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2O10 IN PICTURES PART 4

2010 THE YEAR OF “RECORD AND NEAR-RECORD” NATURAL DISASTERS. 2O10 IN PICTURES PART 4 . Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. SEVERE WINDSTORMS (Continued). ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES (Continued) .

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2O10 IN PICTURES PART 4

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  1. 2010 THE YEAR OF “RECORD AND NEAR-RECORD” NATURAL DISASTERS 2O10 IN PICTURESPART 4 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. SEVERE WINDSTORMS (Continued) ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES (Continued)

  3. 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

  4. DANIELLE, EARL AND FRANK: AUG 29

  5. FLOODING: ST JOHNS, ANTIGUA

  6. HURRICANE EARL’S FORECAST: SEPT 1

  7. 5,000 EVACUATE NORTH CAROLINA’S OUTER BANKS: SEPT 1

  8. TROPICAL STORM GASTON JOINS EARL AND FIONA: SEPT 1

  9. TROPICAL STORM HERMINE: A RAINMAKER; SEPT 6, 2010

  10. TROPICAL STORM IGOR: SEPT 8, 2010

  11. HURRICANES IGOR, JULIA AND KARL: SEPT 15, 2010

  12. A RARE PHENOMENON: THREE ACTIVE HURRICANES ON SEPT 17

  13. BERMUDA EXPERIENCED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN: SEPT 19-20

  14. TROPICAL STORM KARL: SEPT 14-17, 2010

  15. Karl dumped 8 more inches (21.5 cm) of rain in Veracruz within 90 minutes, 31.4 cm in the nearby mountains, causing landslides, and 25.4 cm across the central and southern Gulf coast region before drenching Mexico City.

  16. FLOODING FROM KARL: NORTH OF VERACRUZ; SEPT 18

  17. TROPICAL STORM LISA: SEPT 25, 2010

  18. TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW: SEPT 24, 2010

  19. FAST MOVING NICOLE FORMED NEAR CUBA: SEPT 29

  20. OTTO’S PATH AFTER BECOMING A HURRICANE IN 2 DAYS: OCT 8

  21. TROPICAL STORM PAULA FORMS NEAR HONDURAS: OCT 11

  22. PAULA HEADED TOWARDS CUBA AS CAT 2 HURRICANE: OCT 13

  23. Cuba's current weak economy is still recovering from 2008’s devastating trio of Hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Paloma that caused $10 billion in damage to the tobacco fields of Pinar del Rio and to other parts of the island. .

  24. DEPRESSION 19 BECOMES TROPICAL STORM RICHARD: OCT 21

  25. TOMAS BECAME A HURRICANE IN ONE DAY: OCTOBER 30

  26. In the eastern Caribbean, Tomas left at least 14 dead, many homeless, and island nations suffering from millions of dollars in damages to banana crops, housing, and infrastructure from wind, flooding, and landslides

  27. TOMAS: IMPACTS SAINT LUCIA

  28. HAITI EARTHQUAKE EVACUEES WITH NO PLACE TO GO

  29. WILDFIRES (Continued) ISRAEL’S 2010 WILDFIRE REVEALED A LACK OF PREPARATION, WHILE SHOWING THE BENEFITS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MOUNT CARMEL FIRE, ISRAEL DECEMBER 1-8, 2010

  30. THE WILDFIRE NEAR HAIFA, THE 3RD LARGEST CITY

  31. Israel’s summer of 2010 had been one of the hottest and driest on record, creating conditions that are favorable for wildfires. The cause: A 14-year-old-boy says he had been smoking, using a hookah pipe, in a forest, and the fire got out of control within minutes and swept across 10,000 acres in 24 hours..

  32. The emergency showed that Israel had neglected to invest in the equipment and personnel needed to effectively combat wildfires that have become pervasive in recent years amid unseasonably high temperatures and periods of drought ISRAEL’S WORST WILDFIRE IN HISTORY FINDS ISRAEL UNPREPARED

  33. FIREFIGHTERS ON THE GROUND

  34. AN INTENSE FIRE EXACERBATED BY WIND AND DRYNESS

  35. FIREFIGHTERS ON THE GROUND

  36. The flames, fanned by high winds, were like a giant wave at sea, traveling at times with leaps of 500 meters. After only two days, the fire killed 42 people and consumed more than 10,000 acres, destroying a large part of the Carmel Forest, one of Israel's natural crown jewels and a popular tourist and vacation destination that is known as “Little Switzerland” because of its beauty. .

  37. Thirteen nations of the international community responded immediately with material assets and pledges of help

  38. PLANES FROM FOUR COUNTRIES FOUGHT THE FIRE

  39. LANDSLIDES (Continued) LANDSLIDE DISASTER IN COLOMBIA OCCURS DURING COLOMBIA’S WORST RAINY SEASON IN DECADES COLOMBIA 1900 GMT DECEMBER 6, 2010

  40. LOCATION

  41. Prior to Dec. 6th weeks of heavy rain across the country had already caused floods and landslides that killed more than 200 people and displaced thousands

  42. The December 6th landslide disaster, which was triggered by heavy rain, happened near Giraldo, 80km (50 miles) north of the city of Medellin. A mountainside collapsed in the Antioquia province on Monday, December 6th, sweeping away houses and burying villages and people under tons of rock and mud.

  43. SEARCH AND RESCUE

  44. Local residents used their bare hands immediately after the slide to dig into tons of mud that buried 30 houses, and, in spite of the hopelessness of the task without heavy machinery, were still able to save seven people. Red Cross sniffer dogs have identified locations where victims are buried, but officials say it could take several days to dig them out.

  45. SEARCH AND RESCUE

  46. The rescue effort was hampered by continued heavy rainfall, which increased the likelihood of additional landslides.

  47. WINTER STORMS (Continued) THE GREAT WINTER SOLSTICE STORM OF 2010 EUROPE WINTER STORM OF 2010 EASTERN SEABOARD NOR’EASTER

  48. THE GREAT SOLSTICE WINTER STORM OF 2010 RAIN FALLING FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO BAKERSFIELD December 19-21, 2010

  49. The Great Winter Solstice Storm of 2010 was one for the record books, a once in a hundred years event, marked by the most rainfall ever to fall in the month of December and the 4th heaviest daily rainfall (on Sunday) of all time.

  50. PACIFIC STORMS BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING AND ROCKFALLS/MUDFLOWS TO CALIFORNIA

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