compiled by: Shanaz Well and Oliver Well
Date: May 2, 2010
Continent: North America
Country: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Category: Water Disasters
Sub-category: Flood
Description
- damaged infrastructures and displaced thousands of people
- flights were cancelled in Southeast India
- caused tidal waves as high as 9 feet, more than 50 fishermen were reported missing and heavy rains continue to fall
- the same cyclone killed 300 people in Bangladesh and leaving 200,000 people homeless.
- electricity supply was cut in more or less 1,500 villages, which hampered communication
Date: May 20, 2010
Continent: Asia
Country: India and Bangladesh
Category: Weather Disaster
Sub-category: Cyclone
Description
- 13.57 inches of two-day rainfall
- resulted to number of deaths and property damages
- flood damaged over billions of dollars worth of infrastructures
- homes and bridges were washed away leaving thousands of homeless
- power supplies and communications were stranded for days
Date: May 18-28, 2010
Continent: Europe
Country: Poland
Category: Water Disaster
Sub-category: Flood
Description
- around 23,000 Polish were evacuated and 18 recorded deaths
- Polish Prime Minister described the flood as "without precedent in the past 160 years."
- flood damaged over 2.5 billion euros on its economic costs
- flood affected Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovak Republic
Date: May 28, 2010
Continent: Oceania
Country: Vanuatu
Category: Land Movement
Sub-category: Earthquake
Description
- 7.2 magnitude quake
- 1,500 people forced to evacuate
Date: May 29, 2010
Continent: North America
Country: Guatemala
Category: Land Movement
Sub-category: Volcanic Eruption
Description
- ash plumes reached 6 miles above the crater and trailed more than 12 miles
- almost 2000 people near the volcano moved
- 800 homes were damaged
- - Guatemala's La Aurora airport was closed due to ashfalls
Date: May 30, 2010
Continent: North America
Country: Guatemala
Category: Weather Disaster
Sub-category: Storm
Description
- caused landslides and floodings killing 83 people in Central America
- evacuated 75,000 people and leaving 3,500 damaged homes
- heavy rains flooded the rivers flowing towards parts of Honduras
