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The period from September 2009 to May 2010 was clearly punctuated with huge natural disasters all around the world. Victims of these unprecedented phenomena, the populations only can repair the damages et try to survive. Account of catastrophic nine months.

Earth

The most bloodiest seism happened in Haiti on January 2010. Of magnitude 7,1, it triggered the disparition of 220 000 persons.

Latin America was not forgotten by this wave of earthquakes. On February 27^th, the one in Chili killed about 520 habitants and created a tsunami to Kamtchatka (russian extrem-orient).

The month of April hit the jackpot. The 6^th, Sumatra Island shook with a magnitude 7,8 and one week later, China with 7,1. The country counted finally 1 900 cadavers.

Water

 Two important floods caused a lot of damages. In october 2^nd , a deluge beat down on Messine (Sicily). Followed by a terrible mudslide, this tragedy caused the agony of 50 italians. The international press wrote a long time about the survivors and the way they live now.

The help from the entire world came to Brazil too because of the same phenomenon. Nevertheless, the social consequences were more serious : 256 dead people and 161 injured habitants.

Wind

In the night from February 26^th to 27^th , Occidental Europe almost bent under the wind effect !

Storm Xynthia touched Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium and Sweden. For one time it is our country that register the highest rating of disparition : 53 morts.

The tornado season in USA was this year particularly violent, with twisters of force 4 on a scale FO-F5. From April 22^th to 25^th, it killed ten persons and wounded about 20 others in the South United States (Mississippi).

Fire

Lastly, how talking about environment without thinking Eyjafjöll volcano ! Located in Iceland, this volcano has erupted on March 20^th. The lava appeared April 14^th and triggered an important ice melting. Nothing very exceptional until that because Iceland is very volcanic. The real issue resides in the ash clound that spit the volcano regularly and distracted the international airline. The scientists predict that the eruption can go on over a year !

All of these disasters had huge consequences all around the world. Dead people and damages can not be counted exactly... The multiplication of natural phenomena worries the public opinion and, even if the authorities try to react (for instance, Copenhagen sommet on december 2009), the climate is transforming and nothing and nobody can not change this evolution. It's too late now.

Manon Soucasse

After a year, accentuated by different crisis and an important increase of unemployment in many contries of the world, 2010 appears as an restarting year...but, maybe not for everybody....

This year was disturbed by a numerous economic actuality.

At dawn of 2009, majorities of countries were in economic recession, with a lot of consequences for the planet, as we known: decrease of Financial exchanges, and of the world trade and a great increase of unemployment.

The Financial crisis of 2007 remains in the memories.

Indeed, the countries more avanced met a gross domestic product (GDP) in decrease of 4,25%, more strong fall since the WWII.

First of all, the question of the State intervention has rythmed this year.

In fact, during the G20 summit, (a meeting mixing the twenty economics puissances of the world) the States explained the importance of their reactivity and the spendings for saved the world Financial system and after to relance the economy. In the summer, the first signs of restart began.

So, the end of the year annunciated a year for economic restarting for 2010.

But, Greece which didn't respect controlling criteria and with an important trade deficit, put the european area in danger and the euro. A few days ago, the Financial europeans ministers met in Bruxelles, adopt a plan of 750 billions euro to save the countries contaminated by this bad pupil!

J.B.