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TROPICAL STORM -HURRICANE EARL IMPACTS HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, BELIZE, AND MEXICO
AUGUST 5-9, 2016 lecture by Walter Hays Uploading date: August 08, 2016, Updated August 09, 2016 More lectures at Disasters Supercourse - PPT original - URL: Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
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SO FAR, EXCEPT FOR EARL, WHICH CASUED OVER 40 DEATHS IN MEXICO, AND COLIN, WHICH BROUGHT RAIN TO FLORIDA, THE ATLANTIC BASIN STORMS HAVE NOT BEEN NOTABLE
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NAMED ATLANTIC BASIN STORMS IN 2016
ALEX - Tropical storm; January (rare) BONNIE - Tropical storm; May 27 COLIN – Tropical storm; June 6 Danielle – Tropical storm; June 20 EARL – Hurricane; August 6
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TROPICAL STORM EARL
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TROPICAL STORM EARL
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TROPICAL STORM EARL
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A DIMINSHED EARL WAS STILL A HUGH THREAT
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Earl dumped very heavy rain- fall on the region, causing flooding and mudslides, killing six people in the Mexican townships of Coscomatepec and Tequila and at least 40 in Puebla State
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COLLAPSED BRIDGE: GUATEMALA
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The heavy rainfall from a diminished and dying Earl caused mudslides that led to 40 deaths in eastern Mexico’s Puebla State.
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FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES KILL 40 IN EASTERN MEXICO
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MUDSLIDES
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MUDSLIDES: SEARCH AND RESCUE
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN MADE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA ON JUNE 6 3rd NAMED STORM OF 2016 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN’S PREDICTED PATH
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EFFECTS OF COLIN BEFORE JUNE 6TH LANDFALL
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“ENJOYMENT” BEFORE JUNE 6TH LANDFALL
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN MADE LANDFALL: JUNE 6
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN WAS A FAST MOVING STORM
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN DID AS PREDICTED
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