Gobarar da ta barke a yankin Los Angeles, California, ta kashe mutane biyu kuma ta tilastawa kusan mutane 70,000 gudun hijira, yayin da iskar Santa Ana mai tsananin ƙarfi ta ƙara tsananta wuta. An ba da umarnin gudun hijira a yankunan da ke kewaye da Pacific Palisades da Altadena, inda gobarar ta mamaye fiye da kadada 10,000 a kowane yanki.
Iskar Santa Ana, wacce ta zama ruwan dare ga mazauna yankin kudancin California, ta kasance mai tsananin ƙarfi a wannan karon, inda ta haifar da iska mai saurin kai har zuwa 80 mph a wasu wurare. Mike Wofford, jami’in hasashen yanayi a ofishin National Weather Service na Oxnard, ya bayyana cewa iskar Santa Ana ta samo asali ne sakamakon matsin lamba mai girma a yankin hamadar kudu maso yammacin Amurka, wanda ke tura iska ta cikin tsaunukan kudancin California zuwa yankin da ke da ƙarancin matsin lamba a bakin tekun Pacific.
Mingfang Ting, farfesa a Makarantar Yanayi ta Jami’ar Columbia, ta bayyana cewa iskar Santa Ana tana da tasiri mai ƙarfi saboda yanayin da take da shi na zafi da bushewa. Ta kara da cewa, “Yayin da iskar ta fadi daga tsaunuka, tana zafi kuma tana rage zafi, wanda ke sa ta zama mai saurin konewa.”
Hakanan, Park Williams, farfesa a fannin geography a UCLA, ya yi nuni da cewa yanayin bushewar da aka samu a baya-bayan nan ya sa ciyayi suka yi yawa, wanda ke ƙara haɗarin gobara. Ya kara da cewa, “Yanayin da muka samu a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata ya kasance mai ban mamaki, inda aka sami yanayin ruwan sama mai yawa a lokacin hunturu da bazara, wanda ya haifar da girma mai yawa na ciyayi.”
Duk da haka, ba a tabbatar da ko canjin yanayi na duniya yana da tasiri kai tsaye kan iskar Santa Ana ba, amma Ting ta yi nuni da cewa bushewar yanayi na iya taka rawa a cikin haɓakar gobara. A halin yanzu, jami’an kashe gobara suna fuskantar wahalar shawo kan gobarar saboda yanayin iska mai tsananin ƙarfi.
