Determine the ranking of the most serious natural disasters 2018

Bad weather was transmitted to the islands of Lombok, Sulawesi and Bali. The victims of the disaster are more than 2,200 people. The first earthquake shook Lombok Island, leaving 40 dead and 12 wounded. The tide of the buildings has turned into ruins.

Another earthquake occurred on August 5, striking the island of Lombok and Bali. Its magnitude was 7 points. As a result of the disaster, at least 350 people died.

The most massive element that hit Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. The seismic force reached 7.7 points. After that, an island of 350,000 people covered the tsunami. At least 1,760 people were killed. The element destroyed 66,000 buildings and part of the island was turned into landfills and mass graves for local residents.

Japan : September.

An earthquake occurred on the island of Hokkaido. It killed at least four dozen people and at least 100 victims. There were damaged roads and about 3 million homes left without lighting.

Haiti: October

A huge earthquake of magnitude 5.9 was produced near the Haitian coast, killing 11 people. The element destroyed many buildings, dozens of people were under the rubble. This earthquake has become the most powerful in the region for eight years.

Fires

Greece : July.

Near the forest of Athens burned. This has claimed the lives of at least 87 people, of whom about 200 have been burned and injured, as well as forests, farms, hundreds of homes and cars.

California: November

Extensive fires have caused extensive damage in the US state of California. Authorities evacuated more than 20,000 local residents in danger. The element has destroyed more than 12,000 buildings and the entire flagship city of Paradise, whose inhabitants were famous actors, singers, models.

Fires in California hurt more than $ 2.975 billion. Moreover, because of the fires, the air quality in areas affected by natural disasters was even worse than in the cities of India and China. This fire has been named the most important in California's history.

Floods

Italy and France : October

In Sicily, heavy rains began to cause massive floods. Because of the elements, 17 people were killed and large-scale landslides occurred in the Italian mountains.

In the south of France, heavy floods also started because of the rain. Element cost the lives of 13 people.

Hurricanes

United States : September, October

Hurricane Florence began on the east coast of the United States. Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina were the hardest hit. The victims of the disaster were 37 people.

A month later, on the east coast of the United States, a powerful new hurricane – "Michael" – collapsed. On October 10, he arrived in Florida and then passed Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina. As a result of the disaster, at least 33 people were killed, thousands of buildings were destroyed. Damage to uranium has been estimated at more than $ 50 billion.

Portugal : October

A large-scale hurricane, "Leslie", fell on the region surrounding the capital Lisbon, as well as the central regions of Leiria and Coimbra. 27 people were injured.

Typhooni

Japan : September

Japan attacked the typhoon "Djerba". The weather brought heavy rain and strong winds to the country. It killed at least 10 people and more than 300 people were injured. More than one million people were left without electricity. The typhoon has been named as the most violent of the last 25 years.

Plums of Ukraine

In the summer of 2018, bad weather persisted in Ukraine – heavy rains and wind turned city streets into rivers, leaving thousands of people without lighting. In particular, on June 30, in the capital of Ukraine, there was a violent downpour accompanied by a thunderstorm, as a result of which part of the streets was flooded.

As previously reported by the Znay.ua portal, Ukrainians have announced the time it will make to Nikolay and will be the least fortunate

. Znay.ua wrote that scientists predict that 2019 will become the hottest in the history of mankind.