HIGHLIGHTS OF NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012 PART 1: 2012 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON (In Reverse Chronological Order) Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
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HIGHLIGHTS OF NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012
PART 1: 2012 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON
(In Reverse Chronological Order)
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
2012’S ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND
HURRICANES
316 DEATHS
$68.5 BILLION LOSSES
2012 ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS AS OF DEC. 1
NAMED STORMS IN 2012
• ALBERTO - Tropical storm; May 19
• BERYL - Tropical storm; May 27
• CHRIS – Hurricane; June 21
• DEBBY – Tropical storm; June 23
• ERNESTO –Hurricane; Aug 3
• FLORENCE –Tropical storm: Aug 5
• GORDON –Hurricane, August 16
NAMED STORMS FOR 2012
• HELENE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 19
• ISAAC – Hurricane, August 21
• JOYCE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 25
• KIRK –Tropical Storm. Aug. 27
• LESLIE –Hurricane, Sept. 5
• MICHAEL –Hurricane, Sept. 5
• NADINE – Hurricane, Sept. 12
NAMED STORMS IN 2012
• OSCAR – Tropical Storm, Oct. 4
• PATTY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 11
• RAFAEL – Hurricane, Oct. 12
• SANDY – Super Storm, Oct. 22
• TONY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 24
• VALERIE– Did not happen
• WILLIAM– Did not happen
TWO STORMS WERE ESPECIALLY NOTABLE
ISAAC -- A RAINMAKER FOR THE ENTIRE GULF COAST
SANDY – A SUPER STORM
HIGHLIGHTS OF SANDY
October 22- November 1, 2012
SANDYFROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A HURRICANE TO A
ONCE- IN- A- CENTURY- HISTORIC “SUPER STORM” IN EIGHT DAYS
AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM ON OCTOBER 22
SANDY MADE LANDFALL IN NEW JERSEY: 8:00 PM, OCT. 29
SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012
AT 8:00 PM ON OCTOBER 29, SANDYBECAME THE MOST DEVASTATING
SUPER STORM TO HIT THE EASTERN USA IN RECORDED HISTORY
(PRESSURE– 940 Mb)
October 22– November 1, 2012
CAT 1 HURRICANE SANDY MADE LANDFALL AT 8:00 PM ON
MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 29TH
Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, merging with a winter storm system to become a unique, once-in-a-
century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s natural cycles, NOT global warming
FIFTY DEATHS ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD
(as of Oct. 30)
Preliminary Loss Estimate:
$50 Billion
SANDY CAUSED 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO BE PLACED ON HOLD
FOR THREE DAYS
Election took place on November 6th
FLOODING IN BROOKLYN
NY HOSPITALS IMPACTED
FLOODING, POWER OUTAGES, AND AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION
LIMITED SERVICES
NEW YORK CITY ON LOCK DOWN
ROADS CLOSED
TUNNELS CLOSED
SUBWAY, TRAINS, AND AIRPORTS CLOSED
WIDE-SPREAD POWER OUTAGES
HIGH VOLUME OF 911 CALLS THAT CAN’T BE ANSWERED EFFICIENTLY
STOCK EXCHANGES CLOSED
SCHOOLS CLOSED
WATER AND FIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN
QUEENS, NY
Fire fighters unable to cope with flooding and fire as 80
houses burn to ground
OCT. 29: FLOODED STREETS IN QUEENS
OCT. 29: FIRE IN QUEENS
NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC CITY UNDER WATER
NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING
NEW JERSEY: STREET FLOODING
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISAAC
August 21-31, 2012
ISAAC: FROM TS ON AUG, 21 TO HURRICANE ON AUG. 26
AUGUST 21-31, 2012
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC: AUGUST 21, 2012
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC: AUGUST 23
The storm brought rain and gusty winds to Haiti, Puerto Rico, the eastern Caribbean Islands, and Cuba on Thursday (Aug. 23), leading to 22 deaths.
ISAAC DUMPS RAIN ON PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI: AUG. 23
ISAAC’S FORECAST: AUGUST 23, 2012
ISAAC’S FORECAST: AUGUST 23, 2012
ISAAC, MISSED TAMPA BAY, FL, BUT ITS RAIN AND WIND CAUSED A 1-DAY DELAY OF
THE 5-DAY REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN TAMPA,
FLORIDA
EVACUEES LEAVING NEW ORLEANS ON INTERSTATE 10
EVACUEES IN A LOUISIANA SAFE HAVEN
BAY ST LOUIS, MISS: ISAAC-GENERATED WAVES:
GULFPORT, MISS: ISAAC-GENERATED WAVES:
MOBILE BAY, AL: ISAAC-GENERATED WAVES:
MOBILE BAY, AL: SAND BAGS TO PREVENT FLOODS
ISAAC AT LANDFALL: LATE TUESDAY
At landfall, Isaac had winds of 133 kph (80 mph) and rain
bands affecting a circular area 330 km (200 miles) wide.
NEW ORLEANS IN 2012
• When Isaac arrived in Tuesday, New Orleans was a “ghost town” as the result of evacuations, and houses and businesses being boarded up.
NEW ORLEANS: BUSINESSES BOARDED UP
NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS: WIND DAMAGE
NEW ORLEANS: WIND DAMAGE
NEW ORLEANS: A GHOST TOWN
DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS: BEFORE BEING FLOODED
NEW ORLEANS: FLOODED
NEW ORLEANS: FLOODING
NEW ORLEANS: POLICE DEPLOYED, BUT NO LOOTING
NEW ORLEANS: FLOODING
NEW ORLEANS: FLOODING
LAKE PONCHARTRAIN: LOOKING LIKE AN OCEAN
ISAAC’S FORECAST AFTER LANDFALL: AUGUST 29, 2012
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
• New Orleans, south Mississippi, and southeast Louisiana took a beating" from Isaac’s storm surge, heavy rain, and wind field.
• 725,000 people across five states were without power.
• 520,00 lost power in Louisiana for a week
ISAAC WAS, THANKFULLY,NOT AS DEVASTATING FOR NEW
ORLEANS AS HURRICANE KATRINA WAS IN 2005
NEW ORLEANS’ IMPROVED LEVEES PERFORMED WELL
NEW ORLEANS IN 2005: LEVEE FAILURE LEFT 1,000,000 HOMELESS
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