見た記事メモ：Hurricane Beryl

　カリブ海近辺でだいぶ強力なハリケーンが大暴れしていた。その記事メモ。

BBC 'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake　3 July 2024
By Will Grant

　気候変動と直接つなげるのはまあどうか―という留保はありつつ、しかし海水面温度が高いのは、これは強力なハリケーン成長に資する条件だろう。

「Having survived the night as Hurricane Beryl tore across her idyllic home of Union Island with ferocious force, Katrina Coy was taken aback by the extent of the devastation which lay before her.

Virtually every building on the island, which lies off St Vincent and the Grenadines, has been razed or badly damaged, she said.

“Union Island is in a terrible state after Beryl passed. Literally, almost the whole island is homeless,” said Ms Coy in a video message.」

　もはや全島壊滅と言ったところだ―というほど打撃されてる。

BBC In pictures: Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean islands　8 days ago

「Hurricane Beryl has ripped across the Caribbean with winds of 150mph tearing roofs from buildings, uprooting trees and devastating the islands in its path.

Hundreds of thousands of homes in Jamaica are without power after the storm hit overnight, and residents in coastal and island countries already struck by the storm are looking at rebuilding their lives from the debris.」

　衛星から見るハリケーンの絶望的大きさたるや。

「Pictures of Hurricane Beryl from the International Space Station show the size of the storm spanning the southern Caribbean.」

　―こうした規模のハリケーンがこんなに早く発生するのもちょっと嫌な・異例と言いたい状況らしく。

BBC How record-breaking Hurricane Beryl is a sign of a warming world　7 days ago
By Mark Poynting

BBC Mexico's coast battered by Hurricane Beryl　7 days ago
By Ian Aikman