Natural disaster in 2008 through photos

The terrifying earthquake killed nearly 90,000 people in China, the volcanic eruption in the middle of the night, the fire raged on the southern American state. Below are photos of terrible natural disasters in the past year.

The taxi was crushed after a devastating earthquake in May in Sichuan, China killed 88,000 people, injured 375,000, 5 million people were left homeless and more than 1.5 million people were displaced. .Photo: Getty Images.

Residents are rebuilding houses on the outskirts of Rangoon, Myanmar, after suffering catastrophic Nargis in May, killing 138,000 people and missing and 2.4 million homeless. Photo: AFP .

NASA's photo captures the storm Ike in the United States from space. Photo: Getty Images.

Chaiten volcano in Chile erupts in the midnight storm. Photo: Eyevine.

The shocking tornado in Iowa State, USA, in June . Photo: AP.

The fire burned in the forest of California state. The fire that destroyed nearly 8,000 hectares of pasture here made the governor declare a state of emergency. Photo: AP.

Ambulance flooded in mud after a landslide in the village near Turin, Italy. Photo: EPA.

Workers put the dead horse on a truck at a horseback club in Mexico in August. Heavy rain followed the flood, causing 50 horses to drown with a guard. Photo: Reuters.

Cattle stand on two small islands, surrounded by floodwaters, in the Indian state of Bihar. Photo: Getty Images.