1. HIGHLIGHTS OF NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012 PART 10: 2012 EASTERN PACIFIC HURRICANES (In Chronological Order) Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. 2012 EASTERN PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON 16 STORMS; 10 HURRICANES AS OF OCTOBER 16, 2012

3. THE PROJECTION FOR 2012 WAS A “NEAR NORMAL” YEAR 12-18 NAMED STORMS OF WHICH UP TO 9 COULD BE HURRICANES

4. ACTUAL (AS OF SEPT. 25) FATALITIES: ONLY 7 ECONOMIC LOSS: $108 MILLION THIRTEEN STORMS AND EIGHT HURRICANES

5. ACTUAL STORM TRACKS: AS OF SEPT 25, 2012

6. ACTUAL (AS OF OCT. 16) FATALITIES: ONLY 8 ECONOMIC LOSS: $108 MILLION SIXTEEN STORMS AND EIGHT HURRICANES

7. ACTUAL STORM TRACKS: AS OF OCTOBER 16, 2012

8. NAMED STORMS IN 2012 ALETTA – TS: May 15 BUD – H: May 24 CARLOTTA – H: June 15 DANIEL – H: JULY 7 EMILIA – H: JULY 8 FABIO – H: JULY 12 GILMA – H: AUGUST 7

9. NAMED STORMS IN 2012 HECTOR –TS: AUGUST 11 IIEANA – H: AUGUST 27 JOHN –TS: SEPT. 2 KRISTY – TS: SEPT. 12 LANE –TS: SEPT. 17 MIRIAM – H: SEPT. 25 NORMAN –TS: SEPT. 28

10. NAMED STORMS IN 2012 OLIVIA – TS: OCT. 6 PAUL – H: Oct. 12 ROSA - SERGIO - TARA - VICENT - WILLA -

11. NAMED STORMS IN 2012 XAVIER - YOLANDA - ZEKE -

12. TROPICAL STORM ALETTO --- FIRST STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED OFF MEXICO’S COAST May 15, 2012

13. ALETTA’S TRACK: MAY 14-19

14. ALETTA: TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012

15. TROPICAL STORM BUD --- SECOND STORM OF 2012 SEASON BECAME A HURRICANE OFF MEXICO’S PACIFIC COAST May 24, 2012

16. BUD’S TRACK: MAY 21-26, 2012

17. HURRICANE BUD: MAY 24, 2012

18. HURRICANE BUD: MAY 25, 2012

19. LANDFALL BETWEEN MANZANILLO AND PUERTA VALLARTA

20. BUD’S IMPACTS Manzanillo’s schools closed Manzanillo’s port closed Heavy rainfall and high winds 2011’S Hurricane Jova, which hit almost the same area in October 2011, was more deadly than Bud.

21. TROPICAL STORM CORLOTTA --- THIRD STORM OF 2012 SEASON BECAME A HURRICANE OFF MEXICO’S PACIFIC COAST JUNE 15, 2012

22. CARLOTTA’S TRACK: JUNE 17-21

23. CARLOTTA: PREDICTED IMPACTS

24. CARLOTTA: PROJECTED PATH

25. CARLOTTA  Carlotta, which grew to a hurricane, was a big rainmaker, dumping up to 50 cm (20 inches) of rain in Mexico  The heavy rain triggered mudslides in mountainous areas

26. JUNE 15 TH LANDFALL NEAR PUERTO ESCONDIDO AT LEAST 2 DEAD

27. CARLOTTA’S LANDFALL AS CAT 1 STORM

28. HURRICANE DANIEL --- FOURTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON BECAME A HURRICANE IN PACIFIC NO THREAT TO LAND JULY 7, 2012

29. DANIEL’S TRACK: JULY 4-11

30. HURICANE DANIEL: A CAT 1 STORM, JULY 8

31. TROPICAL STORM EMILIA --- FIFTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED SOUTH OF MEXICO NOT SIGNIFICANT JULY 8, 2012

32. EMILIA: FROM A TS TO A CAT 4 HURRICANE: JULY 8-18

33. TROPICAL STORM EMILIA JULY 8

34. TROPICAL STORM FABIO --- SIXTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC NOT SIGNIFICANT JULY 13, 2012

35. TS/HURRICANE FABIO JULY 12-18

36. TROPICAL STORM GILMA --- SEVENTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC NOT SIGNIFICANT JULY 13, 2012

37. GILMA: FROM TS TO A CAT 1 HURRICANE; AUGUST 7

38. TROPICAL STORM HECTOR --- EIGHTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC; WEAKENED BEFORE BECOMING SIGNIFICANT AUGUST 11, 2012

39. HECTOR’S PATH: AUGUST 11-17

40. TROPICAL STORM IIEANA --- NINTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC AND WAS NEVER A THREAT AUGUST 27, 2012

41. IIEANA’S PATH: AUGUST 27-SEPT. 2

42. TROPICAL STORM JOHN --- TENTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC AND WAS NEVER A THREAT SEPTEMBER 2-4, 2012

43. JOHN’S PATH: SEPTEMBER 2-4

44. TROPICAL STORM KRISTY --- ELEVENTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC AND WAS NEVER A THREAT SEPTEMBER 12-14, 2012

45. KRISTY’S PATH: SEPTEMBER 12-14

46. TROPICAL STORM LANE --- TWELFTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC AND WAS NEVER A THREAT SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2012

47. LANE’S PATH: SEPTEMBER 17--19

48. TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM --- THIRTEENTH STORM OF 2012 SEASON FORMED IN EAST PACIFIC AND QUICKLY BECAME A HURRICANE SEPTEMBER 25 --?, 2012

49. MIRIAM’S PROJECTED PATH: SEPTEMBER 25

50. NORMAN’S PATH: SEPTEMBER 28

51. OLIVA’S PATH: OCTOBER 6

52. PAUL’S PATH: OCTOBER 12