Hurricane Bret

Hurricane Bret
Category 4 hurricane (en)
Bayanai
Bangare na	1999 Atlantic hurricane season (en)
Ƙasantuwa a yanayin ƙasa	Tekun Atalanta
Part of the series (en)	North Atlantic tropical cyclone (en)
Lokacin farawa	18 ga Augusta, 1999
Lokacin gamawa	25 ga Augusta, 1999
Wuri

Guguwar Bret ita ce ta farko cikin rukuni biyar Guguwa 4 da suka taso a lokacin guguwar Atlantika a shekarar 1999 da kuma guguwar farko tun bayan guguwar Jerry a shekarar 1989 da ta yi kasa a Texas da karfin guguwa. Samuwar daga igiyar ruwa na wurare masu zafi a watan Agusta 18, Bret a hankali ya shirya cikin raƙuman tuƙi a cikin Bay na Campeche . Zuwa watan Agusta Ranar 20 ga watan Agusta, guguwar ta fara zuwa arewa kuma ta yi saurin tsananta a watan Agusta 21. Bayan wannan lokaci na ƙarfafawa, Bret ya sami ƙarfin ƙarfinsa tare da iskar 145 miles per hour (233 km/h) da kuma matsa lamba barometric na 944 mbar (hPa; 944 millibars (27.9 inHg) ). Daga baya a ranar, guguwar ta yi rauni zuwa rukuni Guguwa 3 kuma ta afkawa tsibirin Tsibirin Padre, Texas. Ba da daɗewa ba, guguwar ta ƙara yin rauni, ta zama baƙin ciki na wurare masu zafi 24 sa'o'i bayan ƙaura zuwa cikin ƙasa. Ragowar guguwar daga karshe ta bace a farkon watan Agusta 26 a kan arewacin Mexico.

Tare da bakin tekun Texas, Bret ya yi barazanar birane da yawa, wanda ya haifar da 180,000 mazauna wurin su kwashe. An bude matsugunai da dama a duk faɗin yankin kuma an kwashe gidajen yari. Kwanaki da yawa kafin guguwar ta iso, NHC ta ba da agogon guguwa, da kuma gargadi ga yankunan da ke kusa da iyakar Texas-Mexico. An rufe manyan tituna da dama da ke kaiwa ga garuruwan tsibirai masu shinge don hana jama'a tsallake gadoji a lokacin guguwar. A Mexico kusa, kusan 7,000 mutane sun bar yankunan bakin teku kafin guguwar. Jami'ai sun kuma kafa daruruwan matsugunai a yankunan arewacin kasar idan aka samu ambaliyar ruwa.

Bret ya yi faɗuwar ƙasa a wani yanki da ba kowa ba ne, wanda ya haifar da ƙarancin lalacewa idan aka kwatanta da ƙarfinsa. Duk da haka, mutane bakwai ne suka mutu dangane da guguwar, hudu a Texas da uku a Mexico. Galibin wadanda suka mutun dai na faruwa ne a sanadiyyar haɗurran mota da suka yi sanadiyyar salwantar rayuka. Lokacin da guguwar ta yi faɗuwar ƙasa, guguwar ta haifar da matsananciyar guguwar da ta kai 8.8 feet (2.7 m) a tsibirin Matagorda, Texas. Ruwan sama mai nauyi da Bret ya samar ya kai 13.18 inches (335 mm) a Texas kuma an kiyasta sama da 14 inches (360 mm) a Mexico. Gidaje da dama a yankunan da abin ya shafa sun lalace ko kuma sun lalace, inda mutane kusan 150 suka rasa matsuguni. Gabaɗaya, guguwar ta haifar da dala 15 miliyan (1999 USD) a cikin lalacewa