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DISASTER
RECOVERY
_____________ Corporate President/CEO Vice
President
CONFERENCE REGISTRAR Brazil:
Jose Carlos Ferreira
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Fire In The Mountains It began as an illegal
campfire in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, near Hayman Colo.
June 8. Within days, the Hayman fire had covered nearly 200,000 acres,
becoming the largest in Colorado’s history. More than 5,000 hames
and businesses have been evacuated, with the blaze just 35 miles southwest
of Denver. Mother Nature gave firefighters a helping hand by the end
of June with some much-needed rain. The fire was 85 percent contained
by June 26. MOUNT VERNON, Ill. – A violent storm killed one and injured dozens more as high winds ripped through Southern Illinois April 21. The body of a man was found inside a mobile home that was picked up and moved some 30 feet before smashing into pieces. Gov. George Ryan declared Wayne County a disaster area. MARQUAND, Mo. – Several homes and businesses were destroyed April 24 when a tornado touched down in this small Missouri town. The twister destroyed at least 16 buildings. Only minor injuries were reported, but more than 2,000 residents were without power. The tornado caused similar damage in nearby Van Buren and Poplar Bluff. MARBLE HILL, Mo. – More tornadoes ripped across the Heartland April 28, leaving at least six dead. A 12-year-old boy was snatched from his home and found dead some 40 feet away. Four others in the home were unharmed, but 16 people in the small town were hospitalized with injuries. . . . The 180 mph winds cut a deadly path across the Mississippi River into Illinois, where a twister threw a mobile home, killing a 60-year-old woman inside. . . . The tornado continued into western Kentucky, killing a man whose house was destroyed. Elsewhere in the state, storms injured about 30 people. . . . In Tennessee, tornadoes touched down, injuring 20 people and destroying 60 homes. DULUTH, Minn. – The same storm front that produced several tornadoes April 28 also dumped 20 inches of snow and ice on northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. At least four people were killed on snowy roads in Minnesota, while more than 100,000 people were left without power. WAVERLY, Ind. – At least nine deaths have been blamed on flooding in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana May 15. Rain fell on the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys for several days. LA PLATA, Md. – In southern Maryland, rescue workers found three people dead and several others injured after a tornado flattened several homes and businesses. According to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, the twister carved a 24-mile path through the southern part of the state, hitting La Plata the hardest. The National Weather Service said the tornado was an F5, tops on the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale. Winds ranged from 261 to 318 mph. HAPPY, Texas – A tornado killed at least two people and injured several others May 5. The tornado was one of at least six reported in the state that day. No other major damage was reported.SAN JOSE, Calif. – An earthquake that was felt for 200 miles shook the San Francisco Bay area May 13. According to the U.S. Geological Service, the quake measured 5.2 with no significant damage or injuries reported. AU SABLE FORKS, N.Y. – Chimneys
were toppled, water mains broken, and mobile homes damaged as a 5.1
earthquake surprised upstate New York residents April 21. PARIS, France – Torrential rains hit Europe June 7, killing at least eight people and leaving a path of destruction from France to Poland. Officials in Italy declared a state of emergency while the Austrian military was deployed to deal with the aftermath. . . . In southern France, floods and mudslides collapsed houses and carried cars away. A woman in her 80s was found dead in the rubble of a home partially destroyed by the storms. . . . Four hikers on the Mediterranean island of Corsica were surprised by the storms and spent the night outdoors. Rescuers found one hiker dead and the others suffereing from hypothermia. . . . In Poland, a teen-age girl and boy were killed by lightning while a 5-year-old girl died after being hit by a falling tree branch. XI’AN, China – Floods in western China claimed at least 33 lives June 12, with more than 100 missing. Nine cities and more than 700 villages in the northeastern part of Sichuan were affected. The downpours wrecked houses and roads, washed out a major railway, and knocked out power supplies. More than 1,400 homes were without power.
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