A before and after shot of Joplin, Missouri after a massive tornado on May 22.
A monstrous dust storm (Haboob) roared through Phoenix, Arizona in July.
An aerial shot of the damage immediately following the Japanese tsunami.
A mother comforts her son in Concord, Alabama, near his house which was completely destroyed by a tornado in April.
Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
Cars are abandoned on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive during the "Snowpocalypse" in February.
