2009’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES FROM WILDFIRES TO CYCLONES AND TYPHOONS, TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES, TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND WINTER STORMS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
2009’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES. FROM WILDFIRES TO CYCLONES AND TYPHOONS, TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES, TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND WINTER STORMS. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. W ILDFIRE: AUSTRALIA ; FEB 9-11. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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2009’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES
FROM WILDFIRES TO CYCLONES AND TYPHOONS, TO EARTHQUAKES AND
TSUNAMIS, TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES, TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
AND WINTER STORMS
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
WILDFIRE: AUSTRALIA; FEB 9-11
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
CYCLONE HAMISH:MARCH 8-10
CYCLONE HAMISH: OIL SPILL IMPACTS AUSTRALIAN BEACHES
FLOODS: RED RIVER & FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA: MARCH 28-30
L'AQUILA AND 26 TOWNS AND VILLAGES DEVASTATED
L'AQUILA: LOCATED IN OLD LAKE BED
WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA
WINDS EXACERBATE WILDFIRES: SANTA BARBARA, CA; MAY 5-10
YUNNAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE:
YUNNAN, CHINA: JULY 9
MORAKOT’S PATH: AUGUST 7-10
CHIATUNG, TAIWAN: FLOODING; AUGUST 9
MORAKOT-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE BURIES TAIWAN VILLAGE, AUG 10
“MONSTER WILDFIRE” NEAR LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA• COVERING 190 SQUARE MILES AND GROWING RAPIDLY• NOT CONTAINED UNTIL SEPT 15th
August 28 – September 15, 2009
WILDFIRES NEAR LOS ANGELES, CA
WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS, GREECE
WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS: AUGUST 22, 2009
FLASH FLOODS NEAR ISTHANBUL: SEPTEMBER 9
FLASH FLOODS NEAR ISTHANBUL, TURKEY: SEPT 9
INDONESIA: SEPT 30 - OCT 1
TWO LARGE EARTHQUAKES STRIKE WEST SUMATRA AND
JAMBI, INDONESIA WHILE IT IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE
2004 TSUNAMI DISASTER
DECEMBER 26, 2004 –- M9.0SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 — M7.6
OCTOBER 1, 2009 — M6.6
PADANG, INDONESIA
PADANG, INDONESIA: FIRE
QUAKE-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE: PADANG PARIAMAN, INDONESIA
PHILIPPINES HIT BY KETSANA, PARMA, MIRINAE: SEPT- NOV