Kwingcebiso entsha yokuhamba ekhutshwe ngeCawe, iSebe lezeMicimbi yezaNgaphandle kunye noRhwebo likarhulumente wase-Australia liye lafudumala "ingozi enkulu" yohlaselo lwabanqolobi kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya kunye nezamazwe ngamazwe eziya e-United States.
Kwisibonakaliso somngcipheko omkhulu wokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula, iSebe lezoKhuseleko lase-US licebise i-System Threat Level Orange kuzo zonke iindiza zasekhaya kunye nezamazwe ngamazwe, ngokwengcebiso. "IseMthubi okanye 'iphakanyiswe' kuwo onke amanye amacandelo, ebonisa umngcipheko omkhulu wokuhlaselwa ngabanqolobi."
Ingcebiso yokuhamba yayiquka izilumkiso malunga neemeko zemozulu ezimbi kakhulu kunye nezoyikiso kubahambi njengoko abasemagunyeni bayalela ukuba iNew Orleans ikhutshwe ngenxa yezoyikiso zenkanyamba uGustav. Nangona kunjalo, inkanyamba, abanye ababeyibiza ngokuba "sisivunguvungu senkulungwane," yayibuthathaka ngoMvulo, ihambisa kuphela umkrwelo omncinci eNew Orleans xa kuthelekiswa nezikhukula eziziswe nguKatrina kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo.
“Kukho imozulu embi, kuquka nenkanyamba, echaphazela unxweme olukumazantsi-mpuma eUnited States,” yongeza ingcebiso.
Njengoko isivunguvungu uGustav sawela iGulf of Mexico ngesantya somoya seekhilomitha ezili-125 ngeyure, sashiya iCuba, iRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican, iHaiti kunye neJamaica kunye nokufa kwe-81, ngokweengxelo zamva nje.
Kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, iNkanyamba uKatrina yahlasela i-US Gulf Coast, yabulala abantu abangaphezu kwe-1,800 kwaye yabangela umonakalo oqikelelwa kwi-81 yeebhiliyoni zeedola eNew Orleans. I-Katrina yayiyeyona ntlekele yendalo yabulala i-US phantse kwiminyaka engamashumi asibhozo.
