Iqhwithi UOlivia unokuba sisisongelo kuye Hawaii ekuqaleni kweveki ezayo. Ngelixa ifanele ukuba buthathaka ibe sisitshingitshane esitshisayo ngelo xesha, imvula enkulu, imimoya ebhudla ngamandla, kunye namaza olwandle arhabaxa zonke zinokwenzeka.
Ngelixa abahlali ngakuNxweme lweAtlantiki beyijongile inkqubela yeNkanyamba uFlorence, abantu baseHawaii baphinda bazibukela iindawo ezitshisayo. Inkanyamba u-Olivia inokusinga kwikhonkco lesiqithi phakathi kwiveki ezayo.
Ukusukela ngentsimbi yesi-8 pm PDT (5 pm HST), iNkanyamba i-Olivia yayimi kufuphi ne-20.9 N, 135.2 W, okanye malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1460 kwimpuma ye-Honolulu, eHawaii. Ngemimoya ephezulu egciniweyo ye-100 mph, i-Olivia ngoku i-Didigary 2 inkanyamba kwi-Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. I-Olivia ikwintshona-ntshona-ntshona kwi-15 mph, kunye noxinzelelo oluncinci oluphakathi kwe-975 mb okanye i-intshi ye-28.80 ye-mercury.
UOlivia uhamba phezu kwamanzi apholileyo, nto leyo eyenza ukuba uqhwithela lube buthathaka. Lo mkhwa kungenzeka ukuba uqhubeke kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo, kunye no-Olivia ehla ukuya kwinkanyamba yoDidi loku-1 ngempelaveki, kwaye mhlawumbi kwisitshingitshane setropiki ngoMvulo okanye ngoLwesibini.
Iindaba ezimbi kukuba u-Olivia uya kuqhubeka nokulandelela ngasentshona ukuya entshona-ntshona-ntshona ejikeleze indawo enkulu yoxinzelelo oluphezulu ebekwe ngaphesheya koLwandlekazi lwePasifiki. Oku kuya kubeka isaqhwithi kumgca weenyosi kwiZiqithi zaseHawaii ngaphandle kweSiqithi saseKauai. Abanye ababikezeli baqikelela ukuba iliso lesiphango lingadlula phakathi kwe-Maui ne-Oahu kunye ne-Molokai ne-Lanai, ibeka ummandla omkhulu we-State of Hawaii emngciphekweni.
Imvula enkulu, ngokomyalelo we-intshi ezi-6-12, iya kwenzeka ukuba u-Olivia wenza i-landfall ngqo eHawaii, nakwifomu ebuthathaka. Oku kuya kubangela izikhukula kunye nodaka. Umoya ovuthuzayo we-40-60 mph nazo zinokwenzeka.
Kwiindwendwe zabo zokhuseleko kunye nabahlali kufuneka bahlale phezulu kwiindaba kwaye balandele imiyalelo yabasemagunyeni ukunqanda iingxaki.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Some forecasters predict the eye of the storm could pass between Maui and Oahu and over Molokai and Lanai, putting a large area of the State of Hawaii at risk.
- This trend is likely to continue for the next several days, with Olivia dropping to a Category 1 hurricane over the weekend, and possibly to a tropical storm by Monday or Tuesday.
- Heavy rainfall, on the order of 6-12 inches, would be possible if Olivia makes a direct landfall on Hawaii, even in a weakened form.
