Major natural disasters of the 21st century

Nature's immense and overwhelming beauty is balanced only by its immense and overwhelming destruction, and the numerous natural disasters of this millennium are proof of that. With our increased global connection, and the added pressures of climate change, each new catastrophe is felt more closely throughout the world, and the consequent death, illness, and devastation are impossible to ignore.

Click through to see the incredible damage caused by the forces of nature over the past 25 years.