Hurricane Maria, a category 4 hurricane, made landfall on Puerto Rico on 20 September 2017, killing 2,975 people and destroying about 166,000 residential buildings, which became one of the worst disasters in the Puerto Rico's history.
The Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal occurred on 25 April 2015 and had a magnitude of 7.6. Its epicentre was about 76km northwest of the capital Kathmandu. Around 9,000 people were killed, and over 100,000 people were injured.
A massive landslide devastated the community of Barangay Guinsaugon, Municipality of St. Bernard, Southern Leyte Province, Philippines, at about 10:30 local time on 17 February 2006.
Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira City, Mozambique on 14 March 2019, bringing strong winds and severe flooding in Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar.
The Izmit Earthquake, also called Kocaeli Earthquake or Golcuk Earthquake, occurred on 17 August 1999. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the Anatolian fault system. It caused the deaths of 17,000 people and left more than 250,000 people homeless.
The Nevado del Ruiz Volcanic Eruption, also known as the Armero Tragedy, is considered as Colombia’s worst natural hazard-induced disaster which produced the deadliest lahar ever recorded.
