By summer, 2020 had climbed into the top 5 costliest years on record, and it finished the year in fourth place. Let’s see what the world has seen in a single month. The United States Killing of Iran’s Soleimani On Jan. 3, a U.S. airstrike outside Baghdad, Iraq, killed several Iraqi and Iranian military officials. With 16 disasters so far, 2020 has already tied with 2011 and 2017 for the largest number of disasters in a calendar year. 10. The year 2020 has only just begun, and the world has already suffered many disasters, tragedies, conflicts, and a new virus. 128 villages, 5 districts and so many more have been caused harm. Many parts of Assam have also experienced these heavy rains and as a result, have been negatively affected in the form of floods. Disasters in all forms — natural, man-made, and complex emergencies and refugee crises — delivered an unprecedently turbulent blow to the world in 2020. “2020 was a challenging one for all of us, individually and corporately,” says Erica Van Deren, a senior program manager for World Vision humanitarian and emergency affairs. 10 of 2020’s Deadliest Natural Disasters Although the world’s focus has been on the coronavirus pandemic, the presence of natural disasters has persisted, and in … After a … UPDATE: Dec. 21, 2020, 1:03 p.m. PST This article was republished on Dec. 21, 2020 with new information from July through December. NOAA Climate image, based on NCEI data. A Running List of Record-Breaking Natural Disasters in 2020. Due to the pandemic, the state is seeing a shortage in firefighters with no end in sight for the fires. It was originally published on July 4, 2020… Visualizations, graphs, and data in one easy-to-use website. Welcome to the year 2020! 9. Billion-dollar disasters by month [The monthly climatology of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters from 1980 to 2020, showing which months have the greater frequency of disasters and which types of events are most likely to occur in a given month. Pages in category "2020 natural disasters" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. With the 2020 election mere months away, President Trump returned to the campaign trail, hosting one of his signature rallies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. By August 23, more than 560 wildfires had burned 1 million acres in California. The year has already seen many extremes, from California’s and Colorado’s largest wildfires to a tropical cyclone boom September will be remembered as a month of extremes: Historic wildfires burned across the West, unprecedented tropical activity churned up the Atlantic, and parts of the country saw record heat. At least 145,000 acres have been burned thus far. Assam Floods, India - 2020 Source Heavy rains in the past few months have been seen as a boon and bane around different parts of India. Month-by-month accumulation of estimated costs of each year's billion-dollar disasters, with colored lines showing 2020 (red) and the previous top-5 costliest years. Other years are light gray. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). CDC’s home for COVID-19 data.