LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS TURKEY PART 2: STORMS

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE
DISASTERSTURKEYPART 2 STORMS

• Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster
  Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

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TURKEY
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NATURAL HAZARDS THAT HAVE CAUSED DISASTERS IN
TURKEY
FLOODS
GOAL PROTECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
STORMS
EARTHQUAKES
HIGH BENEFIT/COST FROM BECOMING DISASTER
NRESILIENT
WILDFIRES
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters

• Planet Earths atmospheric and hydrospheric
  interactions create Storms

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ELEMENTS OF RISK AND DISASTER
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TURKEY IS AT RISK FROM INFREQUENT STORMS THAT
CAN STRIKE SUDDENLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING, .
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NOT THE SEVERE SEASONAL WINDSTORMS, WHICH
REQUIRE WARMER WATER
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ELEMENTS OF RISK FOR STORMS
RISK
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A STORMS HAZARDSARE THE POTENTIAL DISASTER
AGENTS
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CAUSES OF DAMAGE
HIGH VELOCITY WIND
TURBULENT OCEAN WAVES
RECORD RAINFALL
RECORD SNOW FALL
STORMS
WATER, GAS, AND POWER OUTABES
DISASTER LABORATORIES
ISOLATION
FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
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A DISASTER CAN HAPPENWHEN THE POTENTIAL
DISASTER AGENTS OF A STORM INTERACT WITH TURKEYS
COMMUNITIES
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SPRING STORM HITS TURKEY

• APRIL 18, 2012

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LOCATION MAP
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ISTANBUL
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IMPACTS

• Severe weather conditions took a grip over much
  of western Turkey and stopped daily life in
  Istanbul.
• In Istanbul, bridges were closed and buildings
  collapsed as the wind reached speeds of 100 kph
  (60 mph)..

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IMPACTS

• All sea transportation was canceled in Istanbul
  due to the high seas.
• Turkish Airlines cancelled 43 international and
  domestic flights due to the high winds.

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HIGH WINDS CREATE WAVES
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IMPACTS

• Lanes on the Bosphorus Bridge were closed down
  after a truck tipped over and drivers were
  unable to hold on to their steering wheels.

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BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY CLOSED AFTER TRUCK OVERTURNED
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WINTER STORM HITS TURKEY

• JANUARY 25, 2010

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IMPACTS

• A fierce, overnight snowstorm caused power, gas
  and water outages in Istanbul.
• In Turkey's western region near the Greek and
  Bulgarian borders, villages were isolated when
  major roads were blocked by heavy snow.

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WINTER STORM HITS TURKEY

• DECEMBER 10, 2001

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IMPACTS

• The diverse physical phenomena generated by the
  storm flooding, high winds, and blizzard
  conditions sank two ships in the Black Sea,
  isolated villages, and killed four people..

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RESCUE

• Rescue workers on Monday gave up the search for a
  missing crew member from a Cambodian-flagged ship
  which sank in the Black Sea 65 km (33 mi) north
  of Istanbul.
• All the other members of the 18-man crew were
  rescued by a passing Russian ship.

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RESCUE

• All eight crew members on board another ship
  which sank, the Turkish freighter, Kalkavan,
  were rescued on Sunday.

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IMPACTS

• Three hundred villages in the north-west were cut
  off by snows and vehicles were stuck on roads.
• 500 people were evacuated in Icel province amid
  fears of flooding.

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IMPACTS

• The region had four times the average monthly
  rainfall, which inundated farm land

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FARM LAND INUNDATED
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A DISASTER is ---

• --- the set of failures that overwhelm the
  capability of a community to respond without
  external help  when three continuums 1)  people,
  2) community (i.e., a set of habitats,
  livelihoods, and social constructs), and 3)
  complex events (e.g., storms, earthquakes,)
  intersect at a point in space and time.

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Disasters are caused by single- or
multiple-event natural hazards that, (for
various reasons), cause extreme levels of
mortality, morbidity, homelessness, joblessness,
economic losses, or environmental impacts.
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THE REASONS ARE . . .

• When it does happen, the functions of the
  communitys buildings and infrastructure will be
  LOST because they are UNPROTECTED with the
  appropriate codes and standards.

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THE REASONS ARE . . .

• The community is UN-PREPARED for what will likely
  happen, not to mention the low-probability of
  occurrencehigh-probability of adverse
  consequences event.

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THE REASONS ARE . . .

• The community has NO DISASTER PLANNING SCENARIO
  or WARNING SYSTEM in place as a strategic
  framework for early threat identification and
  coordinated local, national, regional, and
  international countermeasures.

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THE REASONS ARE . . .

• The community LACKS THE CAPACITY TO RESPOND in
  a timely and effective manner to the full
  spectrum of expected and unexpected emergency
  situations.

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THE REASONS ARE . . .

• The community is INEFFICIENT during recovery and
  reconstruction because it HAS NOT LEARNED from
  either the current experience or the cumulative
  prior experiences.

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THE ALTERNATIVE TO A DISASTER ISDISASTER
RESILIENCE
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TURKEYS COMMUNITIES
DATA BASES AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN
UP AFTERSHOCKS
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IDENTIFY THE COMMUNITYS HIGH RISK AREAS IN VIEW
OF THE REGIONAL STORM HISTORY
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REMEMBER STORMS IN TURKEY ARE INEVITABLE

• ---SO, DONT WAIT FOR ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE
  IMPORTANCE OF BECOMING STORM DISASTER RESILIENT.

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STRATEGIC COLLABORATION (I.E., WORKING TOGETHER
ON A COMMON GOAL) IS THE KEY TO BECOMING STORM
DISASTER RESILIENT
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LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL STORMS
• PREPAREDNESS FOR ALL OF THE LIKELY HAZARDS AND
  RISKS IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

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LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL STORMS
• PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS OF FUNCTION IS
  ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

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LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL STORMS TECHNOLOGIES THAT FACILITATE
  THREAT IDENTI-FICATION AND EARLY WARNING ARE
  ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

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LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL STORMS
• TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR
  DISASTER RESILIENCE