Worst Disasters in Year 2010
Greenpeace activists wield a giant life preserver 50 feet in diameter, appealing to reaching consensus at the Cancun climate change summit (Photo by Elizabeth Ruiz / Greenpeace). As for millions of people around the world, 2010 was the year the earth shook, volcanoes erupted and the weather brought deadly extremes. Click though the gallery below to see some of the most striking images from the year's natural disasters. (AOLnews.com)
Brisbane a 'war zone' as huge flood smashes city
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) – Australia's third-largest city Brisbane was turned into a "war zone" Thursday with whole suburbs under water and infrastructure smashed as the worst flood in decades hit 30,000 properties. Shocked evacuees surveyed the damage after floods that have swept eastern Australia peaked about a metre (three feet) below feared levels around dawn, sparing thousands more properties in the besieged river city. Philippine floods
In this photo taken Friday Jan. 7, 2011, isolated residents form a line to unload relief supplies from Philippine Air Force helicopters off Cagraray Island in Albay province in central Philippines. Albay and other provinces in central Philippines have been hit by torrential rains brought by the tail end of the cold front since last month. Disaster officials say Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, heavy monsoon rains drenching the eastern Philippines for two weeks have drowned seven more people, pushing the death toll to 40 with seven missing.
Winter wonderland provides warming reminder
Major winter storm wallops Northeast
Haitians recall 2010 quake "hell" as death toll upped |
