2O10’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES

NOTABLE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA: EL NINO, LA NINA, EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES, WILDFIRES, SEVERE

WINDSTORMS, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, FLOODS, OIL SPILL, AND DROUGHTS

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of

North Carolina, USA

IMPACTED NATIONS• Caribbean Nations, China, Haiti, Chile, Indonesia, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, …

IMPACTED NATIONS (continued)

• … Madeira (Portugal), USA (California, North Dakota, Minnesota, Mid-Atlantic States), Brazil, Peru, Russia, Mexico, Iceland (Europe,---), Taiwan

IMPACTED NATIONS (continued

• Indonesia, Taiwan, Iceland, Europe (Poland, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic), USA (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida), …

IMPACTED NATIONS (continued

• Pakistan, USA (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, California), Bolivia, …

IMPACTED NATIONS• USA (North Carolina, New England states, Texas), Mexico, New Zealand, Guatemala, Pakistan, …

IN 2009, DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE EXCERBATED BY EL NIÑO

• El Niño caused warming of the Pacific Ocean, which in turn caused Atlantic and Caribbean waters to be cooler.

DROUGHTS

CARIBBEAN NATIONS FACED DROUGHT

CONDITIONS DURING 2010

DROUGHT ATTRIBUTED TO EL NIÑO CONDITIONS

• SAINT LUCIA• BARBADOS• SAINT VINCENT

and the GRENADINES

• GRENADA

• ANTIGUA and BARBUDA

• JAMACIA• GUYANA• TRINIDAD and

TOBAGO

CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES EXPRIENCING DROUGHT IN 2010

DROUGHT IN KUNMING, CHINA: 2010

EARTHQUAKES

• HAITI• CHILE

•TURKEY•INDONESIA

•CHINA•TAIWAN

M7.0 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES HAITI

A CATASTROPHE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE’S POOREST NATION

4:53 p.m.; JANUARY 12, 2010

THE M7.0 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12

PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION IN A NATION OF 9 MILLION

EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCE

PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS

COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING; PORT AU PRINCE

DEATH TOLL REACHED AN ESTIMATED 220,OOO+

M8.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL CHILE:

3:34 am on February 27, 2010Subduction Zone M8.8 Quake 500 Times More Energy than the M7.0 Haiti Quake

800+ Deaths; 500+ Injured Numerous Aftershocks

Tsunami Waves Travel Across PacificEstimated Loss: $30 Billion

LOCATION: 330 KM (200 MI) FROM SANTIAGO

LOCATION: 100 KM FROM CONCEPCION; 330 KM FROM SANTIAGO

DAMAGED BUILDING IN CONCEPCION

CONCEPCION: URGENT MASS CARE NEEDS

CONCEPCION: LOOTERS

CONCEPCION: ELEVATED HIGHWAY COLLAPSED

LOCAL TSUNAMI DAMAGE

TSUNAMI WAVES MOVED ACROSS THE PACIFIC

M6.1 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES EASTERN TURKEY AT 4:32 AM

THREE VILLAGES DESTROYED ALONG WITH MANY FARM ANIMALS

AT LEAST 57 DEADMARCH 8, 2010

NORTH AND EAST ANATOLIAN FAULTS

OKCULAR: POOR CONSTRUCTION

EARTHQUAKES

• INDONESIA•CHINA

•TAIWAN

M7.7 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES INDONESIA NEAR

EPICENTER OF 2004 QUAKE

SUBDUCTION ZONE OF SUNDA AND INDO-AUSTRALIA PLATES

5:15 AM, APRIL 7, 2010

LOCATION

TOWN OF SINABANG (60 KM FROM EPICENTER)

SURVIVORS FACED HARSH TEMPERATURES

LANDSLIDES

• MACHU PICCHU•SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA•MADEIRA (PORTUGAL)

• BRAZIL (RIO DE JANEIRO)•TAIWAN

RAIN AND MUDSLIDES IN MACHU PICCHU

2,500 TOURISTS STRANDED

JANUARY 28, 2010

MACHU PICCHU

MUDFLOWS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:FEB 6, 2010

THE INTERSECTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN FIRST WINTER STORM OF 2010 AND BURNED OUT AREAS FROM WILDFIRES OF 2009 INCREASED RISK

FACT: MUDSLIDES INCREASE AFTER WILDFIRES

WILDFIRE- BURN AREAS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MUDFLOWS

MUDSLIDES TRIGGERED BY FLASH FLOODS

DEVASTATE THE MADEIRA ISLANDS, PORTUGAL

AT LEAST 42 DEADFEBRUARY 20-21, 2010

LOCATION OF MADEIRA

FEBRUARY 21: FLASH FLOOD

FEBRUARY 21:MUDSLIDE

FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES PARALYZE BRAZIL

WORST IN 50 YEARSAPRIL 7, 2010

RIO DE JANEIRO

LANDSLIDE IN TAIWAN

EXACERBATED BY M6.5 EARTHQUAKE AND RAIN

APRIL 26, 2010

LOCATION

LANDSLIDE

LANDSLIDE IN ZHONQU COUNTY, CHINA

Over 700 dead, hundreds injured, and over 1,000 missing

Midnight - Saturday, August 7, 2010

MUDSLIDE: ZHONGU, CHINA

DAMAGED BUILDINGS

FLOODED STREETS

EXPLOSIONS RELEASED THE BLOCKED BAILONG RIVER

PRIME MINISTER WEN JIABAO CALLING FOR ACTION: AUG 8TH

RESCUE WORKERS

SEARCH AND RESCUE

OIL SPILLS AND LEAKS

• GULF OF MEXICO

“GREAT GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL OF 2010”

COASTS OF LOUISANA, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, AND FLORIDA WERE

IMPACTED BY A 5 MILLION BARREL OIL LEAK THAT CAUSED A HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERAPRIL 22- AUGUST ???, 2010

OIL RIG EXPLODED IN GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 22

DEEP WATERR HORIZON IN GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 22

DEEP WATER HORIZON: APRIL 22

NASA PHOTO OF OIL SPILL IN GULF OF MEXICO

INITIAL OIL SHEEN ON WATER

OIL REACHES CHANDELEUR SOUND: APRIL 30

CLEANUP CREW

PLACING AN OIL CONTAINMENT BOOM: MAY 29

BOOM CONTAINS SPREAD OF OIL: MAY 29

BOOM PROTECTING A SMALL ISLAND

CLEAN UP SHIPS AT ANCHOR DUE TO WIND & WAVES: MAY 1

WIND & WAVES REDUCE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOOMS

OIL DOME ENROUTE TO SITE OF LEAK: MAY 6

FISHERMEN OUT OF WORK: PERMANENTLY ???

LA BATRE, AL: ALL FISHING SHUT DOWN

“A WHALE” ARRIVES IN GULF OF MEXICO: JULY 2

2O10’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS

XynthiaTropical Storms and Hurricanes:

Atlantic BasinTropical Storms and Hurricanes:

Pacific BasinTyphoonsCyclones

A diminished El Nino created more favorable conditions for an increase in Atlantic basin severe windstorms during 2010, as compared with 2009.

NOR’EASTER: FEBRUARY 5, 2010

WINDSTORM XYNTHIA

FEBRUARY 26-28, 2010

XYNTHIA: FLOODING IN FRANCE

TROPICAL STORM AGATHA STRIKES GUATEMALA

SHORTLY AFTER PACAVA ERUPTS

FIRST STORM OF PACIFIC SEASON FOLLOWS VOLCANIC ERUPTION

MAY 27-29, 2010

HURRICANES IN EASTERN PACIFIC

• AGATHA• BLAS• CELIA• DARBY• FRANK

AGATHA’S PATH

TORRENTIAL RAINS

SINKHOLE: GUATEMALA CITY

TYPHOON CHANTHU (Category 1)

July 17-23, 2010

TYPHOON CHANTHU: A CAT 1 STORM

2O10’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS

XynthiaTropical Storms and Hurricanes:

Atlantic BasinTropical Storms and Hurricanes:

Pacific BasinTyphoonsCyclones

A diminished El Nino created more favorable conditions for an increase in Atlantic basin severe windstorms during 2010, as compared with 2009.

ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010

• Alex (H) June 21• Bonnie July 27• Colin Aug 3• Danielle (H)

Aug 21• Earl (H) Aug.29• Fiona Aug 30

ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010

• Gaston Sept 1• Hermine Sept 6• Igor H Sept 8 • Julia H Sept 12• Karl (Pending)• Lisa (Pending)

ALEX STARTED AS A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN: JUNE 20

FORECAST: TROPICAL STORM- HURRICANE ALEX

TROPICAL STORM ALEX: LANDFALL AT BELIZE; JUNE 26

TROPICAL STORM COLIN: FORMS ON WED, AUGUST 3

25/08/2010 S.MORA 98

25/08/2010 S.MORA 99

HURRICANE EARL BECOMES A CAT 4 STORM

AGAIN AS IT HEADS TOWARDS THE EAST

COAST OF USA

WIND BANDS EXTEND 200 MI FROM EYEAUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

DANIELLE, EARL AND FRANK: AUG 29

FLOODING: ST JOHNS, ANTIGUA

AUGUST 31: HURRICANE EARL’S FORECAST

HURRICANE EARL’S FORECAST: SEPT 1

5,000 EVACUATE NORTH CAROLINA’S OUTER BANKS: SEPT 1

TROPICAL STORM GASTON JOINS EARL AND FIONA: SEPT 1

TROPICAL STORM HERMINE: A RAINMAKER; SEPT 6, 2010

TROPICAL STORM IGOR: SEPT 8, 2010

HURRICANE IGOR (LEFT) & HURRICANE JULIA (RIGHT): SEPT 13, 2010

FLOODS

• RUSSIA (SIBERIA)• NORTH DAKOTA AND

MINNESOTA,• BRAZIL•EUROPE

•PAKISTAN

FLOODS IN RUSSIAMARCH 2010

SPRING RUNOFF AFTER A HARSH WINTER INCREASES FLOOD RISKS

ACROSS RUSSIA

THE THREE GREAT SIBERIAN RIVERS THAT FLOODED

FLOODING IN SIBERIA

FLOODING IN KAZAKHSTAN

FLOODING IN KAZAKHSTAN

FLOODING SOUTH OF KAZAKHSTAN

NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND MINNESOTA

EXPERIENCE MAJOR FLOODING

MARCH 28-30, 2009

RAPID MELT AND RUNOFF

THE “SPIDER” MAKING 5,000 SANDBAGS PER HOUR

HALSTAD, MN: 4 FT BELOW 2009’S RECORD OF 40.5 FT

FARGO, ND: THE RED RIVER CRESTS 4 FT BELOW RECORD ON MARCH 21

RIVERS BURST BANKS AND BREACH DAMS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AFTER WEEKS OF

RAIN

POLAND, HUNGARY, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC, …

MAY – JUNE, 2010

POLAND AND VISTULA RIVER

NORTHWEST PAKISTAN (AND AFGHANISTAN) HIT BY FLASH FLOODS AFTER PROLONGED

MONSOON RAINS

JULY 28-AUGUST 2, 2010

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: INUNDATED

MUZAFFARABAD: RISING FLOOD WATERS

THOUSANDS OF MUD BRICK HOMES COLLAPSED

NOWSHERA: DAMAGED MUD HOUSE

COLLAPSED HOUSE

TRYING TO DIVERT WATER

SOME LIVESTOCK WERE SAVED, BUT THOUSANDS DROWNED

PESHAWAR: MELONS BECAME PRECIOUS

CLINGING TO DEBRIS

NOWSHERA: SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN

CHARSADDA: TRYING TO EVACUATE

EVACUATION: CARRYING SELECTED POSSESSIONS

NOWSHERA: EVACUATION

NOWSHERA: EVACUATION TO A SAFE HAVEN

EVACUATION: A DIFFICULT TASK

NOWSHERA: PAKISTANI ARMY DISTRIBUTING WATER

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

• ICELAND

Eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in

Southern Iceland

MARCH 20 and APRIL 14, 2010

The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Southern Iceland

The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano

AN 8-KM PLUME OF STEAM: APRIL 14, 2010

The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano: Lava and Lightning

Glacier and the Ash Cloud: April 18

Steam and Ash Cloud: April 17

WILDFIRES

• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA• RUSSIA•BOLIVIA

WILFIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: LEONA VALLEY AND KERN

COUNTYJULY 27 – AUGUST ?, 2010

LEONA VALLEY, CA

LEONA VALLEY, CA

DC-10 DROPPING FLAME RETARDANT: PALMDALE CA

FIREFIGHTERS: KERN COUNTY WILDFIRE

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DECLARES STATE OF

EMERGENCY FOR WILDFIRES

600 WILDFIRES IN 7 REGIONS RELATED TO PROLONGED HEAT WAVE

JULY 29 – AUGUST ?, 2010

242,000 BATTLE WILDFIRES

WILDFIRES IN BOLIVA

AUGUST 19- ?, 2010

PRESIDENT EVO MORALES DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY