1. FLASH FLOODS SPAWNED BY TROPICAL STORM WASHI KILL OVER 652 IN THE PHILIPPINES SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011
Other Supercourse lectures on Disasters
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. LOCATION OF MINDANAO ISLAND

3. LOCATION OF CAGAYAN AND LLIGAN

4. THE PHILIPPINES WERE HIT BY 19 TROPICAL STORMS AND TYPHOONS IN 2011

5. WASHI, THE 19th ARRIVED ON FRIDAY; DEPARTED ON SUNDAY

6. AFTER MAKING LANDFALL ON FRIDAY, TROPICAL STORM WASHI DUMPED MORE THAN A MONTH’S RAIN (200 MM) IN 10 HOURS ON MINDANAO, WHICH WAS NOT (AND USUALLY IS NOT) IN THE PATH OF THE PREVIOUS TROPICAL STORMS AND TYPHOONS OF 2011

7. THE FLASH FLOODING, WHICH WAS SPAWNED BY TROPICAL STORM WASHI, HAPPENED AT 2:30 AM WHILE MOST OF THE VICTIMS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WERE ASLEEP

8. OTHERS ATTENDING EARLY MORNING CHRISTMAS MASSES WERE SURPRISED BY THE FLASH FLOODING

9. THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO IN THE NORTHERN ISLAND OF MINDANAO WAS INUNDATED BY THE FLASH FLOODS

10. ONE-FOURTH OF THE CITY OF ILIGAN WAS INUNDATED IN ITS WORST FLOOD EVER

11. RESCUE: CAYAGAN DE ORO, THE PHILIPPINES

12. RESCUE: CAYAGAN DE ORO, THE PHILIPPINES

13. RESCUE: CAYAGAN DE ORO, THE PHILIPPINES

14. LLIGAN: RESIDENTS RETURN TO A MESS

15. THE PHILIPPINE RED CROSS IS LEADING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS AS SURVIVORS APPEALED FOR FOOD, WATER, AND RELIEF SUPPLIES

16. 20,000 SOLDIERS DEPLOYED TO HELP IN SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS FOUND BODIES EVERYWHERE: IN HOMES, IN THE STREETS, IN RIVERS, AND OFFSHORE

17. PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES WERE OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF DEAD BODIES

18. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE BEGINS
THE UNITED STATES, A LONG-TERM ALLY, PLEDGED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PLEDGED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE