THE 2012 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON SUDDENLY BECAME ACTIVE WITH 4 ADDITIONAL HURRICANES SECOND HALF September 5 –November 30, 2012 Walter Hays, Global.
AN EF 4 TORNADO STRIKES LAMBERT AIRPORT IN NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI DAMAGE, BUT--- A MIRACLE: NO DEATHS FRIDAY, APRIL 22 Walter Hays, Global Alliance.
Dangerous volcanoes
DANGEROUS VOLCANOES IN THE WORLD A RE-ERUPTION OF 11 OF THE 1,500 ACTIVE VOLCANOES IS LIKELY TO BE VERY DEVASTATING, LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, AND GLOBALLY.
PAST ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANES THAT WERE “BAD” ENOUGH TO HAVE THEIR NAMES RETIRED 1988 – 2008 Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction.
MAJOR (EF-4) TORNADO DEVASTATES MOORE, A COMMUNITY SOUTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY Monday, May 20, 2013 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,
SOLOMON ISLANDS EARTHQUAKE GENERATES SMALL BUT DEADLY TSUNAMI IN SOUTH PACIFIC FEBRUARY 6, 2013 M8.0 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction,
THE DISASTER AFTER THE DISASTER The Societal Impacts of a Health-Care Disaster After a Flood Disaster can Equal or Eclipse the Flood’s Impacts Dr. Walter.
STRATEGIES FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT DURING 2013 Part I Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA.
HISTORIC FLOOD CONTROL UNDERWAY IN LOUISIANA A DIFFICULT POLITICAL DECISION WAS MADE TO PREVENT A CATASTROPHE THE OUTCOME IS YET TO BE DETERMINED SATURDAY,
2012 WORLD EARTH DAY 42 nd ANNIVERSARY OF PROMOTING THE PROTECTION OF EARTH’S ENVIRONMENTS APRIL 22, 1970 – APRIL 22, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance.
A WEAKENED SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN HEADS FOR VIETNAM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS EMERGES IN THE PHILIPPINES NOVEMBER 10-11, 2013 Walter Hays, Global Alliance.
