Natural disasters that shook the world in 2013
From multiple cloudbursts in India to deadliest hurricanes in Philippines, 2013 witnessed some severe natural calamities. They have caused serious damages to life and property and many are still recouping from what they have gone through. Scroll on- Residents walk beside a large ship that was washed ashore by strong waves caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city, Leyte province. Emergency operations and estimation of total damages are still going on in the country.
- Philippines was again left devastated by massive Typhoon Haiyan on November 9. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded, Haiyan killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines. According to UN officials, about 11 million people have
- <b>On October 15</b>, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines. About 200 people had been killed in the disaster.
- A woman rests near her damaged house after returning to the cyclone hit Podampeta village on the Bay of Bengal coast in Ganjam district, Orissa. Phailin triggered India's biggest evacuation programme in 23 years. Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West
- Fishermen try to pull up an overturned boat along with stranded people caused by Cyclone Phailin, in Gopalpur, Orissa, on October 12. Cyclone Phailin, was described as possibly the biggest cyclone ever to hit India. At least 21 were killed by
- The deaths marked the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. The fire burns homes in Glenn Ilah near Yarnell, Arizona. The fire picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions.
- At least 19 firefighters have been killed battling a fast-moving wildfire in Arizona, on June 30, in one of the worst incidents of its kind in US history. The flames ravaged homes and forced the evacuation of two towns.
- A stranded pilgrim, seen carrying a child, is transported across a river using a rope rescue system by Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel in Govind Ghat. bit.ly/1fdexyE
- A submerged bridge over river Ganga in Rudraprayag. PM Manmohan Singh announced Rs1000 crore aid package for disaster relief efforts in the state. The government also cancelled 9 batches, or half the annual batches of the pilgrimage Kailash-
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel carry a child as they provide rescue assistance for stranded pilgrims after a section of road was washed away in Govind Ghat. The country witnessed one of the quickest rescue missions with thousands of soldiers
- Stranded pilgrims make their way down a mountain after a section of road was washed away in Govind Ghat on June 23. <b>Read more:</b> bit.ly/1ePs1QW
- In June 2013, India witnessed the worst natural disaster after the 2004 tsunami when a cloudburst over Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides. Destruction of bridges and roads left about 100,000 pilgrims and tourists trapped in the
- Rising water of the flooding River Danube approaching the Parliament building, centre, in Budapest, Hungary on June 7. A record level of flooding of Danube is expected on this and lower sections of the river in Hungary within a few days.
- On June 10, floods devastated communities alongside the surging River Elbe in northeastern Germany and central Europe.
- Storm clouds moving over Guthrie, Oklahoma on May 30, 2013. The storms dumped up to 20 centimetres of rain on the Oklahoma City area, causing flash flooding that submerged parts of the sprawling metropolitan area that is home to more than 1.3
- On May 20, tens of thousands of homes remained without power as emergency officials assessed damage from a series of violent storms and tornadoes. Twelve people were killed and 104 were injured, in the tornadoes and the resultant flash floods.
- Rescuers gather to rescue a child to safety from her collapsed home after the earthquake hit Ya'an City in Lushan county, southwest China's Sichuan province.
- <b>On April 20</b>, a shallow earthquake at magnitude of 7.0 hit China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 124 people dead and more than 2,600 injured.
- Municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with its roof collapsed after the meteorite exploded over it. NASA estimated the meteor was only about the size of a bus and weighed an estimated 7,000 tons.
- A plunging meteor exploded with a blinding flash above central Russia on February 15. The hurling rock from space set off a shock wave that smashed windows and hurt almost 1000 people.
From multiple cloudbursts in India to deadliest hurricanes in Philippines, 2013 witnessed some severe natural calamities. They have caused serious damages to life and property and many are still recouping from what they have gone through. Scroll on
Natural disasters that shook the world in 2013
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