IGosa eliyiNtloko le-Apple uTim Cook uxele ukuba inkampani yakhe izakwenza umnikelo ukunceda ekubuyiseleni indawo echaphazelekayo kunye neenzame zokubuyisa kunye noncedo kwingingqi yeGulf Coast, indawo echatshazelwe yiNkanyamba uMichael.
INkanyamba uMichael yabetha kunxweme lwaseFlorida kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ibangele ukonakala okubanzi ngenxa Imimoya efikelela kwiikhilomitha ezingama-250 ngeyure. Emva kwexesha yaya eGeorgia, ichaphazela neAlabama, South Carolina, North Carolina kunye neVirginia.
Xa iNkanyamba uMichael yabetha uFloria yahlelwa njengesaqhwithi seCandelo 4, eyomeleleyo yokuhlasela iUnited States ukususela ngeNkanyamba uAndrew. Emva kokudlula kukaMichael, iindawo ezininzi bezingenawo umbane ngaphandle kokubala isixa esikhulu somonakalo wezinto ezibangele kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo.
UTim Cook khange achaze ukuba uza kunikela malini ukunceda ekubuyiseleni indawo etshabalalisiweyo, kodwa ukuba sithathela ingqalelo iminikelo yamva nje, kungenzeka ukuba uncedo luya kufikelela kwisigidi seedola, nangona ngenxa yokuba le nkanyamba iye yonakalisa kakhulu, kusenokwenzeka ukuba elo nani lonyuke.
INkanyamba uMichael ishiye ngasemva ukudlula kwayo eUnited States, ubuncinci I-17 isweleke kumazwe amane achaphazelekayo. Ngaphezulu kwamalungu e-2.000 e-Florida National Guard kunye namanye ama-3.000 amanye amalungu e-Federal Emergency Management Agency sele ekulendawo encedisa ekubuyiseni nasekuhlanguleni imisebenzi, njengoko inani lokufa linokunyuka kwiiyure ezizayo.
Ngokwengqikelelo yokuqala, ityala likaMichael eMelika belinokushiya ezinye $ 4.5 yezigidi kumonakalo, inani elinokunyuka njengoko abaninimzi baxela ngomonakalo obangelwe yinkanyamba kubaxhasi beinshurensi.
