The “worst disaster in history”

From 1944 to 2020, natural disasters have intensified. Here's how.

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00:00Every week we're seeing new and undeniable climate events.

00:04Evidence that accelerated climate change is here right now.

00:08Flames are sweeping through the great timber country in the Bighorn section of Wyoming.

00:13The worst fire in 25 years.

00:17The food problem in the American and British zones of Germany is our major problem today.

00:24We have suffered the worst drought in 20 years.

00:28Here in Kenya, one of the severe problems facing the big game is the drought, which has now lasted for several years.

00:35It's extremely bad this year, possibly the worst drought we've had for some 50 years.

00:40One third of Mexico is flooded.

00:42Torrential rain, which fell non-stop for 14 days, has brought the country's worst floods in living memory.

00:48This is the worst storm we've had since the hurricane of 1987.

00:52Yes, the water level is very low. It's the lowest ever recorded in Serbia.

00:58We are dealing with one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history.

01:03And residents of the Midwest United States are witnessing some of the worst flooding in years.

01:08They believe that this is the worst flooding perhaps since 1913.

01:13The fires marked Greece's worst wildfire disaster in memory.

01:17And L.A. County fire officials say this technology is ready to use now because they're bracing for one of the worst fire seasons ever.

01:23These are Thailand's worst floods in half a century.

01:26The past 12 months have been the driest on record.

01:29Already the largest natural disaster area in American history.

01:34Probably the worst since around the year 2000.

01:38The worst storm that the Florida Panhandle has ever seen.

01:41The worst people have seen here in a generation.

01:44Maria may be one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.

01:50Probably the worst rain event.

01:52One of the worst to ever hit the Bahamas.

01:54The highest recorded temperatures.

01:57The worst drought.

01:58The 2013 bushfires were pretty horrific, but this by far is the worst we've ever seen.

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