POWERPOINT Summary PART II of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm season The prolonged recovery from Hurricane Sandy is continuing to take a mental and physical toll on residents of the East Coast who are still cleaning up flood, fire, and wind damage. Powerpoint presentation courtesy of Dr Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

1. 2012’S STORM TRACKS
(as of September 8)

2. THE 2012 ATLANTIC BASIN
HURRICANE SEASON SUDDENLY
BECAME ACTIVE WITH
4 ADDITIONAL HURRICANES
SECOND HALF
September 5 –November 30, 2012

3. NAMED STORMS IN 2012
(Continued)
• ISAAC – Hurricane, August 21
• JOYCE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 25
• KIRK –Hurricane, Aug. 27
• LESLIE –Hurricane, Sept. 3
• MICHAEL – Hurricane, Sept. 4
• NADINE – Tropical Storm, Sept. 12

4. NAMED STORMS IN 2012
• OSCAR – Tropical Storm, Oct. 4
• PATTY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 11
• RAFAEL – Hurricane, Oct. 12
• SANDY – Hurricane, Oct. 22
• TONY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 24
• VALERIE
• WILLIAM

5. The 2012 season is lagging behind
past seasons:
By Sept. 5, 2005, we had three major
hurricanes (Dennis, Emily, and
Katrina),and by Sept. 5, 2011, we
had one major hurricane (Katia).
This year, we have one-- Michael.

6. ISAAC: FROM TS ON AUG, 21
TO HURRICANE ON AUG. 26

7. ISAAC DID NOT RETURN IN THE
GULF AS TS NADINE: SEPT 12

8. LESLIE: FROM A TS ON SEPT
3 TO HURRICANE ON SEPT 5

9. SEPT 8: CAT 1 HURRICANE
LESLIE IS HEADED
SLOWLY NORTHWARD
TOWARDS BERMUDA AND
CANADA

10. SEPT 9: LESLIE PASSES 120
MILES EAST OF BERMUDA

11. TROPICAL STORM MICHAEL:
FAR OUT IN ATLANTIC—SEPT. 4

12. Between 5 a.m. on Wednesday
and 5 a.m. Thursday, Michael’s
pressure suddenly fell 40 mb
and the maximum sustained
winds increased by 63 mph,
truly a remarkable case of
rapid intensification

13. MICHAEL BECOMES CAT 3
HURRICANE: SEPT. 6

14. Michael, the 7th hurricane of
2012 and located 980 miles
west-southwest of the Azores
and heading northeast at 7
mph, will likely weaken as it
encounters colder waters..

15. MICHAEL’S PATH: SEPT. 6

16. MICHAEL’S ULTIMATE PATH

17. On Sept. 7th, the seasonal
ACE (Accumulated Cyclone
Energy) (using the 1981-
2010 data base), stood at 61,
or 143% of an average
season.

18. BUT---
ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
A LULL IN ACTIVITY OCCURED
AS
EL NINO BEGAN AGAIN

19. SEPT. 12: EL NINO BEGINS
AGAIN

20. Depending on how quickly El
Niño develops, there could be
a quick shutdown of tropical
systems during the latter part
of the Atlantic season and an
extended season on the Pacific
side.

21. TROPICAL STORM NADINE:
SEPT. 12

22. TROPICAL STORM NADINE
BECAME A CAT 1
HURRICANE ON SEPT. 14 th
Because of its location in the Azores,
Nadine, the 8th hurricane of the season,
did not cause any major concerns in
spite of its unusually long life.

23. TROPICAL STORM OSCAR
FORMED WEST OF THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS ON OCT. 4th
Oscar, the 15th storm of 2012, was not
expected to last very long or to cause
any major problems.

24. TROPICAL STORM OSCAR
DIED ON OCTOBER 5

25. TROPICAL STORM PATTY
FORMED NORTH OF THE
BAHAMAS ON OCT. 11th
Patty is the 16th storm of 2012.

26. TROPICAL STORM PATTY

27. TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL
FORMED ON OCT. 12TH
Rafael was the 18th storm and 9th
hurricane of the season

28. HURRICANE RAFAEL: A CAT
1 STORM ON OCTOBER 16

29. TROPICAL STORM SANDY AKA
“FRANKENSTORM” FORMED ON
OCT. 22ND
Sandy, the 19th storm of the season,
quickly became a CAT 2 hurricane.
SANDY left 39 dead in the Caribbean
enroute to the USA.

30. TROPICAL STORM SANDY:
OCTOBER 22

31. CAT I HURRICANE SANDY:
OCTOBER 24

32. OCTOBER 24:
CAT I HURRRICANE SANDY MADE
LANDFALL NEAR KINGSTON, THE
CAPITOL OF JAMACIA
Schools and businesses were closed
and people in low-lying areas at risk
from flooding were evacuated

33. FORECAST FOR SANDY:
OCTOBER 24

34. TROPICAL STORM TONY FORMED
ON OCT. 24TH
Tony, the 20th storm of the season,
formed in the Atlantic, and is not likely
to be a threat

35. TROPICAL STORM TONY:
OCTOBER 24

36. SANDY: OCTOBER 24
Sandy, now the season’s ninth
hurricane, became a huge storm with
wind and rain bands reaching out 500
km or more from the storm center,
producing 15-50 cm of rain in Jamaica,
Bermuda, Haiti, Dominican Republic,
and Cuba

37. LIKELY IMPACTS OF SANDY ON
“FLORIDA SATURDAY”-- OCTOBER 27
• Miami, Florida, which is already water-
logged from 1 ½ meters of rain this
summer, is expected to experience
more rain, gusty winds, huge waves,
and dangerous rip tides as a likely
weakened Sandy continues to move
northward.

38. CAT I HURRICANE SANDY:
OCTOBER 24

39. SANDY: RAIN IN HAITI

40. SANDY IMPACTS HAVANA.
CUBA: OCTOBER 25

41. SANDY: RAIN IN CUBA

42. SANDY: RAIN BEGINS IN FT
LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA; OCT. 26

43. POSSIBILITIES AFTER
“FLORIDA SATURDAY”
• Sandy could veer northeastward and
eventually die in the Atlantic, OR,
MORE LIKELY …
• As Sandy moves northward, it could
become a powerful “SUPERSTORM
causing losses of $ 1 billion dollars +
bringing heavy rain, high winds, and
power outages along Eastern
seaboard

44. OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

45. REHOBOTH BEACH,
DELAWARE: OCT. 29

46. SUPER STORM SANDY:
OCT. 29-30, 2012

47. $360 MILLION STORM SURGE,
NEW HAVEN, CT: OCT. 30

48. OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: NEW
YORK AND NEW JERSEY
THE SUDDENNESS AND THE RECORD
HEIGHT OF THE STORM SURGE
CAUSED A HUGE DISASTER

49. STORM SURGE SET NEW
RECORD WITHOUT BENEFIT
OF FULL-MOON HIGH TIDE
13 ft (4 1/3 m); a new record
Sustained winds of 133 kph
(80 mph).

50. FLOODING IN BROOKLYN

51. NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC
CITY UNDER WATER

52. NEW JERSEY: OCEAN
FRONT FLOODING

53. NEW JERSEY: STREET
FLOODING

54. 2012 ATLANTIC BASIN STORM
TRACKS AS OF NOV. 22

55. 2012’S CUMMULATIVE
IMPACTS
320 DEATHS
ECONOMIC LOSSES: ESTIMATED AT
$68 BILLION +