1. HIGHLIGHTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS DURING 2012 AUGUST - JANUARY Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. STATEMENT OF FACT: We must always be ready to meet in our average moments in time, the potential disaster agents that Nature will throw at us in an unexpected moments in time.

3. M7.6 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEAR THE PHILIPPINES 8:57 PM; AUGUST 31, 2012

4. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ENROUTE TO A SECOND HISTORIC LANDFALL IN LOUSIANA August 21 - 31, 2012

5. ISAAC’S FORECAST: AUGUST 23, 2012

6. ISAAC DUMPS RAIN ON PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI: AUG. 23

7. EVACUEES LEAVING NEW ORLEANS ON INTERSTATE 10

8. BAY ST LOUIS, MISS: ISAAC-GENERATED WAVES:

9. WAVELAND, MISS: ISAAC- GENERATED WAVES:

10. ISAAC AT LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA: AUG. 28 TH

11. NEW ORLEANS: 2012 FLOODING

12. NEW ORLEANS IN 2005: LEVEE FAILURES LEFT 1,000,000 HOMELESS

13. WILDFIRES BURNING IN THE WESTERN USA 42,933 WILDFIRES HAVE OCCURRED DURING 2012 AUGUST 16, 2012

14. LOCATION OF 2012’S WESTERN WILDFIRES

15. So far during 2012, 42,933 wildfires have burned 6.47 million acres, surpassing the 6.36 million acres burned by this date during 2011, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

16. TWIN MODERATE-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES STRIKE IRAN SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2012

17. LOCATION MAP

18. THE EARTHQUAKES (Source: US Geological Survey) Saturday's first quake of M6.4 struck just before 5 pm 60 km (37 miles) northeast of the city of Tabriz at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles). Saturday’s second quake of M6.3 struck 49 km (30 miles) northeast of Tabriz 11 minutes later at a similar depth.

19. VARZAGHAN: DAMAGE

20. NEAR-RECORD FLOODING IN BEIJING, CHINA AREA JULY 20-24, 2012

21. REGIONAL IMPACTS This is the worst deluge in 61 years. Rain fall in one day was equal to 6 months of normal rainfall 100 dead; 38 in Beijing area $1.6 billion in damage 56,000 forced from homes

22. 500 DAYS AFTER THE MARCH 11, 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN TSUNAMI TRASH REACHING THE USA

23. WHAT HAPPENED? Immediately after the tsunami waves dissipated, heavy items sank to the ocean floor close to shore, - - -. But, at least 1.5m tons of debris were carried off by currents and began making the 4,500-mile journey across the Pacific

24. TSUNAMI TRASH DUMP IN JAPAN : MARCH 11, 2012

25. The March 11, 2011 tsunami swept as much debris into the ocean in one day as is usually dumped in a year

26. 2012: TRASH FROM MARCH 11, 2011 JAPANESE TSUNAMI : (US NAVY PHOTO)

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

28. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTED TORNADO OUTBREAK: APRIL 13

29. 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

30. SALINA, KANSAS: APRIL 14, 2012

31. TORNADO STRIKES DEXTER, MICHIGAN Thursday, March 15, 2012

32. AERIAL VIEW OF DAMAGE: DEXTER, MICHIGAN: MARCH 15, 2012

33. GOOD NEWS FOR WALLA WALLA, A FARMING COMMUNITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA March 1-6, 2012

34. LOCATIONS OF HEAVY RAINFALL: 2011 and 2012

35. The Mummumbidgee River, swollen after 20 cm (8 in) of rainfall, peaked at 10.56 m, just below the height of Walla Walla’s protective levee.

36. FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA

37. NEW SOUTH WALES: 45 FLOOD DISASTER ZONES

38. M7.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CHILE NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE M8.8 FEBRUARY 2010 QUAKE March 25, 2012

39. LOCATION: 100 KM FROM CONCEPCION; 330 KM FROM SANTIAGO

40. A SEISMOGRAM OF THE QUAKE

41. The M7.2 earthquake occurred on Sunday; 106 km (64 miles) west northwest of Talca, a city of 200,000+, and 226 km (134 miles) south of Santiago at a depth of 30 km (19 miles).

42. TALCA: FRIGHTENED RESIDENTS GATHER OUTSIDE

43. WILDFIRES IN COLORADO (USA) March 20-31 – JULY 13, 2012

44. THE WILDFIRE SEASON BEGINS: MARCH 2012

45. LOWER NORTH FORK WILDFIRE: MARCH 27

46. WALDO CANYON FIRE: 21,000 EVACUATION MESSAGES UN-DELIVERED; JUNE 27

47. SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS CAUSE FLOOD DISASTER AGAIN IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN JANUARY 3, 2012

48. PAKISTAN: FLOOD ZONES

49. PAKISTAN: 2012 FLOODING

50. 17 million people were affected by the floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains.