1. A TORNADO STRIKES HATTISBURG, MISSISSIPPI (USA) SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

2. THE 2013 TORNADO SEASON HAS STARTED SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013

3. WILL THE TREND OF 2010, 2011 AND 2012 CONTINUE IN 2013? BOTH SPRING AND WINTER WEATHER ARE CREATING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR DEVASTATING TORNADOES

4. MISSISSIPPI (bottom, center”) IS IN ZONE IV

5. MAP OF THE USA’s “TORNADO ALLEY”

6. TORNADO SEASON The peak of the annual tornado season is usually late winter through midsummer,…. But tornadoes can happen any time of the year when the atmospheric conditions are right.

7. EFFECT OF LA NINA Tornado outbreaks in recent year’s could be a consequence of La Nina, the cooling of the Pacific Ocean, which can cause the jet stream (and weather patterns) around the USA and the world to change.

8. A tornado touching down and moving along one of Hattiesburg’s main streets uprooted trees and damaged buildings, including some at the University of Southern Mississippi INJURIES, BUT NO DEATHS REPORTED

9. FUNNEL CLOUD IN HATTIESBURG

11. WIND DAMAGE: UNIV. OF SOTHERN MISSISSIPPI

12. HIGHLIGHTS OF NOTABLE TORNADOES OF 2012

13. 2012’S TWISTERS TOUCHED NEARLY ALL AREAS OF LIFE FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES TO THE EAST COAST Over 10 million people were at risk

14. WHAT IS A DEVASTATING TORNADO LIKE? Based on experiences in the USA

15. ANATOMY OF A TORNADO

16. SUDDENLY - - - With little of no warning, you hear a loud noise You turn to walk back to the house and it’s gone. You are alive, but homeless.

17. 2012’s SOCIETAL IMPACTS Homes, schools, fire stations, trailer parks, shopping malls, churches, hospitals, prisons, senior centers, resorts and complete towns were damaged and destroyed by high winds and hail.

18. WITHOUT EARLY WARNING AND PROTECTION, THE DEATH TOLL (about 38) WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER, BECAUSE OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE WERE AT RISK

19. SUDDENLY - - - You’re in the middle of an eerie state of confusion. You’ve lost everything. So have your neighbors.

20. AND ALMOST AS SUDDENLY - - - People you’ve never met before are giving you food, water, clothing, and medicine, and helping you find the will to start over again.

21. FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR CREATION OF TORNADOS Strengthening winds Daytime heating Low-level moisture return along and ahead of cool front

22. HAIL

23. AN EF-4 TORNADO IN INDIANA: MARCH 2, 2012

24. ES-4 TORNADOES HAVE WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 277 KPH (166 MPH)

25. EARLY 2012 TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH 6 STATES Homes, trailer parks, shopping malls, churches, hospitals, and resorts were damaged and destroyed by high winds as tornadoes touched down in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and 3 other Midwestern states.

26. HENRYVILLE, INDIANA: DAMAGE AT JR – HIGH SCHOOL

27. STORM APPROACHING ATHENS,GEORGIA AREA

28. DAMAGE: HARRISBURG, IL: FEB. 29, 2012

29. WIND DAMAGE: BRANSON, MISSOURI

31. MARCH 2 STORMS STRETCHED FROM THE GULF COAST TO GREAT LAKES

32. WARNING MESSAGES ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS

33. WIND DAMAGE- TONEY, ALABAMA; MARCH 2

34. WIND DAMAGE- HARVEST, ALABAMA; MARCH 2

38. DAMAGE: OOLTEWAH, TN

39. BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY: MARCH 2

40. TORNADO IN NEW PEKIN, INDIANA

41. OVER 100 TORNADOES DEVASTATED MIDWESTERN STATES: KANSAS, NEBRASKA, IOWA, AND, OKLAHOMA, Saturday, April 14 - Sunday, 15, 2012

42. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTED TORNADO OUTBREAK: APRIL 13

43. THE APRIL 14-16 TORNADO DISASTER A SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT MOVED EAST ACROSS THE USA ON APRIL 14-16 SPAWNED NEARLY 100 TORNADOES IN OK, AR, MS, AND AL, DAMAGED COMMUNITIES, AND KILLED 17 PEOPLE IN THREE DAYS.

44. THE SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM SPAWNED 5 TORNADOES IN OKLAHOMA: APRIL 14 TH AFTER A TORNADO LEFT A ½ MILE WIDE AND 7 MILE LONG PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN THE TOWN OF TUSHKA, OK, THE SYSTEM MOVED ON INTO ARKANSAS

45. TUSHKA: DAMAGE FROM TORNADO

46. TUSHKA: MOBILE HOME DESTROYED

47. TUSHKA: HOUSE DAMAGED AND CAR OVERTURNED

48. IMPACTS IN ARKANSAS The same weather system also spawned tornadoes with 130 kph (80 mph) winds in Arkansas, killing seven..

49. IMPACTS IN ALABAMA The same weather system spawned tornadoes in six counties in Alabama Friday, causing at least eight deaths..

50. IMPACTS IN MISSISSIPPI Tornadoes spawned by the same system caused major damage in the town of Clinton, near Jackson, the capitol of Mississippi.

51. 120 TORNADOES ON SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH  The Storm Center in Norman, Oklahoma logged 120 storms on Saturday, with 98 of then in Kansas  5 deaths in Woodward, OK, mainly due to siren malfunction

52. SOCIETAL IMPACTS 2-day losses in Kansas alone reached an $283 million Wide-spread power outages, mobile home communities damaged, hospital in Iowa, McConnell Air Force Base, and Boeing plant damaged, 12 counties in Oklahoma declared disaster areas.

53. SALINA, KANSAS: APRIL 14, 2012

54. SOLOMON, KANSAS: APRIL 14, 2012

55. NO DEATHS, BUT 75 % OF THURMAN, IOWA DAMAGED: APRIL 14, 2012

56. THURMAN, IOWA: AM. RED CROSS SURVEYS DAMAGE; APRIL 15, 2012

57. OKLAHOMA GOV. MARY FALLIN, DECLARES STATE OF DISASTER: APRIL 15, 2012

58. IMMEDIATE RESPONSE Cots, food, water, medical supplies, and personal hygiene supplies were rushed to impacted areas in each state.