November: Maroon - Volcano activity elevated (20). Kilauea eruption begins (26). Orange - Ida batters Nicaragua (4). Dozens dead in El Salvador flooding (8). Oil cos shut output due to hurricane (8). Scores injured in Indonesia quake (8). Mumbai comes to a standstill after cyclone alert (11). U.S. swine-flu cases/deaths continue to rise (12). Major flooding disrupts UK (20). 800-year flood levels drown Irish towns (21). Gray – Nothing noted.
-- map last updated 10/30/09; actual results updated 11/30/09.
October: Orange and Gray - Typhoon Melor makes landfall in Japan (7). Gray- Italy has worst mudslide in a decade (3). Strong earthquakes rock South Pacific (7). Sharp increase in US swine flu deaths (9). Blue and Red - More than 200 dead in S. India floods (2-5). Red - Hurricane Rick approaches S. Mexico.
-- map last updated 9/28/09; actual events 10/17/09.
September: Red- Tropical storm Erika alters cruise ship routes. Flash floods hit southeastern U.S. Flash floods in Missouri. For some, Georgia flooding as bad as Katrina. Gray- China syringe attacks cause concern of HIV infections. H1N1 widespread in South Asia. Typhoon Koppu hits China. China warns of stability threat from H1N1. Storm kills 240 in Philippines. Typhoon Ketsana slams into Vietnam.
-- map last updated 8/28/09; actual events 9/29/09.
August:
Nature was somewhat less friendly this month. Red- Three minor earthquakes in E Tennessee. 7.6 quake off India triggers brief tsunami watch. Hurricane Bill brings rough seas to East Coast. Hurricane Danny projected to hit New York / New England. Quake shakes India's northeast. Gray- Chinese town quarantined due to plague. Typhoon causes 1 million to evacuate China. Mudslide buries 600 Taiwan villagers.-- map last updated 7/27/09; actual events 8/31/09.
July:
Nature was primarily friendly this month (green). There was a strong earthquake off Indonesia July 13, and moderate earthquakes in the land surrounding the Indian Ocean such as Indonesia and Pakistan in late July (red). Swine flu continues to make the news, but is still primarily in the background . The first case hit Saudi Arabia late in the month (gray).-- last updated 7/27/09.
