In October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy approached the densely populated U.S. East Coast. An estimated 60 million Americans were expected to be affected by rain, wind, snow, or ocean storm surges from the storm
Backtracking air:
A lot of hurricanes start out over the Ethiopian mountains. Air is steadily flowing over those mountains and they cause waves in the air. This is partly because the Ethiopian Highlands, known as the "African Alps," contain roughly 80 percent of the highest mountains in Africa.
So the birthplace of tropical storms is in the Ethiopian Highlands, travelling across the Atlantic Ocean, to the United States. Atlantic hurricanes are often formed as winds over the Gulf of Aden intersect with the Ethiopian Highlands
Thoughts have been storms beginning over the steamy Atlantic waters, which provide fuel for hurricanes as they strengthen and threaten landfall. But it turns out that many storms that affect the westerns start here -- all the way over Ethiopian highlands
How storms began:
Ethiopia exhibit 6- major climates. Subtropical oceanic highland, humid subtropical, warm desert, warm Mediterranean, tropical savanna and warm semi arid. Subtropical oceanic highland climate dominates the Ethiopian highlands.
Tropical disturbances and tropical cyclones usually comprise of one or more mesoscale convective complexes. Easterly waves may develop downstream of the Ethiopian Highlands as a result of lee trough development within the easterly flow.
Satellite data show that an mesoscale convective complexes begins to develop over the northern Ethiopian highlands, traverses the Sahel of Africa for four to 5- days, and emerges over the eastern Atlantic Ocean to become Tropical Storm.
New models in forecasting:
So forecasters look far beyond the tropical Atlantic for the ingredients of a tropical storm. By the time a storm is strong enough to be named, meteorologists may have been watching it for more than a week.
If they can understand a hurricane's true beginnings, they say, perhaps they can give more precise forecasts so that people have more time to get out of harm's way.
Intensive agriculture and human settlement:
Humans and their ancestors have lived in and around the Ethiopian Highlands for roughly 4 million years. The highland city of Aksum is one of the most ancient cities in the world and is the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. The city of Lalibela is home to churches that were carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century.
Ethiopia has lost 98% of its forested regions in its latest decades. This is the major cause for climate change which resulted in repeated attacks of drought in Ethiopia. In addition it also caused flooding and storm in parts of Ethiopia. The storm is believed to be the beginning of Hurricane.
Much of the natural soil in the Ethiopian Highlands region has been destroyed due to the farming of coffee and teff. Droughts and famines have plagued the area in recent times.
The future:
We found that the government of Ethiopia has invested in a number of new agricultural extension colleges with the aim of creating some 50,000 plus agricultural extension workers by 2015. This is expected to boost afforestation.
Afforestation of Ethiopian highlands will save US from hurricanes!
a friend said, ''If so, we demand NASA to change all the names of the hurricanes with Ethiopians name, at least the future ones. According to the order, they are naming them alphabeticaly, Abbiy , Birhanu, Cherinet, Desalegn, ,,,,Yoseph''.
My prayers go out to everyone having to deal with the storm right now. I'm with you guys♥ & Sandy, go away,
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