00:00natural disasters in 2025 have been nothing short of brutal tearing through communities
00:06on every continent and exposing just how vulnerable the world remains from record-breaking floods
00:14and raging wildfires to powerful earthquakes and storms this year's catastrophes have killed
00:21thousands displaced millions and inflicted staggering economic losses here are top five
00:28major disasters that shook the globe in 2025 and the countries that bore the heaviest impact
00:361. los angeles southern california wildfires in january 2025 wind-weeped wildfires roared through
00:46southern california turning suburbs near los angeles into church shells and forcing mass evacuations
00:54in the dead of winter the fires killed dozens destroyed tens of thousands of structures and
01:02racked up tens of billions of dollars in losses cementing their place among the year's most
01:08expensive disasters 2. mokwa flood in may severe flash flooding hits mokwa niger state nigeria
01:18after intense rainfall and drainage failures killing hundreds and leaving many missing
01:25regional reporting and risk analysis described it as one of africa's deadliest floods of 2025
01:33and a stark warning about growing flood risk in west africa 3. pakistan monson flood
01:41severe monson flooding over several months inundated large part of pakistan killing more than a thousand
01:49people displacing millions with major damage to homes roads and agricultural land year-end climate disaster
01:58reviews list pakistan's 2025 floods among most significant global events in terms of humanitarian impacts
02:094. meymar earthquake a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near meymar's sagging region on march 28th killing more
02:20than 3 300 people and causing widespread destruction in and around mandalay shaking was felt in thailand china
02:31and vietnam where buildings were damaged and authorities declared emergencies and lastly number five hurricane
02:41melissa also had a major catastrophic effect bringing 185 miles per hour winds extreme rainfall flooding and
02:52landslides across jamaica cuba haiti and dominican republic in jamaica alone around
03:00116 000 structures were severely damaged or destroyed with some communities seeing 65 to 90 percent of
03:10buildings impacted and at least dozens of deaths and millions affected across the region economic losses
03:19from melissa are estimated in billions of dollars with some analysis suggesting total damages in jamaica
03:26could rival or exceed the country's annual gdp the storm became a global symbol of how warming oceans are
03:35fueling stronger hurricanes giving it both major human impact and strong worldwide relevance for your list
03:44natural disasters in 2025 have battered every region from earthquake heats meymar to flood ravaged asia
03:53and hurricane-stricken caribbean islands together quakes fire storms and floods have killed
04:01thousands displaced millions and caused staggering economic losses this event exposed how vulnerable
04:09many countries remain in a warming rapidly urbanizing world and serve as a stark warning that without
04:17urgent investment in resilience and climate action even worse disasters lie ahead follow guardian nigeria for
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