Natural Disasters

"Lugaw Para sa Bata" is a small project from Team Kabsat in Pangasinan who aimed to give Lugaw as breakfast to few children in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines. United with the heart of service and Filipino thoughtfulness, Team Kabsat decided to serve Lugaw to children ages 4 to 12 on selected areas to atleast minimize hungerproblem especially to small children. As of the moment, Team Kabsat shall feed only 100 children every month as that number is, as of the moment, the possible count that they can serve. However, Team Kabsat is looking forward that the Lugaw Project shall not only serve 100 children every month but more children are expected to be reached with this small project. read more

 



   


NATURAL DISASTERS January 2010

compiled by Shanaz Well and Oliver Well

 
 

Date: June 1, 2010
Continent: North America
Country: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
Category: Weather Disaster
Sub-category: Tropical Storm
Description
- 115 people died after the tropical storm
- mudslides destroyed homes and buildings and burried victims
- in Guatemala, the downpour created a giant hole, where a three-storey building and a house was swallowed into the hole
- Guatemala has 92 deaths, 54 people missing, 59 injured, 112,000 people evacuated, 30,000 living in temporary shelters
- Honduras has 14 deaths, 3,500 evacuated, 3,300 living in shelters, 140 homes destroyed while 700 were damaged
- El Salvador lost 9 lives
- classes were suspended in these areas

Date: June 13, 2010
Continent: North America
Country: Oklahoma, United States
Category: Weather Disaster
Sub-category: Heavy Rains causing Flood
Description
- interstate hiways were shut down
- many people were trapped in their flooded homes
- more or less 136 people were injured leaving others homeless
- roads and cars were submerged and power was interrupted leaving thousands of people powerless
- some government buildings were closed or reduced services because it suffered deluge

Date: June 16, 2010
Continent: Asia
Country: Indonesia
Category: Land Movement
Sub-category: Earthquake
Description
- a string of six earthquakes shook the area, starting from 6.4 magnitude, 7.0 magnitude 10 minutes later, 5.1 and 6.2 magnitudes struck 42 minutes later, and 4.8 and 4.9 magnitude struck three hours later, where quakes were clustered within 90 kilometers of each other
- most damages were houses along the coastal area
- reports say that 17 persons died from the quake

Date: June 21, 2010
Continent: North America
Country: Montana, USA
Category: Weather Disaster
Sub-category: Tornado
Description
- Tornado rips the roof of an entertainment complex amounting up to $15 million damage, where a football game was held the night before the tornado ripped the roof

Date: June 22, 2010

Continent: North America
Country: Wisconsin, USA
Category: Weather Disaster
Sub-category: Tornadoes
Description
- three tornadoes touched down in the same area leaving damaged homes, flooded areas (where only roofs were left open)
- around 48,000 people on surrounding counties experienced power outages
- the big twister affected 1,700 population

Date: June 25, 2010
Continent: Asia
Country: China
Category: Water Disaster
Sub-category: Flood
Description
- affected 10 provinces in China
- more than 200 people were dead and more are missing
- caused hundred of thousands of people to evacuate, some found shelters to their families while others stayed in shelters
- as of this date (since January), China lost $11.13 billion economic loss and triggered 4.35 million evacuees

 

 

 




 

 

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