1990 Azkali cyclone: Difference between revisions

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The next day, the cyclone started again west, into an environment with ocean temperatures exceptionally conductive to explosive intensification. By 4:00 AM on the 8th, it had re-intensified into a cyclone, but was prevented from strengthening that day due to significant wind shear in the cyclone's path. Wind shear gradually dissipated over the day, and by 11:00 PM on the 8th, the cyclone weakened slightly once more to a severe tropical storm, before explosively intensifying starting at 9:00 AM on the 9th of Agotzo. Hurricane hunters around this time reported the increase of the cyclone's 10 minute sustained wind speed from approximately 85 miles an hour to 200 miles an hour in six hours, an intensification of 115 miles an hour within 6 hours, or approximately an increase of 20 an hour.

~~Until~~ landfall, the cyclone intensified to its record breaking maximum wind speed, an estimated ~~245~~ miles an hour.

In the days before landfall, the cyclone intensified to its record breaking maximum wind speed, an estimated 230 miles an hour. In the hours before it made landfall, it slightly weakened, leaving it's landfall wind speed at a staggering 220 miles an hour.

== 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 230 miles an hour.

== Impacts ==

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 The next day, the cyclone started again west, into an environment with ocean temperatures exceptionally conductive to explosive intensification. By 4:00 AM on the 8th, it had re-intensified into a cyclone, but was prevented from strengthening that day due to significant wind shear in the cyclone's path. Wind shear gradually dissipated over the day, and by 11:00 PM on the 8th, the cyclone weakened slightly once more to a severe tropical storm, before explosively intensifying starting at 9:00 AM on the 9th of Agotzo. Hurricane hunters around this time reported the increase of the cyclone's 10 minute sustained wind speed from approximately 85 miles an hour to 200 miles an hour in six hours, an intensification of 115 miles an hour within 6 hours, or approximately an increase of 20 an hour.
-Until landfall, the cyclone intensified to its record breaking maximum wind speed, an estimated 245 miles an hour.
+In the days before landfall, the cyclone intensified to its record breaking maximum wind speed, an estimated 230 miles an hour. In the hours before it made landfall, it slightly weakened, leaving it's landfall wind speed at a staggering 220 miles an hour.
 == 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 230 miles an hour.
 == Impacts ==