Seorang wanita kelihatan dari pintu rumahnya pada kemusnahan yang disebabkan oleh taufan Sandy di Cueto, Bayamo, 750 km timur Havana, pada 25 Oktober 2012. (A woman looks from the door of her house at the destruction caused by hurricane Sandy in Cueto, Bayamo, 750 km east of Havana, on October 25, 2012. (AFP Photo)
Hujan lebat dari Taufan Sandy menyebabkan Croix de Misi sungai membengkak ke tahap yang mengancam untuk membanjiri rumah-rumah di sepanjang tebing di Port-au-Prince Oktober 25, 2012. (Heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy causes the Croix de Mission river to swell to levels that threaten to flood the homes along its bank in Port-au-Prince October 25, 2012. (Reuters/Swoan Parker)
‘Frankenstorm': Taufan Sandy untuk menyerang Amerika Syarikat selepas membunuh lebih 40 di Caribbean’ . . .
By 1WC’sChannel (14, Dz ‘Hijjah1433), Tuesday 30, October 2012
By 1WC’sChannel (14, Dz ‘Hijjah1433), Tuesday 30, October 2012
Taufan Sandy telah melanda melalui Caribbean, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 43 dan meninggalkan jejak kemusnahan di belakangnya. Sebagai kemajuan ribut di pantai Amerika Syarikat, kebimbangan memuncak bahawa ia boleh bergabung dengan sistem cuaca lain, mewujudkan ribut super. Sandy berkumpul kelajuan dan kekuatan di Laut Caribbean, mengoyak melalui Bahamas pada angin mencapai sehingga 180 batu sejam. Cuba telah dipukul keras oleh Sandy pada hari Khamis, dengan sekurang-kurangnya 11 orang terbunuh dan satu lagi mati 9 di Haiti.
Satu orang juga dibunuh di Jamaica oleh batu-batu jatuh selepas Sandy melanda pulau itu pada Rabu. Lebih 50,000 orang lari rumah mereka di Cuba sebagai angin ribut mengoyakkan bumbung luar bangunan dan merobohkan talian kuasa. Kemudahan tahanan Amerika Syarikat di Teluk Guantanamo juga terjejas, menyebabkan penempatan semula beberapa banduan ke lokasi yang lebih selamat. Cuba berkuasa berkata bahawa Sandy adalah ribut dahsyat untuk menyerang negara ini sejak Julai 2005, apabila Taufan Dennis membunuh 16 orang dan menyebabkan $ 2.4 bilion dalam kerosakan.
Hurricane Sandy has swept through the Caribbean, killing at least 43 and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. As the storm advances on US shores, fears are mounting that it could merge with another weather system, creating a super-storm. Sandy gathered speed and strength in the Caribbean Sea, tearing through the Bahamas at winds reaching up to 180 miles per hour. Cuba was hit hard by Sandy on Thursday, with at least 11 people killed and another 9 dead in Haiti.
One person was also killed in Jamaica by falling rocks after Sandy swept across the island on Wednesday. Over 50,000 people fled their homes in Cuba as storm winds ripped roofs off buildings and tore down power lines. The US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay was also hit, prompting the relocation of some prisoners to a more secure location. Cuban authorities said that Sandy was the deadliest storm to strike the country since July 2005, when Hurricane Dennis killed 16 people and caused $2.4 billion in damage.
Seorang lelaki berjalan di tengah-tengah kemusnahan yang disebabkan oleh taufan Sandy di Cueto, Bayamo, 750 km timur Havana, pada 25 Oktober 2012. (A man walks amid the destruction caused by hurricane Sandy in Cueto, Bayamo, 750 km east of Havana, on October 25, 2012. (AFP Photo)
Ribut mengerikan bahagian (A storm of monstrous proportions) . . .
Sandy adalah kerana untuk menyerang Amerika Syarikat pada petang Jumaat, dengan pakar-pakar yang meningkatkan kebimbangan ribut boleh membesarkan kuasa dan menyebabkan kerosakan yang ketara. Peramal berkata ada kemungkinan bahawa Sandy boleh bergabung dengan sistem cuaca bermusim, mewujudkan ribut hibrid yang boleh membinasakan Pantai Timur Amerika Syarikat. "tahap tinggi menyekat dari timur Amerika Utara keseluruhan merentasi Atlantik Lembangan dijangka membenarkan penggabungan ini luar biasa untuk mengambil tempat," peramal di Pusat Taufan Kebangsaan Amerika Syarikat berkata.
Sandy is due to strike the US on Friday afternoon, with experts raising concerns the storm could magnify in power and cause significant damage. Forecasters said there is a possibility that Sandy could combine with a seasonal weather system, creating a hybrid storm that could ravage the East Coast of the US. “The high degree of blocking from eastern North America across the entire Atlantic Basin is expected to allow this unusual merger to take place," forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center said.
Haiti perjalanan jalan dibanjiri selepas Taufan Sandy Oktober 25, 2012 di Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Haitians travel a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy October 25, 2012 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AFP Photo/Thony Belizaire)
Jeff Masters, seorang pakar taufan dengan swasta peramal Cuaca Underground menulis bahawa Sandy boleh menjadi "bilion dolar bencana" jika ia membuat pendaratan sepanjang Pantai Atlantik Tengah. "Dalam senario ini, Sandy akan dapat membawa angin berterusan berhampiran daya taufan lebih hamparan luas pantai yang ramai penduduknya," katanya. Dengan Halloween menghampiri di Amerika Syarikat, media telah menjenamakan 'Frankenstorm.' Sistem cuaca hibrid Washington telah menggesa penduduk Pantai Timur untuk memantau ramalan dan ambil perhatian amaran cuaca dari pihak berkuasa tempatan pada hari-hari akan datang.
Jeff Masters, a hurricane specialist with private forecaster Weather Underground wrote that Sandy could be a “billion dollar disaster” if it makes landfall along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. "In this scenario, Sandy would be able to bring sustained winds near hurricane force over a wide stretch of heavily populated coast," he said. With Halloween approaching in the US, the media has branded the hybrid weather system ‘Frankenstorm.’ Washington has urged residents of the East Coast to monitor forecasts and heed weather warnings from local authorities in the days ahead.
Palang Merah mengedarkan bekalan untuk orang selepas Taufan Sandy Oktober 25, 2012 di Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (The Red Cross distributes supplies to people in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy October 25, 2012 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AFP Photo/Thony Belizaire)
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