The worst natural disasters in 2015

About 150 major natural disasters affect millions of people around the world in 2015 and Asia is the most affected region in global disasters.

Earthquake

On the "fateful" day of April 25, the horrific 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal killed more than 8,800 people. More than 900,000 buildings were destroyed, severely damaged and earthquakes also caused avalanches to kill 19 people climbing Mount Everest.

Kathmandu capital of Nepal is devastated after the earthquake.(Photo: AP)

Kerauja village, Gorkha district, Nepal was completely flattened after the earthquake.(Photo: AFP)

About one million Nepalese children have to miss school because the school collapsed completely. Three weeks later, Nepal continued to suffer an 7.3-magnitude aftershock, making reconstruction of the country more difficult.

According to Worldvision.org, this winter, an estimated 400,000 Nepalese people in mountainous areas still live in makeshift houses rebuilt after earthquakes and need life needs such as blankets, fuel or fireplaces. . This is the most deadly earthquake in Nepal's history.

Heavy rain causes flooding

The father let him sit on his shoulder as he crossed the flooded road in Chennai, India.(Photo: Reuters)

Torrential rains in early December in the southern Indian city of Chennai caused the worst floods in 100 years in the country. Chennai residents - Tamil Nadu state capital must carry their belongings and wade in the floodwaters. The whole settlement along the river is swept away by water.

People drove the car to death on Chennai and India streets in a historic flood.(Photo: Reuters)

The report said at least 379 people were killed, including 54 in the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh, where floods also destroyed 100 hectares of crops and crops, causing an estimated $ 190 million in damage.

Indians in the Chennai floodplain receive food relief.(Photo: Reuters)

Long hot sunshine

Indian people struggled under the scorching sun.(Photo: AP)

Before the flooding in India, people in the country suffered a prolonged heat wave in May, which sometimes exceeded 47 degrees Celsius, causing more than 1,800 deaths, mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangan states. .

The sun is so intense in India that the asphalt melts.(Photo: Independent)

Scientists at the US Aeronautics and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) say climate change seems to be the main reason for the aforementioned heat wave. The sun was so hot that the asphalt melted, and the people did not dare to go out.

Super storm

Aerial photos on August 3 showed that Sagaing and Myanmar were severely flooded by the effects of super typhoon Kormen.(Photo: AFP)

In August, super typhoon Kormen swept through the Bay of Bengal with cyclones, heavy rain and landslides, killing hundreds of people in Asian countries like Myanmar, Bangladesh and India, and millions of people were evacuated urgently.

Myanmar is the worst affected place, with more than 100 people killed and 400,000 people evacuated.

People rapped on the flooded road in Sagaing area, Myanmar.(Photo: AFP)

A church in Nsanje district, Malawi was flooded.(Photo: UNICEF)

Extraordinarily heavy rains on the last days of January claimed the lives of at least 200 people and affected thousands of people in Malawi and Mozambique. Many households lost their homes, livestock, roads and infrastructure were destroyed. Rising floodwaters have isolated the province of Zambezia in Mozambique, making the relief work extremely difficult.

Drought

A little girl passed by the bodies of two thirsty deer in Ethiopia.(Photo: Save The Children UK)

Lack of prolonged rainfall combined with the impact of El Nino extreme weather has pushed Ethiopia into alarming conditions of food. The Ethiopian government said that as many as 8.2 million people needed food aid in October because of a severe drought that caused crop losses and livestock deaths.

The agricultural sector suffered serious damage, affecting 85% of the country's labor force. People have to walk 3-4 hours a day to get drinking water and even this rare source of water is under threat.

Ethiopian farmers lamented that prolonged droughts threatened food security.(Photo: WFP)

The United Nations Office for Coordinating Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says up to 350,000 Ethiopian children are severely malnourished. The Ethiopian government calculates US $ 237 million in the first quarter of 2016 to stabilize domestic food security.