeri swing penting Ohio sebaliknya, di mana beliau kini leher dan leher dengan presiden.
Obama berkata beliau telah bekerja dengan pegawai-pegawai negeri dan tempatan untuk memastikan mereka mempunyai sumber yang mencukupi untuk bersedia untuk bencana potensi, yang boleh meninggalkan berjuta-juta rakyat Amerika di belakangnya. Agensi Pengurusan Kecemasan Persekutuan readying air, makanan, selimut dan sumber-sumber lain di pangkalan sokongan, rumah Putih mengumumkan pada hari Sabtu.
As of 8:00 am EST, Hurricane Sandy was located roughly 395 miles south of New York City and is moving over the Atlantic parallel to the coast at a clip of 14 mph. It is expected to make a sharp westerly turn towards the coast on Sunday night. Sandy is expected to transform into “a large and intense post-tropical cyclone as it turns toward the northwest," Environment Canada said early Sunday morning.
"It is possible that this transition could intensify the storm slightly further prior to moving inland somewhere along the New Jersey coast late Monday night or Tuesday morning," the agency continued. "As many as 23 million Canadians stand to be affected by this storm. That's 70% of the country," meteorologist Mark Robinson at The Weather Network warned on Saturday. Sandy has already been felt on the campaign trail, as President Barack Obama was forced to cancel campaign stops in Virginia on Monday and Colorado on Tuesday, while Republican contender Mitt Romney canceled all his scheduled events in Virginia and moved to the crucial swing state of Ohio instead, where he is currently neck and neck with the president.
Satu tanda mengumumkan "Bahaya Rip Semasa" sebagai Sandy pendekatan Taufan pada 28 Oktober, 2012 di Atlantic City, New Jersey (A sign announces "Danger Rip Current" as Hurricane Sandy approaches on October 28, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
Pemuat membuat halangan pasir di pantai untuk membantu lonjakan ribut berhenti daripada mendekati Taufan Sandy pada 28 Oktober, 2012 di Atlantic City, New Jersey (A loader makes a sand barrier on the beach to help stop storm surge from approaching Hurricane Sandy on October 28, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
Carpenters Frank Jiacopello (L) dan Ron Skinner meletakkan papan lapis atas pintu di Kasino di titian Bally sebagai Sandy pendekatan Taufan pada 28 Oktober, 2012 di Atlantic City, New Jersey (Carpenters Frank Jiacopello (L) and Ron Skinner put plywood over the doors at the Bally's Casino on the boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy approaches on October 28, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Mark Wilson/ GettyImage /AFP)
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