Hurricane Eta is already an unprecedented typhoon. This is the first time we have used the Greek letter “Eta” in the name of a typhoon. Hurricane Eta is the fifth major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and the third major hurricane in shape since October 1 According to Colorado State University hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach on Twitter, “This is the first time there have been 3 forms of primary hurricanes (e. g. , the typhoon reached the first force of a primary hurricane) in October-November. “However, there is something more disturbing than the weather records that concern me about Eta. A human tragedy can simply spread as it touches the earth.
The Eta, who temporarily climbed a category four typhoon on Monday afternoon, is expected to make landfall on Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center is sounding the alarm of a multi-risk event, including potentially catastrophic winds and superior rainfall. I need to focus in particular on the amount of rain. Estimates of the National Hurricane Center are as follows:
A specific fear of Hurricane Eta is the speed of advancement. The forecast map below shows that the typhoon will not move specifically after touching ground. Between now and Wednesday, the typhoon continues to sweep the regions of Nicaragua and Honduras. The typhoon is expected to be over the domain before returning to the water until the end of Friday. Eta is just a typhoon in what Weather Channel expert Rick Knabb calls “slow” hurricanes like Harvey (2017), Florence (2018) or Sally (2020).
In the National Hurricane Center’s public notice Monday afternoon, meteorologists warn that “these rains will result in flash floods and flooding of catastrophic and potentially fatal rivers, as well as landslides in the upper spaces of Central America. “In addition, Nicaragua’s coastal regions can simply revel in waves of typhoons 12 to 18 feet above overall tidal levels.
Richard Henning is a meteorologist and former classmate at the University of Florida. Henning is also a NOAA hurricane hunter. He reflected on Hurricane Mitch (1998) in a social media article. He wrote, “This reminds me of Hurricane Mitch at the end of the 1998 season that killed more than 10,000 people in the same region. “Nearly 2 to 3 feet of rain falling on land as the map below is a recipe for crisis and possible loss of life. Hurricane Mitch, which reached category five, caused more than $5 billion in damage and one of the deadliest storms in the Western Hemisphere, according History. com
At the time of writing, Hurricane Eta is still intensifying. There is no guarantee that we will see scenarios like those seen by the region in 1998, but similarities are present.
Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, a leading foreign expert in the field of weather and climate, president of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in 2013 and director of the
Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, an eminent specialist in weather and climate abroad, was president of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in 2013 and director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia (UGA). Shepherd is professor emeritus of the Georgia Athletic Association and presents The Weather Channel’s Weather Geeks podcast, which will be present on all podcasts. Prior to UGA, Dr. Shepherd spent 12 years as a study meteorologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and was an assigned scientific assistant for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. In 2004, he was revered at the White House with a prestigious PECASE award. He has also won the top honors of the American Meteorological Society, the American Association of Geographers and the Captain Planet Foundation. Shepherd is wanted as a climate expert through the primary media, the White House and Congress. It has more than 80 peer-reviewed academic publications and a large number of publishers. Shepherd earned his B. S. , MS and Ph. D. in Physical Meteorology from Florida State University.