震惊世界的自然灾害【英文】

THE M7.0 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12
PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION IN A NATION OF 9 MILLION
EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCE
PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS
COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING; PORT AU PRINCE
IN 2009, DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE EXCERBATED BY EL NIÑO
• El Niño caused warming of the Pacific Ocean, which in turn caused Atlantic and Caribbean waters to be cooler.
CONCEPCION: LOOTERS
CONCEPCION: ELEVATED HIGHWAY COLLAPSED
LOCAL TSUNAMI DAMAGE
TSUNAMI WAVES MOVED ACROSS THE PACIFIC
M6.1 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES EASTERN TURKEY AT 4:32 AM
DROUGHTS
CARIBBEAN NATIONS FACED DROUGHT CONDITIONS DURING 2010
DROUGHT ATTRIBUTED TO EL NIÑO CONDITIONS
CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES EXPRIENCING DROUGHT IN 2010 • SAINT LUCIA • BARBADOS • SAINT VINCENT and the GRENADINES • GRENADA • ANTIGUA and BARBUDA • JAMACIA • GUYANA • TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
THREE VILLAGES DESTROYED ALONG WITH MANY FARM ANIMALS AT LEAST 57 DEAD MARCH 8, 2010
IMPACTED NATIONS
• Caribbean Nations, China, Haiti, Chile, Indonesia, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, …
IMPACTED NATIONS (continued) • … Madeira (Portugal), USA (California, North Dakota, Minnesota, Mid-Atlantic States), Brazil, Peru, Russia, Mexico, Iceland (Europe,---), Taiwan
IMPACTED NATIONS (continued • Indonesia, Taiwan, Iceland, Europe (Poland, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic), USA (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida), …
DROUGHT IN KUNMING, CHINA: 2010
EARTHQUAKES
• HAITI • CHILE •TURKEY •INDONESIA •CHINA •TAIWAN
M7.0 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES HAITI
A CATASTROPHE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE’S POOREST NATION 4:53 p.m.; JANUARY 12, 2010
DEATH TOLL REACHED AN ESTIMATED 220,OOO+
M8.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL CHILE: 3:34 am on February 27, 2010
Subduction Zone M8.8 Quake 500 Times More Energy than the M7.0 Haiti Quake 800+ Deaths; 500+ Injured Numerous Aftershocks Tsunami Waves Travel Across Pacific Estimated Loss: $30 Billion
LOCATION: 330 KM (200 MI) FROM SANTIAGO
LOCATION: 100 KM FROM CONCEPCION; 330 KM FROM SANTIAGO
DAMAGED BUILDING IN Baidu NhomakorabeaONCEPCION
CONCEPCION: URGENT MASS CARE NEEDS
IMPACTED NATIONS (continued • Pakistan, USA (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, California), Bolivia, …
IMPACTED NATIONS
• USA (North Carolina, New England states, Texas), Mexico, New Zealand, Guatemala, Pakistan, …
2O10’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES
NOTABLE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA:
EL NINO, LA NINA, EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES, WILDFIRES, SEVERE WINDSTORMS, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, FLOODS, OIL SPILL, AND DROUGHTS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA