Earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES

In less than one minutes on October 15th, the quaint tropical island of Bohol was set back 20 years in development by a 7.2

magnitude earthquake and the subsequent 1000 plus aftershocks. The toppling of homes, stores, schools, hospitals, and 500 year old churches were only a foreshadowing of the realities of the long term effects of loss of communications,

water, power, and passable roads. Even knowing the death toll is impossible because many communities are totally cut off.

Thousands of people have lost their homes, schools have been

1. Bohol earthquake 2013

rendered unusable, as well as many hospitals and government buildings.

IDEA has been serving on Bohol for over 30 years and immediately began assisting those in need after the quake

from food to temporary shelters.

[EARTHQUAKES

The 1994 Mindoro earthquake occurred on November 15 at 03:15 local time near Mindoro, the

Phillipines. It had a moment magnitude of 7.1. Seventy eight people were reported dead,[1] and

2. Mindoro earthquake 1994)

7,566 houses were damaged. The earthquake generated a tsunami and landslides on the Verde

Island.

The epicenter of this earthquake was located in the Verde Island Passage, a strait separating Luzon

and Mindoro. The focal mechanism showed predominantly right-lateral strike-slip faulting.[2] The released seismic moment was about 5.12×1019 Nm.

[3].

TYPHOONS:2. Typhoon Yolanda /

Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded; devastating portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, in early-November 2013.[1] It is the deadliest Philippine typhoonrecorded in modern history,[2] killing at least 6,300 people in that country alone.[3] Haiyan is also the strongest storm recorded atlandfall, and the strongest typhoon ever recorded in terms of one-minute sustained wind speed.[4][5] As of January 2014, bodies were still being found.[6]

TYPHOONS

1.Typhoon Milenyo / Xangsane

Typhoon Xangsane, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Milenyo, was a deadly typhoon that affected the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand during the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. The name Xangsane was submitted by Laos and means elephant.[4]

Xangsane made landfall in the Philippines, battering the northern islands with torrential rains and strong winds, and causing widespread flooding and landslides. After passing over Manila and emerging over the South China Sea, the typhoon made a second landfall in central Vietnam, also causing flooding and landslides there and in Thailand. The storm was responsible for at least 279 deaths, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam, and at least $747 million (2006 USD) in damage.

Volcanic EruptIon

1.Mount Pinatubo 1991

In June 1991, the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century* took place on the island of Luzon in

the Philippines, a mere 90 kilometers (55 miles) northwest of the capital city Manila. Up to 800 people

were killed and 100,000 became homeless following the Mount Pinatubo eruption, which climaxed with nine hours of eruption on June 15, 1991. On June 15, millions of tons of sulfur dioxide were discharged into the atmosphere,

resulting in a decrease in the temperature worldwide over the next few years.

Volcanic EruptIon2. Mount Mayon 2014

Mayon Volcano (Tagalog: Bulkang Mayon, Central Bikol: Bulkan Mayon), also known as Mount

Mayon, is an active volcano in the province of Albay, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone"

because of its almost symmetric conical shape , the mountain was declared a national park and

a protected landscape on July 20, 1938, the first in the country. It was reclassified a Natural Park and renamed Mayon Volcano Natural Park in the year

2000.[3]