Images

This area I have set up to post pictures of natural disasters in their progress as well as their after effects.

Photos of hurricane Bopha

This is a image captured from space of Hurricane Bopha in the Philippines that hit on Saturday the 8th of December, 2012. 

Rainfall totals are shown here from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5, 2012 when typhoon Bopha was moving through the southern Philippines. Typhoon Bopha's track is shown overlaid in white. The heaviest rain, estimated at over 240 mm was located near the coast of eastern Mindanao where the typhoon first hit the island. Rainfall totals of over 100mm. Credit to Science20.com


This image shows all of the named hurricanes that were recorded during 2012.

I found this helpful and very interesting infographic.



This infographic explains the damage caused by natural disasters that homeowners need to be aware of.





This image shows where in the U.S. is most effected my disasters and how the insurance covers it.




On August the 29th Katrina hit Louisiana, most notably New Orleans where 80% of the city flooded because the flood protection system was breached in more than fifty places. The hurricane caused over $80 billion in damages and over 1800 people were confirmed to have died with over 700 missing.




A vicious tornado that touched down in Florida on Monday left more than $1 million worth of damage in its wake.




This image shows the origin of the Tsunami in 2004 caused by an underwater earthquake at the fault line.


Aerial view of before and after the 2004 Tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean











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