1. HURRICANE MATTHEW Thursday night, October 6 9:00 PM
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
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2. IN HAITI, AT LEAST 140 HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR LIVES AND EVACUATED FROM THE ISLAND

3. AT 9:00 PM, MATTHEW WAS A CAT 4 HURRICANE WITH WINDS OF 225 KPH (135 MPH)

5. FORCAST FOR A 40-HOUR- MATTHEW: OCTOBER 6--?

6. BAD NEWS: AFTER LANDFALL, A DYING MATHEW COULD GO BACK INTO THE ATLANTIC AND, BE RENERGIZED, AND START OVER AGAIN.

7. HAITI: RIVERS SWOLLEN BY HEAVY RAINFALL

8. SOME OF THE 350,000 HAITIANS EVACUATING

9. Nearly 2 Million are Under Evacuation Orders in Florida Ahead of Hurricane Matthew, but Some are Refusing to Leave

10. INSTEAD OF A DIRECT PATH TO LANDFALL, HURRICANE MATTHEW IS POISED TO BECOME A 40-HOUR-STORM MOVING ALONG FLORIDA’S ATLANTIC COAST Thursday night—9:00 PM

11. STORM SURGE—A KILLER AND LOSS MAKER--- IS EXPECTED ALONG A LONG STRETCH OF THE ATLANTIC COAST (FL, SC, AND NC)

12. ECONOMIC LOSSES IN FLORIDA
ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM STORM SURGE, WIND, AND FLOODING AND LOSS OF TOURISM IS EXPECTED TO REACH TENS OF BILLIONS IN FLORIDA, WHICH HAS DISNEYLAND

13. ELEMENTS OF WINDSTORM RISK
HAZARDS
EXPOSURE
RISK
VULNERABILITY
LOCATION

14. WIND PENETRATING BUILDING ENVELOPE
CAUSES OF DAMAGE
WIND PENETRATING BUILDING ENVELOPE
UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM
FLYING DEBRIS
HURRICANES
STORM SURGE
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN
“DISASTER LABORATORIES”
SITING PROBLEMS
FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES

15. HIGH POTENTIAL LOSS EXPOSURES IN A SEVERE WINDSTORM
Entire communities;
People, property, infra-structure, business enterprise, government centers, crops, wildlife, and natural resources.

16. HAZARDS OF A SEVERE WINDSTORM (AKA POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS)
WIND FIELD [CAT 1 (55 mph) TO CAT 5+ (155 mph or greater)]
DEBRIS
STORM SURGE/FLOODS
HEAVY PRECIPITATION/FLOODS
LANDSLIDES (MUDFLOWS)
COSTAL EROSION

17. GOAL: WINDSTORM DISASTER RESILIENCE
WINDSTORM HAZARDS
PEOPLE & BLDGS.
VULNERABILITY
LOCATION
WINDSTORM RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
GOAL: WINDSTORM DISASTER RESILIENCE
COMMUNITIES
DATA BASES AND INFORMATION
PREPAREDNESS
PROTECTION
EARLY WARNING
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONS
HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS