17 sad photos of how disaster raged in all corners of the globe in 2021 (19 photos)

Fires in California have almost become the norm, as have earthquakes in Indonesia: these photographs document the rampant nature of the elements around the world.





This is not the first year that environmentalists have been sounding the alarm: the planet’s climate is changing at incredible speed. And in this regard, real natural disasters are predicted. In the fall, a UN climate change summit was held in Glasgow, at which countries, among other things, agreed to reduce methane emissions by 2030 - these are the emissions that are blamed for global warming. And global warming is already in full swing.



Aftermath of the Mayfield tornado in December

But still, environmentalists do not consider the actions of governments to be truthful enough: Climate Action Tracker conducted a study that if humanity continues to be irresponsible in its activities, then by the end of the century the average temperature on the planet will rise by 2.4 degrees. Overall, this forecast is better than forecasts six years ago: at the 2015 summit, they spoke of a catastrophic 3.5 degrees Celsius. However, researchers still call for reducing harmful emissions so that by 2100 the maximum temperature rise is 1.5 degrees. Otherwise, our world will never be the same, and there are already alarm bells: just look at how the elements raged this year.

Cyclone Eloise hit Mozambique in January and left more than 7,000 people homeless





View of Etna erupting in February from the Italian village of Fornazzo



Houses flooded by a river after prolonged rainfall near Sydney in March



April: View of Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, which has not erupted for approximately 6,000 years



Residents of the Indonesian town of Lumajang search for their belongings after the earthquake in April



The aftermath of the tornado that hit Wuhan in mid-May



A man tries to dig out his house in the Sindhupalchok district of Nepal, which was hit by a flash flood in June.



Fire in California in July 2021



German Kreuzberg after flooding due to heavy rainfall in July



August: A 70-year-old Louisiana man sits on the rubble of his home, destroyed during Hurricane Ida.



It’s August again, but on a different continent: the evacuation of residents from the Greek island of Euboea, which is engulfed in fire



A tree burns near the village of Tastakhsky nasleg in Yakutia in August



An eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma, which a housewife watches from her window on a September evening



Rescue operation on the outskirts of Mexico City, where a landslide occurred in September



Tropical Storm Shaheen, which hit the Omani capital in October



Rescue of cows from flooded barns in Abbotsford, Canada: rainfall caused landslides and floods in November



A girl dries things on a tree because she was left homeless after Typhoon Rai hit the Philippines in December.