(Baonghean.vn) - 2017 is almost over, the world has experienced a year with the worst natural disasters, causing great damage to people and property.
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Heavy rains since the start of the year have caused severe flooding across Peru, with landslides and raging rivers wiping out people, blocking highways and destroying crops. At least 72 people have died and more than 70,000 have been left homeless. Pictured: A woman is helped by two young men through waist-deep water after the Huaycoloro River overflowed in Huachipa, Peru, on March 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters |
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| On the night of October 10, 2017, when more than a dozen wildfires spread across Northern California, at least 17 people were killed and 20,000 people had to evacuate in the fierce wildfires in California in recent days. In the photo: The devastation after the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, USA on October 11. Photo: Reuters |
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| A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City and surrounding states on September 19, 2017, killing at least 223 people and collapsing dozens of buildings. Mexico has suffered four major earthquakes in just two weeks. The September 23 earthquake was an aftershock of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake off the southern coast of Mexico on September 7 that killed at least 90 people and injured about 300. |
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| Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm, made landfall in Texas on the night of August 25, with winds of up to 200 km/h, killing 60 people, forcing 1 million people to leave their homes, and destroying about 200,000 homes. Harvey is the strongest storm to hit the US in 12 years, since Hurricane Charley in 2004. The worst storm to hit the state in 50 years caused up to $180 billion in damage. Photo: The scene of devastation in Rockport after the storm swept through. Source: Reuters |
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Typhoon No. 12 (international name Damrey) made landfall in the South Central Coast and swept through a part of the southern Central Highlands (Vietnam) on November 4, killing 27 people, leaving 22 missing, collapsing more than 500 houses and causing other heavy damage. In the photo: A woman walks through a submerged street in the world heritage site of Hoi An after Typhoon Damrey made landfall on November 6. Photo: Reuters |
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| Forest fires in Spain and Portugal on October 16, 2017 killed at least 35 people and injured 100 others. Portuguese authorities had to mobilize about 4,000 firefighters to extinguish at least 65 forest fires on the morning of October 16. In the photo: A house burned down after a forest fire in Vila Nova, near Vouzela, Portugal. Photo: Reuters |
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| On April 19, 2017, heavy rains caused many rivers to overflow and caused a terrible landslide in Colombia, killing about 15 to 20 people, injuring at least 23 and leaving 22 others missing. Previously, more than 300 people died in a similar natural disaster that occurred in the city of Mocoa, southwestern Colombia, on April 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters |
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| The 7.3-magnitude earthquake on the evening of November 12, 2017, with its epicenter in the Iraqi city of Halabja and causing severe damage to cities and villages on the Iraq-Iran border, completely destroyed many buildings in Kermanshah province, Iran. The death toll from the earthquake reached 350 people and thousands of people are missing. Kermanshah province, Iran was the hardest hit area. At least 200 people were killed and more than 5,600 were injured there. Photo: Getty |
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| India is suffering the consequences of heavy rains that have lasted throughout August. Heavy rains for several days have caused flooding in the city of Mumbai, becoming worse. India's financial and cultural center has been paralyzed, trains have been canceled and a hospital has been submerged. On August 29, 2017, the city government was forced to evacuate thousands of people before the water level continued to rise. Photo: Reuters. |
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| Bangladesh is also experiencing historic flooding that has submerged about a third of its territory. Heavy rains since June have caused the country's worst flooding in 40 years, killing 142 people, washing away more than 700,000 homes, and affecting the lives of 8.5 million people in the South Asian country. The United Nations estimates that more than 640,500 homes have been destroyed, with at least 106,000 people in emergency shelters. Tens of millions of people are at risk of starvation. Photo: Getty. |
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| On August 23, 2017, Super Typhoon Hato, with peak winds of nearly 168 km/h, made landfall in Hong Kong and Macau, China, causing flooding. In Hong Kong, more than 450 flights were canceled, financial markets were shut down, and schools were forced to close as the first Category 10 storm to hit the city since 2012. Typhoon Hato killed 18 people in the Macau Special Administrative Region and southern China. Hundreds of others were injured. |
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| In just two days in late May 2017 in Sri Lanka, heavy rains and strong winds caused floods and landslides that killed 213 people and affected 415,600, about 30% of whom were children. More than 250 Sri Lankans have died from dengue fever since the disaster, and the need for humanitarian aid in the South Asian country remains huge. Photo: AFP. |
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| Avalanches caused by heavy snowfall killed 156 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan in February 2017. Afghanistan suffered more damage, with most of the victims being women and children and 300 homes destroyed. Photo: AFP/Getty. |
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| China. The country has been hit hard by floods and mudslides since the start of the year. At least 144 people died in the first few days of July alone. Natural disasters in 2017 forced the evacuation of about 1 million Chinese people and destroyed about 31,000 homes. In this photo: Rescue workers try to 'free' vehicles stuck in mud in Yongji County, Jilin Province, China. Photo: Reuters. |
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| A devastating landslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown in August killed at least 600 people and directly affected more than 6,000 others. Rescue workers worked tirelessly to find and bury the bodies. Photo: AFP/Getty. |
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