1. 2009’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES
FROM WILDFIRES TO CYCLONES AND TYPHOONS, TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES, TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND WINTER STORMS
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. WILDFIRE: AUSTRALIA; FEB 9-11

3. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

4. CYCLONE HAMISH: MARCH 8-10

5. CYCLONE HAMISH: OIL SPILL IMPACTS AUSTRALIAN BEACHES

6. FLOODS: RED RIVER & FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA: MARCH 28-30

7. N. DAKOTA VOLUNTEERS EMPLACING 1,000,000 SAND BAGS: MARCH 28-30

8. L’AQUILLA, ITALY; APRIL 6

9. L'AQUILA AND 26 TOWNS AND VILLAGES DEVASTATED

10. L'AQUILA: LOCATED IN OLD LAKE BED

11. WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA

12. WINDS EXACERBATE WILDFIRES: SANTA BARBARA, CA; MAY 5-10

13. YUNNAN, china EARTHQUAKE:

14. YUNNAN, CHINA: JULY 9

15. MORAKOT’S PATH: AUGUST 7-10

16. CHIATUNG, TAIWAN: FLOODING; AUGUST 9

17. MORAKOT-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE BURIES TAIWAN VILLAGE, AUG 10

18. “MONSTER WILDFIRE” NEAR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
COVERING 190 SQUARE MILES AND GROWING RAPIDLY
NOT CONTAINED UNTIL SEPT 15th
August 28 – September 15, 2009

19. WILDFIRES NEAR LOS ANGELES, CA

20. WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS, GREECE

21. WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS: AUGUST 22, 2009

22. FLASH FLOODS NEAR ISTHANBUL: SEPTEMBER 9

23. FLASH FLOODS NEAR ISTHANBUL, TURKEY: SEPT 9

24. INDONESIA: SEPT 30 - OCT 1

25. SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 — M7.6 OCTOBER 1, 2009 — M6.6
TWO LARGE EARTHQUAKES STRIKE WEST SUMATRA AND JAMBI, INDONESIA WHILE IT IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI DISASTER
DECEMBER 26, 2004 –- M9.0
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 — M7.6 OCTOBER 1, 2009 — M6.6

26. PADANG, INDONESIA

27. PADANG, INDONESIA: FIRE

28. QUAKE-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE: PADANG PARIAMAN, INDONESIA

29. PHILIPPINES HIT BY KETSANA, PARMA, MIRINAE: SEPT- NOV

30. KETSANA: CAINTA RIZAL

31. KETSANA: QUESON CITY

32. KETSANA: PHILIPPINES; SEPT 23-30

33. PARMA: PHILIPPINES; OCT 9

34. PARMA: MUD FLOWS; OCT 12

35. MIRINAE: NOV 2

36. AMERICAN SAMOA: SEPT 29

37. TSUNAMI: PAGO PAGO, ANERICAN SAMOA; SEPT 29

38. HURRICANE IDA, LAST OF SEASON: NOV 5

39. FLOODS IN CUMBRIA, ENGLAND

40. FLOODS: CUMBRIA; UK; NOV 29-30

41. MOUNT MAYON: THE PHILIPPINES; DEC 16

42. 33,000 EVACUATED AS MOUNT MAYON ERUPTS: DEC 18

43. WINTER STORM: DEC

44. WINTER STORM: 2/3 M; DEC 18