2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Recap

1. REMEMBERING 2O10’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS — PART 2XynthiaTropical Storms and Hurricanes: Atlantic BasinTropical Storms and Hurricanes: Pacific BasinTyphoonsCyclones

2. 2O10 ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORM SEASON14 NAMED STORMS WITH 5 CAT 4 HURRICANES BY SEPTEMBER 1719 NAMED STORMS IN ALL

3. TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE PATHS: SEPTEMBER 14TH

4. TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE PATHS: OCTOBER 30TH

5. 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

6. ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010 • Gaston Sept 1 • Hermine Sept 6 • Igor (H) Sept 8 • Julia (H) Sept 12 • Karl (H) Sept 14 • Lisa (H) Sept 20 • Matthew Sept 24

7. ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010 • Nicole Sept 29 • Otto (H) Oct 6 • Paula (H) OCT 11 • Richard (H) Oct 21

8. ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010 • Shary (H) Oct 27 • Tomas (H) Oct 29

9. With one month to go, the 2010 Atlantic season had produced 19 named storms, including 12 hurricanes, making 2010 one of the top five busiest seasons ever..

10. Four major storms formed in 20 days, the fastest that four Category 4 hurricanes have ever formed, beating the previous record of 24 days set during 1999. .

11. TROPICAL STORM ALEX: The first named tropical storm and the first to become a hurricane in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season. JUNE 26 - JULY 1, 2010

12. ALEX STARTED AS A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN: JUNE 20

13. After Alex formed on June 25, a tropical storm warning was issued for the east coast of Quintana Roo on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the east coast of Belize

14. In the central Caribbean Sea, the system produced heavy rainfall in the Dominican Republic that caused flooding and prompted the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.

15. TROPICAL STORM ALEX: LANDFALL AT BELIZE; JUNE 26

16. After making landfall in Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Tropical Storm Alex strengthened again as it entered the very warm waters of the Bay of Campeche.

17. On the evening of June 28, a hurricane warning was issued for the coast of Texas, south of Baffin Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande, and by the Mexican Government from the Rio Grande south to La Cruz.

18. FORECAST: TROPICAL STORM- HURRICANE ALEX

19. Although waves and winds along Alex’s path slowed work to stop the BP Gulf Oil Spill, in its 71st day of 107 days, the good news is that the storm did not push the oil landward faster or accelerate movement of the oil eastward into the Atlantic.

20. TROPICAL STORM COLIN August 3, 2010

21. TROPICAL STORM COLIN: FORMS ON WED, AUGUST 3

22. S.MORA

23. S.MORA

24. HURRICANE EARL Starting in 1980, the name, “Earl,” has been used in six Atlantic tropical storm seasons.

25. Tropical storm Earl formed on Sunday , August 29th.

26. 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

27. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER: FLORIDA

28. AUGUST 29

29. DANIELLE, EARL AND FRANK: AUG 29

30. 2010THE YEAR OF “RECORD AND NEAR-RECORD” NATURAL DISASTERS

31. Rain, floods, landslides, and water-borne diseases are typical after a tropical storm, hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone.

32. IMPACTED NATIONS WesternEurope (France, Portugal, Spain), Caribbean (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Jamaica, Antigua, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Maarten, St. Martin, Saint Lucia, Atlantic Canada, …

33. IMPACTED NATIONS (Continued) St Barthelemy, Saba, and St Eustatius, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras), Cuba, …

34. IMPACTED NATIONS (Continued) Mexico, USA (Texas, East Coast), The Philippines, Taiwan, China, …

35. High winds, storm surges, heavy rains, landslides affected millions. Hundreds of thousands of homes without power, damaged, destroyed, or inundated. Hundreds of thousands evacuated. Lives and livelihoods of millions impacted. Gulf oil leak and Clean up slowed SOCIETAL IMPACTS DURING 2010

36. Infrastructure damaged and destroyed. Oil and gas platforms impacted. $ billions in insured and uninsured economic losses. SOCIETAL IMPACTS DURING 2010 (Continued)

37. AUGUST 30-31

38. Hurricane Earl grew to a Category 4 storm with 5-10 inches of rain and 135 mph winds on Monday, tearing roofs off buildings and cutting power along a path that included Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Martin/St. Maarten,Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, on a likely course towards the eastern USA.

39. HURRICANE EARL PHOTO-GRAPHED FROM ISS: AUG 30

40. FLOODING: ST JOHNS, ANTIGUA

41. More than 100,000 people were left without power in Puerto Rico.

42. Schools and government offices, were closed on Monday and Tuesday.

43. The U.S. Virgin Islands imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. Monday to 5:30 a.m. Tuesday for the islands of St. Thomas and St. John.

44. Airline flights were cancelled throughout the area and cruise lines diverted ships to other ports in the Caribbean and Mexico, customary precautionary measures.

45. AUGUST 31: HURRICANE EARL’S FORECAST

46. On August 30th , the National Hurricane Center announced the formation of Tropical Storm Fiona.

47. SEPTEMBER 1

48. SEPTEMBER 1 • On Wednesday morning, September 1, Hurricane Earl diminished to a very large CAT 3 storm with winds of 125 mph and wind bands extending 200 miles radially from the eye..

49. SEPTEMBER 1 • Later during the day, Hurricane Earl strengthened again to a huge CAT 4 storm. .

50. HURRICANE WATCHES AND WARNINGS • The National Hurricane Center has hurricane watches and warnings in effect from Cape Hatteras (North Carolina) to Cape Cod (Massachusetts).