EMntla Merika Ngummandla weplanethi owuthandwayo ngu mozulu intle kakhulu kwaye uhlaza zininzi kwaye zingaqhelekanga ezongeze kuyo mabhankini Ukunyanzeliswa kuyenza indawo yobuhle obungenakuphikiswa. Kodwa ngelishwa, kufuneka aphile ngengozi efihlakeleyo nenqabileyo ebonakalayo enje iinkanyamba
Kukho indawo ezininzi ezihlupheke kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu idlulileyo kwaye kuya kwanela ukukhankanya INkanyamba uIvan, iNkanyamba uCharley kunye Isitshingitshane i-jeanne konke ngo-2004 kunye Izaqhwithi uEmilly, uDenis noKatrina, bobathathu ngo-2005.
Kodwa ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo enye EMntla Merika Ungalibali ukuba INkanyamba uMitch, eyenzeka phakathi kuka-Okthobha 22 no-Novemba 5, 1998. Inkanyamba eyabakho ngaphezulu kwe Ulwandlekazi lweAtlantic kwaye ngexeshana elifutshane lafikelela kwinqanaba lesihlanu, lelona linikwe iziganeko ezinamandla amakhulu okutshabalalisa kunye nesantya somoya esimalunga namakhulu amathathu eekhilomitha ngeyure.
Los iingxaki kubangelwe zezi mbonakaliso zoyikekayo ze indalo Azincitshiswanga kumonakalo obangelwe yimimoya ekhawulezayo, kodwa koku kufuneka songeze amaza obude obuphakemeyo aqala kwaye ayingozi ikakhulu kwimimandla eselunxwemeni nakwimvula eziyivelisayo ngoxinzelelo olusezantsi olubatsalela apho zihamba.
INkanyamba uMitch yabangela ukukhukula komlambo iCholuteca owafikelela kububanzi obuqhelekileyo kububanzi obuqhelekileyo, wabangela udaka Nikharaguwa engcwabe abantu abangamawaka amathathu, yavelisa ilahleko enkulu kwezolimo kwaye yayiyinto efanelekileyo yokuvela koqhamko lwesifo se-dengue, isifo seengcongconi, i-leptospirosis kunye nekholera.
Amazwe athathwe kabuhlungu ayenjalo Honduras neNicaragua kodwa nayo yadlula Guatemale, la Usingasiqithi Yucatan kunye nenxalenye yelizwe laseFlorida. Idatha esemthethweni yamkela ishumi elinanye lamawaka aswelekileyo kwaye amawaka asibhozo anyamalala ngenxa intlekele kwaye baqikelela ilahleko yezinto eziphathekayo kwiibhiliyoni zeedola.