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2011’s DISASTERS ADD TO THE GLOBAL BOOKS OF
KNOWLEDGE ON DISASTER RESILIENCE
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
2011’S DISASTERS TESTED THE RESILIENCE OF MANY COUNTRIES
IMPACTED NATIONS
• Japan, Chile, Australia, Indonesia, Brazil, New Zealand, North and South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, The Philippines, Australia, Mexico, The United States (Texas, Central, East Coast), - - -
2011 showed that a community’s survival depends
more than ever upon its resilience (i.e., the capability to bounce back after a complex
disaster)
2011’s MAIN LESSON
DISASTERS OCCUR WHEN COMMUNITIES FAIL TO ADOPT
REALISTIC POLICIES AND IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES TO
PUT ALL FOUR PILLARS OF RESILIENCE IN PLACE
YOUR YOUR COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
YOUR YOUR COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
DATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATIONDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION
HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS
•HAZARD MAPS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION
RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
ANTICIPATORY ANTICIPATORY DECISIONS DECISIONS
BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR:•PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•RESPONSE & RECOVERY
4 PILLARS OF DISASTER 4 PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
DISASTER RESILIENCE IS NOT A SOLUTION ON THE BLACK-BOARD
HOW TO FAIL HOW TO FAIL HOW TO FAIL HOW TO FAIL
FACTFACT: NO CITY CAN MOVE TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE : NO CITY CAN MOVE TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE WITHOUT AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY.WITHOUT AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY.
FACTFACT: NO CITY CAN MOVE TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE : NO CITY CAN MOVE TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE WITHOUT AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY.WITHOUT AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY.
NO IMPLEMENTATIONNO IMPLEMENTATIONNO IMPLEMENTATIONNO IMPLEMENTATION
POLICIES POLICIES FOR FOR
DISASTER DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
POLICIES POLICIES FOR FOR
DISASTER DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
CAPACITY CAPACITY FOR FOR
DISASTER DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
CAPACITY CAPACITY FOR FOR
DISASTER DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
DISASTER DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCEDISASTER DISASTER
RESILIENCERESILIENCE
HOW TO SUCCEEDHOW TO SUCCEEDHOW TO SUCCEEDHOW TO SUCCEED
SOCIALSOCIAL
SCIENCESCIENCE
SOCIALSOCIAL
SCIENCESCIENCE
PHYSICAL PHYSICAL SCIENCESSCIENCESPHYSICAL PHYSICAL SCIENCESSCIENCES
ENGINEERINGENGINEERING
SCIENCESSCIENCES
ENGINEERINGENGINEERING
SCIENCESSCIENCES
SUCCESS:SUCCESS: DISASTER RESILIENCE IN EVERY COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE IN EVERY COMMUNITY SUCCESS:SUCCESS: DISASTER RESILIENCE IN EVERY COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE IN EVERY COMMUNITY
STRATEGIC GOALSTRATEGIC GOAL: WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE : WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE CAPACITY IN EVERY SECTOR OF THE CITYCAPACITY IN EVERY SECTOR OF THE CITY
STRATEGIC GOALSTRATEGIC GOAL: WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE : WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE CAPACITY IN EVERY SECTOR OF THE CITYCAPACITY IN EVERY SECTOR OF THE CITY
2011’s NOTABLE DISASTERS AND NEAR-
DISASTERS
PLANS FOR
PLANS FOR
DISASTER
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
RESILIENCE
- Perspectives
- Perspectives
On Science, Policy,
On Science, Policy,
And EDUC.
And EDUC.
MONSOON RAIN-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES KILL AT LEAST
700 IN RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, BRAZIL
ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IN MID-JANUARY IS COMMON, A MONTH’S RAINFALL IN 24
HOURS IS NOT
JANUARY 13-20, 2011
5 MILLION BRAZILIANS LIVE IN HIGH-RISK AREAS
Five million Brazilians live in 500 areas deemed at high risk for landslides and 300 areas at high risk for flooding.
NOVO FRIBURGO: DEBRIS
MONSTER WINTER STORM IMPACTS USA’S MIDWEST
AND NEW ENGLAND STATES
From ice in Texas to more snow in New England
FEBRUARY 1-2, 2011
MONSTER WINTER STORM (FLORIDA IS LOWER RIGHT): FEB 1
CYCLONE YASI STRIKES NORTHERN QUEENSLAND
STATE, AUSTRALIA
CAT 5 monster storm makes landfall with winds gusting to 300 km/hr
FEBRUARY 2-3, 2011
CYCLONE YASI: A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ON JANUARY 25
WILDFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL IN WEST TEXAS AND TEXAS PANHAMDLE
DROUGHT AND WIND EXACERBATE WILDFIRES, WHICH SCORCH 80,000 -
100,000 ACRES
MARCH 12 - APRIL 11, 2011
WILDFIRE IN TEXAS PANHANDLE
Billowing smoke caused by a wildfire in the Texas Panhandle near Borger, Texas, Sunday, March 12, 2006.
M9.0 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI
IMPACTS JAPAN WITH THE TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING
PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES4TH LARGEST QUAKE EVER 3
– 10 M TSUNAMI WAVES
2:46 pm MARCH 11, 2011
DISASTER RISKS FACED BY JAPAN DISASTER RISKS FACED BY JAPAN DISASTER RISKS FACED BY JAPAN DISASTER RISKS FACED BY JAPAN
EARTHQUAKES
TSUNAMIS
TYPHOONS
FLOODS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
LANDSLIDES
DEVELOP POLICIES FOR ACTIONS HAVING HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
DEVELOP POLICIES FOR ACTIONS HAVING HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
GOAL: REDUCE DISASTER GOAL: REDUCE DISASTER RISK RISK
GOAL: REDUCE DISASTER GOAL: REDUCE DISASTER RISK RISK
TSUNAMI WAVE PATH
PASSENGERS STRANDED: SENDAI STATION
FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY HAD 3 FAILURES
DEVASTATING LANDSLIDE IN THE PHILIPPINES
INDUCED BY HEAVY RAIN
22 MINERS TRAPPED, BUT ONLY 3 DEATHS
2:30 am, GOOD FRIDAY,
APRIL 22, 2011
DEVASTATING LANDSLIDE IN THE PHILIPPINES
SEARCH AND RESCUE
164 TORNADOS IN 24 HOURS IMPACT 7 SOUTHEASTERN
STATES
MS HIT BY EF5 AND AL BY EF4 TORNADOES
OVERALL DEATH TOLL REACHES 350
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27- THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
TUSCALOOSA, AL: 15TH STREET DAMAGE; APRIL 27, 2011
SAVING DOWNSTREAM CITIES AND REFINERIES ISTHE GOAL AS MISSISSIPPI
RIVER CRESTS IN MEMPHIS AND FLOOD WATERS MOVE
SOUTHWARD
MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOOKING LIKE AN OCEANM NOT A RIVER: MAY 9
WORST SINGLE TORNADO SINCE 1953 STRIKES JOPLIN,
MISSOURI
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TAKES A DIRECT HIT
116 DEATHS; MORE LIKELY
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011
WARNING SYSTEMS
• Tornado sirens blared, giving residents10 to 17 minutes of warning; however, rain and hail may have drowned out the sirens.
THE STORM SYSTEM AT 6:20 PM SATURDAY, MAY 21: TOPEKA, KS
THE STORM SYSTEM AT 6:20 PM SATURDAY, MAY 21: TOPEKA, KS
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING: BAD WEATHER
MAY 23: At daybreak, rescue crews were looking at piles of 2,000 damaged buildings,
splintered houses and crushed cars, house after
house reduced to slabs, cars crushed like soda cans, ---
CONTINUED: ---Shaken residents roaming streets in
search of missing family members, fires from gas
leaks burning across town, and more violent weather
looming.
ST JOHNS REGIONAL MEDICAL CEN-TER TAKES DIRECT HIT: JOPLIN, MO
ST JOHNS REGIONAL MEDICAL CEN-TER TAKES DIRECT HIT: JOPLIN, MO
HEAVY DAMAGE ALONG ½ MILE-WIDE - 6 MILE LONG PATH
RECORD FLOODING IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA:
MUDSLIDES EXACERBATE DISASTER IN S KOREA
SHARP CONTRAST IN INFORMATION
TUESDAY, JULY 20 - THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
CHRONOLOGY OF THE DISASTER
• The heaviest rainfall to impact N and S Korea in a century started on Tuesday, July 20th.
• The Han River, which runs through Seoul, reached its highest point just before dawn on Sunday, July 25th
NORTH KOREA: SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2011
SOUTH KOREA: 100,000 SOLDIERS MOBILIZED FOR SEARCH/RESCUE
FLOODING IN BANKOK, THAILAND AREA
Worst flooding in 50 Years
JULY - OCTOBER, 2011
OVER 370 DEAD AND LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $6
BILLION FROM PROLONGED FLOODING
BANGKOK: A FLOODED BEAUTY SALON
SANDBAGGING: CHAO PRAYA RIVER
IRENE: A $7 BILLION DISASTERNinth Storm and the First Hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic Basin Storm Season
August 21 to August 30
2011
AUG 28: FORECAST OF IRENE’S EXIT
TYPHOON ROKE STRIKES JAPAN
Three Weeks after Typhoon Talas (killed 67), and a M6.6 Earthquake
September 21, 2011
PATH OF TYPHOON TALAS
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CHRISTCHURCH, NEW
ZEALAND
A SHALLOW (4.1 KM), M6.3 QUAKE LOCATED 5 KM FROM
CHRISTCHURCH (USGS) STRUCK AT NOON ON A WORK DAY
EPICENTRES: SEPT 2010 AND FEB 2011 EARTHQUAKES
THE SHALLOW, 20 KM (12 MILE) DEEP, SMALLER EARTHQUAKE
WAS MUCH MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN THE DEEPER, LARGER
EARTHQUAKE
M7.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES VAN PROVINCE IN EASTERN TURKEY
600 DEAD
1:41 PM (6:41 AM EDT), OCTOBER 24, 2011
COLLAPSED BUILDINGS: TABALANI
GAMALAMA ERUPTS IN INDONESIA
eruption began at 11:00 PM
Extensive Mudflows Triggered
DECEMBER 4, 2011
1715-M-HIGH VOLCANO GAMALAMA