Stina e uraganeve për vitin 2005, më a fuqishmja e regjistruar deri tani u mbyll zyrtarisht në fund të nëntorit. Gjatë kësaj periudhe uragani Katrina pati efektet më shkatërrimtare pas goditjes së Bregut të Gjirit në gusht, dhe përmbytjeve të shumta në Amerikën Qëndrore. Roland Pease njofton:

Dëgjo lajmin

The hurricane season has ended with one storm lashing the Canaries, off the coast of West Africa, and yet another brewing in the middle of the Atlantic. That brings the total number of named tropical storms in the Atlantic this season to twenty six, roundly beating the previous record of twenty one, set seventy years ago. So numerous were the cyclones, that having used up all the permitted letters of the roman alphabet, the experts have now moved onto greek letters - epsilon is the name of the latest.

Hurricane Katrina, which lashed the gulf coast of America in late August was the costliest natural disaster in US history. Wilma, just a month ago was briefly the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. The number of storms that reached hurricane status, thirteen, was one more than seen before. There were three category five hurricanes in a single season - yet another record.

There's speculation that increased hurricane activity is related to global warming: two scientific papers this year have linked their intensity to climate change. But experts from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are insisting that conventional factors are at work - sea surface temperatures two or three degrees warmer feeding the hurricanes' fury, and favourable high-altitude winds helping them on their way. But that's no comfort in the short term - they warn that if the hurricane cycle persists the way they expect, we should see high levels of hurricane activity for years to come, and large numbers making deadly landfall.

Dëgjo fjalët

lashing
duke goditur me tërbim

brewing
në rritje, në përgatitje e sipër

roundly beating
duke mundur

So numerous were the cyclones, that
Aq të shumta ishin ciklonet sa që

costliest
më dëmet më të shumta financiare

speculation
spekulim

intensity
intensitet

feeding the hurricanes' fury
duke e shtuar dhe me shumë egërsinë e uraganit

persists
vazhdon

making deadly landfall
duke shkaktuar dëme të jashtëzakonshme pas goditjes së steresë