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Yearender 2019: Natural disasters that devastated the world

Floods and heat waves shattered records this year

Published: December 15, 2019 10:19 Reuters and Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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191215 child — A child is seen on a street flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of the Amazon River, in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 lava — Lava flows from the Stromboli volcano on the island of Stromboli, Italy Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 clouds — Clouds gather but produce no rain as cracks are seen in the dried up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 japan — A rescue worker swims as he checks around a flooded residential area due to Typhoon Hagibis, in Kawasaki, Japan Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 spain 4 — People are silhouetted against the setting sun at "El Mirador de la Alemana" (The viewpoint of the German), as the summer's second heatwave hits Spain, in Malaga, southern Spain Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 kennet — Buildings damaged during Cyclone Kenneth are seen from the air in a village north of Pemba, Mozambique Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 mud — Mud covers the seaside near the village of Fodele, following flash floods during a heavy storm on the island of Crete, Greece Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 natural disasters — An officer with NSW Fire and Rescue protects the Colo Heights Public School from the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights southwest of Sydney, Australia Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 spain — Workers on a boat rescue a person stranded inside a flooded tunnel after heavy floods in Pilar de la Horadada, Spain Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 mozambique — People run after collecting food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda village, near Beira, Mozambique Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 kammuri — Residents stand among their destroyed houses after Typhoon Kammuri hit Sorsogon Province in the Philippines Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 amazon — A tract of Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by farmers in Rio Pardo, Rondonia, Brazil Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 volcaino — Mount Anak Krakatau volcano spews hot ash during an eruption at Sunda strait in Lampung, Indonesia Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 australia — A fire blazes across bush in Newnes Plateau, New South Walles, Australia Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 lekima — Waves hitting a sea wall in front of buildings in Taizhou, China's eastern Zhejiang province Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 italy 4 — Workers put up a platform at a flooded St. Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 spain 2 — People clean up after flash rains hit Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 hagibis — A rescue vehicle makes its way through a flooded area in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, which caused severe floods at the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 lousiana — People wade through a flooded street after Hurricane Barry in Mandeville, Louisiana Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 smoke — Smoke billows during a fire in the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 greece — A firefighter tries to extinguish flames as a wildfire burns near the village of Gavalas, in Evia, Greece Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 royal bahamas — Personnel from the Royal Bahamas Police Force remove a body recovered in a destroyed neighborhood in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco, Bahamas Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 paris — A water taxi carried by record high water sits in a street in Venice, Italy Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 brazil fire — A Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade member attempts to control hot points during a fire at Tenharim Marmelos Indigenous Land, Amazonas state, Brazil Image Credit: Reuters

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191215 volcanic ash — A large volcanic ash and gas plume rises above the Kuril Islands in the North Pacific Ocean after an unexpected series of eruptions from the Raikoke Volcano, as seen from the International Space Station Image Credit: Reuters

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