REMEMBERING 2O10’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS — PART 2

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2O10 ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORM SEASON

14 NAMED STORMS WITH 5 CAT 4 HURRICANES BY SEPTEMBER 17

19 NAMED STORMS IN ALL

TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE PATHS: SEPTEMBER 14TH

TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE PATHS: OCTOBER 30TH

ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010

• Alex (H) June 21

• Bonnie July 27

• Colin Aug 3

• Danielle (H) Aug 21

• Earl (H) Aug.29

• Fiona Aug 30

ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010

• Gaston Sept 1

• Hermine Sept 6

• Igor (H) Sept 8

• Julia (H) Sept 12

• Karl (H) Sept 14

• Lisa (H) Sept 20

• Matthew Sept 24

ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010

• Nicole Sept 29

• Otto (H) Oct 6

• Paula (H) OCT 11

• Richard (H) Oct 21

ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010

• Shary (H) Oct 27

• Tomas (H) Oct 29

With one month to go, the 2010 Atlantic season had

produced 19 named storms, including 12 hurricanes,

making 2010 one of the top five busiest seasons ever..

Four major storms formed in 20 days, the fastest that four Category 4 hurricanes have

ever formed, beating the previous record of 24 days

set during 1999. .

TROPICAL STORM ALEX: The first named tropical

storm and the first to become a hurricane in the 2010

Atlantic Hurricane Season.

JUNE 26 - JULY 1, 2010

ALEX STARTED AS A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN: JUNE 20

After Alex formed on June 25, a tropical storm warning was issued for the east coast of Quintana Roo

on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the east coast of Belize

In the central Caribbean Sea, the system produced heavy rainfall in

the Dominican Republic that caused flooding and prompted the

evacuation of more than 3,000 people.

TROPICAL STORM ALEX: LANDFALL AT BELIZE; JUNE 26

After making landfall in Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Tropical Storm Alex strengthened again as it entered the very warm waters of the Bay of Campeche.

On the evening of June 28, a hurricane warning was issued for the coast of Texas, south of Baffin

Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande, and by the Mexican Government from the Rio Grande south to La

Cruz.

FORECAST: TROPICAL STORM- HURRICANE ALEX

Although waves and winds along Alex’s path slowed work to stop the

BP Gulf Oil Spill, in its 71st day of 107 days, the good news is that the storm did not push the oil landward

faster or accelerate movement of the oil eastward into the Atlantic.

TROPICAL STORM COLIN

August 3, 2010

TROPICAL STORM COLIN: FORMS ON WED, AUGUST 3

25/08/2010 S.MORA 22

25/08/2010 S.MORA 23

HURRICANE EARL

Starting in 1980, the name, “Earl,” has been used in six Atlantic tropical storm

seasons.

Tropical storm Earl formed on Sunday , August 29th.

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

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER: FLORIDA

AUGUST 29

DANIELLE, EARL AND FRANK: AUG 29

2010

THE YEAR OF “RECORD AND NEAR-RECORD” NATURAL

DISASTERS

Rain, floods, landslides, and water-borne diseases are typical after a tropical

storm, hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone.

IMPACTED NATIONS

Western Europe (France, Portugal, Spain), Caribbean (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Jamaica, Antigua, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Maarten, St. Martin, Saint Lucia, Atlantic Canada, …

IMPACTED NATIONS (Continued)

St Barthelemy, Saba, and St Eustatius, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras), Cuba, …

IMPACTED NATIONS (Continued)

Mexico, USA (Texas, East Coast), The Philippines, Taiwan, China, …

SOCIETAL IMPACTS DURING 2010

• High winds, storm surges, heavy rains, landslides affected millions.

• Hundreds of thousands of homes without power, damaged, destroyed, or inundated.

• Hundreds of thousands evacuated.

• Lives and livelihoods of millions impacted.

• Gulf oil leak and Clean up slowed

SOCIETAL IMPACTS DURING 2010 (Continued)

• Infrastructure damaged and destroyed.

• Oil and gas platforms impacted.

• $ billions in insured and uninsured economic losses.

AUGUST 30-31

Hurricane Earl grew to a Category 4 storm with 5-10 inches of rain and 135 mph winds on Monday, tearing

roofs off buildings and cutting power along a path that included Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, St.

Martin/St. Maarten, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, on a likely course

towards the eastern USA.

HURRICANE EARL PHOTO-GRAPHED FROM ISS: AUG 30

FLOODING: ST JOHNS, ANTIGUA

More than 100,000 people were left without power in Puerto Rico.

Schools and government offices, were closed on Monday and

Tuesday.

The U.S. Virgin Islands imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. Monday to 5:30 a.m. Tuesday for the islands of St.

Thomas and St. John.

Airline flights were cancelled throughout the area and cruise

lines diverted ships to other ports in the Caribbean and Mexico,

customary precautionary measures.

AUGUST 31: HURRICANE EARL’S FORECAST

On August 30th , the National Hurricane Center announced the

formation of Tropical Storm Fiona.

SEPTEMBER 1

SEPTEMBER 1

• On Wednesday morning, September 1, Hurricane Earl diminished to a very large CAT 3 storm with winds of 125 mph and wind bands extending 200 miles radially from the eye..

SEPTEMBER 1

• Later during the day, Hurricane Earl strengthened again to a huge CAT 4 storm. .

HURRICANE WATCHES AND WARNINGS

• The National Hurricane Center has hurricane watches and warnings in effect from Cape Hatteras (North Carolina) to Cape Cod (Massachusetts).

HURRICANE EARL’S FORECAST: SEPT 1

Under the forecast for Earl, the Cape Hatteras, NC, area was at highest risk on Friday morning,

September 3rd, and the Massachusetts' Cape Cod and the

Maine shoreline on Friday night and Saturday morning.

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

On September 1st, the National Hurricane Center announced the

formation of Tropical Storm Gaston.

EARL AND TROPICAL STORMS FIONA AND GASTON: SEPT 1

Tropical Storm Hermine changed from a tropical depression 10 to a tropical storm and formed in the

Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas on Monday, Sept. 6th.

TROPICAL STORM HERMINE MADE LANDFALL IN NORTHERN MEXICO

A RAINMAKER IN MEXICO AND TEXAS

SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2010

The trajectory of Tropical Storm Hermine did not give it enough time

to become a hurricane before making landfall in Mexico on

Tuesday, Sept. 6th.

TROPICAL STORM HERMINE: SEPT 6, 2010

Unlike Hurricane Alex, which swiped Texas then plunged

southwest into Mexico, Hermine was more memorable in Texas,

dumping from 5 to 12 inches of rain in San Antonio, ripping off roofs in

Raymondville, and disrupting power for 35,000 in the Rio Grande Valley.

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TROPICAL STORM HERMINE: SEPT 7, 2010

Mexican emergency officials in Tamaulipas worked to evacuate 3,500 people around Matamoros,

across the border from Brownsville, Texas; Schools on both sides of the border canceled classes Tuesday.

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TROPICAL STORM IGOR FORMS IN ATLANTIC

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

TROPICAL STORM IGOR: SEPT 8, 2010

TROPICAL STORM IGOR IN FAR ATLANTIC: SEPT 10

HURRICANE IGOR (LEFT) & TROPICAL STORM JULIA (RIGHT): SEPT 12, 2010

The Atlantic basin had been registering record high

temperatures since March, according to U.S. archives.

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The power of Igor and Julia, two Cat 4 hurricanes still moving through the Atlantic, is an indication of how warm the Atlantic water still was in September.

A RARE PHENOMENON: THREE ACTIVE HURRICANES ON SEPT 17

HURRICANES IGOR AND JULIA AND TS KARL: SEPT 15, 2010

HURRICANE IGOR APPROACHING BERMUDA: SEPT 16, 2010

Karl made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico

as a strong tropical storm, and then made landfall near Veracruz, Veracruz State, on

the central Mexican Gulf coast, as a major hurricane.

Tropical storm Karl became a Cat 1 hurricane on September 16th.

KARL: 165 KM FROM VERACRUZ; SEPTEMBER 17

TROPICAL STORM KARL: SEPT 14-17, 2010

It was not the best time for a “rainmaker” like Karl to

make landfall near Veracruz, because rain had been

falling in the area since mid-August.

Karl dumped 8 inches (21.5 cm of rain in Veracruz within

90 minutes, 31.4 cm in the nearby mountains, and 25.4 cm across the central and southern Gulf coast region before drenching Mexico

City.

FLOODING IN ANTIGUA: 35 KM FROM VERACRUZ; SEPT 17

Karl caused widespread damage in Veracruz:

knocking down hundreds of trees, billboards, and power

poles, leaving 80 % of the city without electricity, and

upending cars.

State-owned Petroleos Mexicanos closed 14

production wells in the northern part of Veracruz

state and evacuated workers from some oil platforms in

the Gulf.

The Laguna Verde nuclear power plant was shuttered

and workers were evacuated.

TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW: SEPT 24, 2010

MATTHEW WEAKENS, BUT STILL A RAINMAKER: SEPT 26, 2010

After landfall in Belize, Matthew’s rains and winds

hit Honduras and Nicaragua on Friday (24th), forcing

hundreds of residents and tourists to evacuate and

threatening coffee and sugar crops.

The small economies of Guatemala, Nicaragua and

Honduras depend heavily on agricultural exports like

coffee and sugar.

Matthew moved northward towards Guatemala and

Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a rainmaker, losing force before reaching the Gulf of

Mexico where most of Mexico's oil platforms are

located.

KARL AND MATTHEW’S RAIN TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE IN MEXICO: SEPT 28, 2010

• Village in Santa Maria Tlahuitoltapec, Oaxca State buried by massive landslide.

TROPICAL STORM NICOLE FORMS NEAR CUBA: SEPT 2010

Nicole’s fast moving remnant joined another low pressure

system and became a big rainmaker for the East Coast,

from Florida to Maine.

TROPICAL STORM PAULA FORMS NEAR HONDURAS: OCT 11

PAULA HEADS TOWARDS CUBA AS CAT 2 HURRICANE: OCT 13

HURRICANE PAULA SOAKS CUBA’S TOBACCO FIELDS: OCT 16

Cuba's current weak economy was 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.

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On October 17th, Western Cuba was at high risk, because

whenever a big storm like Paula is moving slowly, it's going to spend a longer time dumping heavy rain, and it could still

strengthen again.

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DEPRESSION 19 BECOMES TROPICAL STORM RICHARD: OCT 21

RICHARD BRUSHES HONDURAS ENROUTE TO MEXICO: OCT 23

Richard became a CAT 1 hurricane on Sunday, Oct

24th.

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AS A TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE; SHARY WAS NO PROBLEM: OCT 27

TOMAS BECAME A HURRICANE IN ONE DAY: OCTOBER 30

Recognizing the danger

Tomas represented to locations in the eastern

Caribbean, Haiti, and possibly the Gulf of Mexico, all nations

were advised to pay close attention to Tomas’ path during

the first week of November.

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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

TOMAS: IMPACTS BARBADOS

Tomas, as a CAT 2 storm, was the “the worst in Saint. Lucian history,” causing the loss of its

entire banana crop, which along with tourism, is extremely

important to Saint Lucia’s economy.

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TOMAS: IMPACTS SAINT LUCIA

Hurricane Tomas, which intensified overnight on Thursday (Nov. 4) to CAT 1, is bearing down on Haiti, a country with a triple disaster: 1) the January 12, 2010 earthquake, 2) cholera affecting at least 6,700 people, and 3) more than 1 million people still living in tents.

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"Haiti and the Dominican

Republic occupy the same island, but Haiti has a much bigger landslide problem, because the Dominican

Republic still has its forests and Haiti does not.

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A TREELESS, LANDSLIDE-PRONE HAITI FACING TOMAS, A RAINMAKER

HAITIANS: AWAITING EVACUATION ON NOV 4th

HAITIAN’S POOREST OF THE POOR WITH NO PLACE TO GO

Tomas, a CAT I storm and rainmaker, came ashore at

Haiti's far southwestern edge on Nov. 5th, slamming the

coastline with 135 kph (85-mph) winds and deluging the area

with heavy rain.

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RELATIVE GOOD NEWS: Perhaps, only six deaths

along with an early indication that, except for localized flooding, most of the tent cities were spared.

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Leogane, which had already

lost 90 percent of its buildings and thousands of people in the

Jan. 12th quake, is one of several Haitian towns that were

not spared from flooding.

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LEONGANE: COPING WITH OLD AND NEW DISASTERS, NOV 5

Old and new disasters were mingled in Leogane, where

milky-brown floodwaters filled quake-cracked streets and

patched-up homes and isolated a camp that had become home

to hundreds of refugees.

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FLOODING IN CITI SOLELI, HAITI: NOV 5

A RESCUE IN LEONGANE, ONE OF HAITI’S FLOODED TOWNS

NOV 6: TOMAS HEADS INTO OPEN ATLANTIC TO DIE

NOV 13: REGION IN SO. CARIBBEAN DID NOT BECOME TS VIRGINIE

NOV 15: REGION IN SO. CARIBBEAN DID NOT BECOME TS WALTER

NOEVEMBER 30th If tropical storms Virginie and Walter had formed as

the 20th –21st storms of 2010, 2010, currently tied with 1995 as the 2nd busiest hurricane

season, would have taken over 2nd place.