2O10’S DISASTERS IN
PICTURES
NOTABLE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA:
EL NINO, LA NINA, EARTHQUAKES,
LANDSLIDES, WILDFIRES, SEVERE
WINDSTORMS, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS,
FLOODS, OIL SPILL, AND DROUGHTS
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for
Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
IMPACTED NATIONS
• Caribbean Nations, China,
Haiti, Chile, Indonesia, France,
Portugal, Spain, Belgium,
Germany, Turkey, …
IMPACTED NATIONS
(continued)
• … Madeira (Portugal), USA
(California, North Dakota,
Minnesota, Mid-Atlantic States),
Brazil, Peru, Russia, Mexico,
Iceland (Europe,---), Taiwan
IMPACTED NATIONS
(continued
• Indonesia, Taiwan, Iceland,
Europe (Poland, Germany,
Hungary, Czech Republic), USA
(Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Florida), …
IMPACTED NATIONS
(continued
• Pakistan, USA (Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Florida, California),
Bolivia, …
IMPACTED NATIONS
• USA (North Carolina, New
England states, Texas), Mexico,
New Zealand, Guatemala,
Pakistan, …
IN 2009, DROUGHT CONDITIONS
WERE EXCERBATED BY EL NIÑO
• El Niño caused
warming of the
Pacific Ocean,
which in turn
caused Atlantic
and Caribbean
waters to be
cooler.
DROUGHTS
CARIBBEAN NATIONS
FACED DROUGHT
CONDITIONS DURING 2010
DROUGHT ATTRIBUTED TO EL NIÑO
CONDITIONS
CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES
EXPRIENCING DROUGHT IN 2010
• SAINT LUCIA
• BARBADOS
• SAINT VINCENT
and the
GRENADINES
• GRENADA
• ANTIGUA and
BARBUDA
• JAMACIA
• GUYANA
• TRINIDAD and
TOBAGO
DROUGHT IN KUNMING,
CHINA: 2010
EARTHQUAKES
• HAITI
• CHILE
•TURKEY
•INDONESIA
•CHINA
•TAIWAN
M7.0 EARTHQUAKE
STRIKES HAITI
A CATASTROPHE IN THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE’S POOREST NATION
4:53 p.m.; JANUARY 12, 2010
THE M7.0 HAITI
EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12
PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION IN A
NATION OF 9 MILLION
EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE:
PORT AU PRINCE
PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS
COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING;
PORT AU PRINCE
DEATH TOLL REACHED AN
ESTIMATED 220,OOO+
M8.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES
CENTRAL CHILE:
3:34 am on February 27, 2010
Subduction Zone M8.8 Quake 500 Times
More Energy than the M7.0 Haiti Quake
800+ Deaths; 500+ Injured
Numerous Aftershocks
Tsunami Waves Travel Across Pacific
Estimated Loss: $30 Billion
LOCATION: 330 KM (200 MI)
FROM SANTIAGO
LOCATION: 100 KM FROM CONCEPCION;
330 KM FROM SANTIAGO
DAMAGED BUILDING IN
CONCEPCION
CONCEPCION: URGENT
MASS CARE NEEDS
CONCEPCION: LOOTERS
CONCEPCION: ELEVATED
HIGHWAY COLLAPSED
LOCAL TSUNAMI DAMAGE
TSUNAMI WAVES MOVED
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
M6.1 EARTHQUAKE
STRIKES EASTERN
TURKEY AT 4:32 AM
THREE VILLAGES DESTROYED ALONG
WITH MANY FARM ANIMALS
AT LEAST 57 DEAD
MARCH 8, 2010
NORTH AND EAST ANATOLIAN
FAULTS
OKCULAR: POOR
CONSTRUCTION
EARTHQUAKES
• INDONESIA
•CHINA
•TAIWAN
M7.7 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES
INDONESIA NEAR
EPICENTER OF 2004 QUAKE
SUBDUCTION ZONE OF SUNDA AND
INDO-AUSTRALIA PLATES
5:15 AM, APRIL 7, 2010
LOCATION
TOWN OF SINABANG (60 KM
FROM EPICENTER)
SURVIVORS FACED HARSH
TEMPERATURES
LANDSLIDES
• MACHU PICCHU
•SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
•MADEIRA (PORTUGAL)
• BRAZIL (RIO DE JANEIRO)
•TAIWAN
RAIN AND MUDSLIDES IN MACHU
PICCHU
2,500 TOURISTS STRANDED
JANUARY 28, 2010
MACHU PICCHU
MUDFLOWS IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA:
FEB 6, 2010
THE INTERSECTION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL IN FIRST WINTER STORM OF
2010 AND BURNED OUT AREAS FROM
WILDFIRES OF 2009 INCREASED RISK
FACT: MUDSLIDES INCREASE
AFTER WILDFIRES
WILDFIRE- BURN AREAS ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO MUDFLOWS
MUDSLIDES TRIGGERED BY
FLASH FLOODS
DEVASTATE THE MADEIRA
ISLANDS, PORTUGAL
AT LEAST 42 DEAD
FEBRUARY 20-21, 2010
LOCATION OF MADEIRA
FEBRUARY 21: FLASH
FLOOD
FEBRUARY 21:MUDSLIDE
FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES
PARALYZE BRAZIL
WORST IN 50 YEARS
APRIL 7, 2010
RIO DE JANEIRO
LANDSLIDE IN TAIWAN
EXACERBATED BY M6.5 EARTHQUAKE
AND RAIN
APRIL 26, 2010
LOCATION
LANDSLIDE
LANDSLIDE IN ZHONQU
COUNTY, CHINA
Over 700 dead, hundreds injured, and
over 1,000 missing
Midnight - Saturday, August 7, 2010
MUDSLIDE: ZHONGU, CHINA
DAMAGED BUILDINGS
FLOODED STREETS
EXPLOSIONS RELEASED THE
BLOCKED BAILONG RIVER
PRIME MINISTER WEN JIABAO
CALLING FOR ACTION: AUG 8TH
RESCUE WORKERS
SEARCH AND RESCUE
OIL SPILLS AND LEAKS
• GULF OF MEXICO
“GREAT GULF OF MEXICO
OIL SPILL OF 2010”
COASTS OF LOUISANA, ALABAMA,
MISSISSIPPI, AND FLORIDA WERE
IMPACTED BY A 5 MILLION BARREL OIL
LEAK THAT CAUSED A HUGE
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
APRIL 22- AUGUST ???, 2010
OIL RIG EXPLODED IN GULF
OF MEXICO: APRIL 22
DEEP WATERR HORIZON IN
GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 22
DEEP WATER HORIZON:
APRIL 22
NASA PHOTO OF OIL SPILL
IN GULF OF MEXICO
INITIAL OIL SHEEN ON
WATER
OIL REACHES CHANDELEUR
SOUND: APRIL 30
CLEANUP CREW
PLACING AN OIL
CONTAINMENT BOOM: MAY 29
BOOM CONTAINS SPREAD
OF OIL: MAY 29
BOOM PROTECTING A
SMALL ISLAND
CLEAN UP SHIPS AT ANCHOR
DUE TO WIND & WAVES: MAY 1
WIND & WAVES REDUCE
EFFECTIVENESS OF BOOMS
OIL DOME ENROUTE TO SITE
OF LEAK: MAY 6
FISHERMEN OUT OF WORK:
PERMANENTLY ???
LA BATRE, AL: ALL FISHING
SHUT DOWN
“A WHALE” ARRIVES IN
GULF OF MEXICO: JULY 2
2O10’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS
Xynthia
Tropical Storms and Hurricanes:
Atlantic Basin
Tropical Storms and Hurricanes:
Pacific Basin
Typhoons
Cyclones
A diminished El Nino created more
favorable conditions for an
increase in Atlantic basin severe
windstorms during 2010, as
compared with 2009.
NOR’EASTER: FEBRUARY 5,
2010
WINDSTORM XYNTHIA
FEBRUARY 26-28, 2010
XYNTHIA: FLOODING IN
FRANCE
TROPICAL STORM AGATHA
STRIKES GUATEMALA
SHORTLY AFTER PACAVA
ERUPTS
FIRST STORM OF PACIFIC SEASON
FOLLOWS VOLCANIC ERUPTION
MAY 27-29, 2010
HURRICANES IN EASTERN PACIFIC
•
•
•
•
•
AGATHA
BLAS
CELIA
DARBY
FRANK
AGATHA’S PATH
TORRENTIAL RAINS
SINKHOLE: GUATEMALA
CITY
TYPHOON CHANTHU
(Category 1)
July 17-23, 2010
TYPHOON CHANTHU: A CAT
1 STORM
2O10’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS
Xynthia
Tropical Storms and Hurricanes:
Atlantic Basin
Tropical Storms and Hurricanes:
Pacific Basin
Typhoons
Cyclones
A diminished El Nino created more
favorable conditions for an
increase in Atlantic basin severe
windstorms during 2010, as
compared with 2009.
ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL
STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010
•
•
•
•
Alex (H) June 21
Bonnie July 27
Colin Aug 3
Danielle (H)
Aug 21
• Earl (H) Aug.29
• Fiona Aug 30
ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL
STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010
•
•
•
•
•
•
Gaston Sept 1
Hermine Sept 6
Igor H Sept 8
Julia H Sept 12
Karl (Pending)
Lisa (Pending)
ALEX STARTED AS A TROPICAL WAVE
IN THE CARIBBEAN: JUNE 20
FORECAST: TROPICAL STORMHURRICANE ALEX
TROPICAL STORM ALEX:
LANDFALL AT BELIZE; JUNE 26
TROPICAL STORM COLIN:
FORMS ON WED, AUGUST 3
25/08/2010
S.MORA
98
25/08/2010
S.MORA
99
HURRICANE EARL
BECOMES A CAT 4 STORM
AGAIN AS IT HEADS
TOWARDS THE EAST
COAST OF USA
WIND BANDS EXTEND 200 MI FROM EYE
AUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
DANIELLE, EARL AND
FRANK: AUG 29
FLOODING: ST JOHNS,
ANTIGUA
AUGUST 31: HURRICANE
EARL’S FORECAST
HURRICANE EARL’S
FORECAST: SEPT 1
5,000 EVACUATE NORTH
CAROLINA’S OUTER BANKS: SEPT 1
TROPICAL STORM GASTON
JOINS EARL AND FIONA: SEPT 1
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE:
A RAINMAKER; SEPT 6, 2010
TROPICAL STORM IGOR:
SEPT 8, 2010
HURRICANE IGOR (LEFT) & HURRICANE
JULIA (RIGHT): SEPT 13, 2010
FLOODS
• RUSSIA (SIBERIA)
• NORTH DAKOTA AND
MINNESOTA,
• BRAZIL
•EUROPE
•PAKISTAN
FLOODS IN RUSSIA
MARCH 2010
SPRING RUNOFF AFTER A HARSH
WINTER INCREASES FLOOD RISKS
ACROSS RUSSIA
THE THREE GREAT SIBERIAN
RIVERS THAT FLOODED
FLOODING IN SIBERIA
FLOODING IN KAZAKHSTAN
FLOODING IN KAZAKHSTAN
FLOODING SOUTH OF
KAZAKHSTAN
NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH
DAKOTA, AND MINNESOTA
EXPERIENCE MAJOR
FLOODING
MARCH 28-30, 2009
RAPID MELT AND RUNOFF
THE “SPIDER” MAKING 5,000
SANDBAGS PER HOUR
HALSTAD, MN: 4 FT BELOW
2009’S RECORD OF 40.5 FT
FARGO, ND: THE RED RIVER CRESTS
4 FT BELOW RECORD ON MARCH 21
RIVERS BURST BANKS AND
BREACH DAMS IN CENTRAL
EUROPE AFTER WEEKS OF
RAIN
POLAND, HUNGARY, GERMANY, CZECH
REPUBLIC, …
MAY – JUNE, 2010
POLAND AND VISTULA
RIVER
NORTHWEST PAKISTAN (AND
AFGHANISTAN) HIT BY FLASH
FLOODS AFTER PROLONGED
MONSOON RAINS
JULY 28-AUGUST 2, 2010
DERA ISMAIL KHAN:
INUNDATED
MUZAFFARABAD: RISING
FLOOD WATERS
THOUSANDS OF MUD BRICK
HOMES COLLAPSED
NOWSHERA: DAMAGED MUD
HOUSE
COLLAPSED HOUSE
TRYING TO DIVERT WATER
SOME LIVESTOCK WERE SAVED,
BUT THOUSANDS DROWNED
PESHAWAR: MELONS
BECAME PRECIOUS
CLINGING TO DEBRIS
NOWSHERA: SEEKING
HIGHER GROUND
SEEKING HIGHER GROUND
SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN
CHARSADDA: TRYING TO
EVACUATE
EVACUATION: CARRYING
SELECTED POSSESSIONS
NOWSHERA: EVACUATION
NOWSHERA: EVACUATION
TO A SAFE HAVEN
EVACUATION: A DIFFICULT
TASK
NOWSHERA: PAKISTANI
ARMY DISTRIBUTING WATER
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
• ICELAND
Eruption of the
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in
Southern Iceland
MARCH 20 and APRIL 14, 2010
The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in
Southern Iceland
The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano
AN 8-KM PLUME OF STEAM:
APRIL 14, 2010
The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano:
Lava and Lightning
Glacier and the Ash Cloud:
April 18
Steam and Ash Cloud:
April 17
WILDFIRES
• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• RUSSIA
•BOLIVIA
WILFIRES IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA: LEONA
VALLEY AND KERN
COUNTY
JULY 27 – AUGUST ?, 2010
LEONA VALLEY, CA
LEONA VALLEY, CA
DC-10 DROPPING FLAME
RETARDANT: PALMDALE CA
FIREFIGHTERS: KERN
COUNTY WILDFIRE
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
DECLARES STATE OF
EMERGENCY FOR WILDFIRES
600 WILDFIRES IN 7 REGIONS RELATED
TO PROLONGED HEAT WAVE
JULY 29 – AUGUST ?, 2010
242,000 BATTLE WILDFIRES
WILDFIRES IN BOLIVA
AUGUST 19- ?, 2010
PRESIDENT EVO MORALES
DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY