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, 2010 Subduction Zone M8.8 Quake 500 Times More Energy than the M7.0 Haiti Quake 800+ Deaths; 500+ Injured Numerous Aftershocks Tsunami Waves Travel Across Pacific Estimated 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 DEAD MARCH 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 DEAD FEBRUARY 20-21, 2010
LOCATION OF MADEIRA
FEBRUARY 21: FLASH FLOOD
FEBRUARY 21:MUDSLIDE
FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES PARALYZE BRAZIL WORST IN 50 YEARS APRIL 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 DISASTER APRIL 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 Xynthia Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: Atlantic Basin Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: Pacific Basin Typhoons Cyclones
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 Xynthia Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: Atlantic Basin Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: Pacific Basin Typhoons Cyclones
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
25/08/2010S.MORA98
25/08/2010S.MORA99
HURRICANE EARL BECOMES A CAT 4 STORM AGAIN AS IT HEADS TOWARDS THE EAST COAST OF USA WIND BANDS EXTEND 200 MI FROM EYE AUGUST 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 RUSSIA MARCH 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 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 COUNTY JULY 27 – AUGUST ?, 2010
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