Gelombang panas dan badai tropis

Untuk seminggu ada gelombang panas di sini. Setiap hari ada laporan berita yang membicarakan suhu dan kelembaban udara. Menurut salah satu laporan yang aku dengarkan melalui radio, gelombang panas ini akan berlangsung lama. Malam ini ada laporan berita di televisi tentang pendaki yang meninggal dunia di salah satu taman nasional karena dia tidak membawa cukup air waktu dia mendaki.

Aku pernah mendengar Eropa juga mengalami gelombang panas, mungkin yang terburuk menurut pencatatan. Beberapa hari yang lalu, aku melihat artikel yang melaporkan lebih banyak dari seribu orang telah meninggal dunia di Spanyol dan Portugal karena gelombang panasnya. Salah satu teman kantorku lahir di Inggris dan pernah kembali berkunjung ke sana berkali-kali setelah keluarganya pindah ke AS. Dia sudah menjelaskan kepadaku bahwa di mayoritas rumah di sana tidak ada AC, dan orang di sana tidak terbiasa dengan cuaca begitu panas.

Semua cuaca panas ini membuatku bertanya-tanya apakah akan ada banyak badai tropis tahun ini. Di sini setiap tahun, dari bulan Juni sampai bulan November, ada jangka waktu yang bernama musim badai tropis. Badai tropis terbentuk di daerah samudra dengan suhu air tinggi, dan kalau suhu air tinggi sekali, badai tropisnya bisa menjadi semakin parah. Menurut pengalamanku, badai tropis cenderung datang ke wilayah ini terutama pada bulan September dan bulan Oktober. Setidaknya sejak keluargaku pindah ke wilayah ini, kami belum mengalami badai tropis parah, jadi mudah-mudahan musim ini akan mirip.

Wah, aku tidak menyadari aku akan begitu banyak menulis! Terima kasih telah membaca lagi, dan ada terjemahan bahasa Inggris di bagian Notes/Catatan!

For a week there has been a heat wave here. Every day there are news reports talking about the temperature and humidity. According to one of the reports I heard on the radio, this heat wave is going to last a long time. Tonight there was a news report on TV about a hiker who died in one of the national parks because he didn't bring enough water when he was hiking.

I've heard that Europe is also experiencing a heat wave, maybe the worst on record. A few days ago, I saw an article that reported more than a thousand people had already died in Spain and Portugal due to the heat wave. One of my co-workers was born in England and has gone back to visit many times after her family moved the the US. She explained to me that the majority of the houses there don't have air conditioning, and people there aren't used to such hot weather.

All of this hot weather is making me wonder whether there will be a lot of hurricanes this year. Each year here, from June to November, there is a period of time called hurricane season. Hurricanes form in areas of the ocean with high water temperatures, and if the temperature of the water is very high, hurricanes can become more severe. In my experience, hurricanes tend to come to this region in September in October. At least since my family has moved to this region, we haven't yet experienced a severe hurricane, so hopefully this season will be similar.

Wow, I didn't realize I was going to write so much! Thank you for reading again, and there is an English translation in the Notes section!