The “worst disaster in history”

From 1944 to 2020, natural disasters have intensified. Here's how.

The worst natural disasters in history


Fires, heat waves, tornadoes, droughts, hurricanes, floods … here is a non-exhaustive timeline of natural disasters in recent decades.



  • The fires of 2019 in Australia

  • The heat wave of summer 2019 in Belgium

  • The 2019 tornado in Alabama

  • The 2019 drought in Chile
    Hurricane Dorian of 2019 in the Bahamas

  • 2018 Hurricane Maria in the United States The floods of 2018 in the Aude

  • 2018 Hurricane Michael in the United States
    *Hurricane Harvey of 2017 in the United States

  • The 2012 floods in the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var

  • 2012 Hurricane Sandy in the United States

  • The 2012 droughts in the Midlands and Anglia, England
    • ¨C13C
  • The 2011 Thailand floods
    • ¨C14C
  • The 2010 floods in Britain
    • ¨C15C
  • The fires of 2007 in Greece
    • ¨C16C
  • The 2007 floods in France
    • ¨C17C
  • 2005 Hurricane Katrina in the United States
    • ¨C18C

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