The “worst disaster in history”

From 1944 to 2020, natural disasters have intensified. Here's how.
Published on
20/1/2020
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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] (https://www.brut.media/fr/international/l-ouragan-harvey-en-chiffres-2cf073c3-810a-4a0b-b245-3b60ba69519a) 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

  • The 2011 Thailand floods

  • The 2010 floods in Britain

  • The fires of 2007 in Greece

  • The 2007 floods in France

  • 2005 Hurricane Katrina in the United States


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