Disruptive Nature

2000 Mozambique Flood. Heavy rain through February and March 2000 led to massive flooding in Mozambique.

The hottest summer in Europe since 1540, this extreme heat caused devastation across Europe.

Considered the deadliest earthquake to hit South Asia since 1935, with a magnitude of 7.6, this earthquake was most devastating in Pakistan and Pakistan administered Kashmir.

This quake hit the central coast of Peru and measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale. 2006 Southern Leyte Landslide - In a province in the Philippines, this deadly landslide was triggered after 10 days of heavy rain and a minor earthquake.

2009 Victorian Bushfires Australia. Extreme heat created the perfect conditions for bushfires, this along with high windspeed, lightning, fallen power lines, and arson caused the worst bushfires Australia had ever seen.

2011 Tohuku Earthquake Japan. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world.