BOGOTÁ (EFE).— The Minister of Surroundings, Susana Muhamad, and the director of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Research (Ideam), Ghisliane Echeverry, warned yesterday that Colombia is on alert for the cyclone and hurricane season beginning on June 1, 2024, which can “break data.”
“We count on that will probably be a reasonably robust cyclone season that may break data. A minimum of 23 storms are anticipated this 12 months, a determine that far exceeds what normally occurs within the season,” stated the director of Ideam in a press convention.
In recent times, the worst scenario that Colombia has skilled as a result of hurricanes occurred within the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, which was hit in November 2020 by Hurricane Iota, class 5, which precipitated severe injury. within the infrastructure of the islands and likewise in Central America.
On this season that begins on June 1, the areas that shall be most weak to cyclones and hurricanes will as soon as once more be these of the Caribbean, particularly, that archipelago and the Caribbean division of La Guajira.
The director of Ideam additionally highlighted a brand new concern on the a part of the establishment in regards to the likelihood that “as a result of this anomalous environmental scenario” the phenomena that normally happen within the north “will descend into the tropical zone.”
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Forecast
In line with an April forecast from Colorado State College, 23 named storms are anticipated within the Atlantic this season, of which 11 will grow to be hurricanes and 5 of those would have winds of 178 kph or extra.
“The woman”
The mixture of the return of “La Niña” within the Pacific and “report sea floor temperatures” will favor an above-normal season this summer time and fall.
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2024-05-27 02:57:44
