1990 Azkali cyclone: Difference between revisions

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== Preparations ==

There was no preparation for the cyclone as it struck Azkali. The widespread lack of any utilities in the area made it impossible for any news of the cyclone's existence to reach the area from the outside world. As described by one anonymous survivor, "''we were struck in the back of the head [while] on the ground weeping''".<ref>1 September, 1990, Otzeipao Information Radio</ref> The only prior warning that reached the zone where the cyclone made landfall occurred late in the afternoon on the 11th of Agotzo from the AIVMC, which published a two sentence bulletin severely underestimating the date of landfall and wind speed of the cyclone: ''"A cyclone has been spotted in the Volic Gulf, which will make landfall approximately late in the evening of the 13th of Agotzo in the South of Azkali. The cyclone's wind speed is estimated at 100 miles an hour, so people there are recommended to prepare several days of supplies in anticipation of this cyclone."'' By this time, the cyclone was at its maximum estimated wind speed, with ten-minute sustained winds of approximately 245 miles an hour.

There was no preparation for the cyclone as it struck Azkali. The widespread lack of any utilities in the area made it impossible for any news of the cyclone's existence to reach the area from the outside world. As described by one anonymous survivor, "''we were struck in the back'' [of] ''the head while on the ground weeping''".<ref>1 September, 1990, Otzeipao Information Radio</ref> The only prior warning that reached the zone where the cyclone made landfall occurred late in the afternoon on the 11th of Agotzo from the AIVMC, which published a two sentence bulletin severely underestimating the date of landfall and wind speed of the cyclone: ''"A cyclone has been spotted in the Volic Gulf, which will make landfall approximately late in the evening of the 13th of Agotzo in the South of Azkali. The cyclone's wind speed is estimated at 100 miles an hour, so people there are recommended to prepare several days of supplies in anticipation of this cyclone."'' By this time, the cyclone was at its maximum estimated wind speed, with ten-minute sustained winds of approximately 245 miles an hour.

== Impacts ==

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 == Preparations ==
-There was no preparation for the cyclone as it struck Azkali. The widespread lack of any utilities in the area made it impossible for any news of the cyclone's existence to reach the area from the outside world. As described by one anonymous survivor, "''we were struck in the back of the head [while] on the ground weeping''".<ref>1 September, 1990, Otzeipao Information Radio</ref> The only prior warning that reached the zone where the cyclone made landfall occurred late in the afternoon on the 11th of Agotzo from the AIVMC, which published a two sentence bulletin severely underestimating the date of landfall and wind speed of the cyclone: ''"A cyclone has been spotted in the Volic Gulf, which will make landfall approximately late in the evening of the 13th of Agotzo in the South of Azkali. The cyclone's wind speed is estimated at 100 miles an hour, so people there are recommended to prepare several days of supplies in anticipation of this cyclone."'' By this time, the cyclone was at its maximum estimated wind speed, with ten-minute sustained winds of approximately 245 miles an hour.
+There was no preparation for the cyclone as it struck Azkali. The widespread lack of any utilities in the area made it impossible for any news of the cyclone's existence to reach the area from the outside world. As described by one anonymous survivor, "''we were struck in the back'' [of] ''the head while on the ground weeping''".<ref>1 September, 1990, Otzeipao Information Radio</ref> The only prior warning that reached the zone where the cyclone made landfall occurred late in the afternoon on the 11th of Agotzo from the AIVMC, which published a two sentence bulletin severely underestimating the date of landfall and wind speed of the cyclone: ''"A cyclone has been spotted in the Volic Gulf, which will make landfall approximately late in the evening of the 13th of Agotzo in the South of Azkali. The cyclone's wind speed is estimated at 100 miles an hour, so people there are recommended to prepare several days of supplies in anticipation of this cyclone."'' By this time, the cyclone was at its maximum estimated wind speed, with ten-minute sustained winds of approximately 245 miles an hour.
 == Impacts ==