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Yearender 2021: From killer hurricanes to devastating floods - calamities that hit the world 

Buildings are partially submerged as floodwater covers large areas northwest of Sydney, Australia on Mar 24, 2021. 

Buildings are partially submerged as floodwater covers large areas northwest of Sydney. Around 18,000 residents were forced to flee due to the devastating floods.

Young people try to beat the heat in an irrigation canal in Chestermere, Alta. on June 29, 2021. The torrid heat wave continued for days.

People try to beat the heat at a beach in Chestermere, Alta. on June 29, 2021. 

Smoke envelops trees as the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, burns in Doyle, California on July 9, 2021. 

Firefighters from California Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection's Placerville station battle Sugar Fire, part of Beckwourth Complex Fire, in Doyle on July 9. 

A house whose roof is seen badly damaged by the storm in Berumerfehn, Germany on Aug. 16, 2021. A violent storm left a trail of destruction in the municipality of Großheide in East Frisia.

Emergency teams of water rescue service search the Hammersbach and the shore area near the Hoellentalklamm gorge in Grainau, Germany on Aug 17, 2021. After heavy rainfall on Aug 16, 2021, a flood wave rushed through the gorge near Grainau in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which is popular with hikers and tourists. 

A view of a violent wildfire that burned the historical pinewood in Pescara, central Italy on Aug. 1, 2021. Sea resorts customers were seen running away as the flames were approaching the beach. 

People swim during a heatwave, at a beach of Kavouri suburb, southwest of Athens, Greece on Aug. 2, 2021. 

Debris and electrical wires are piled up in a front yard in Chauvin, La., on Sept. 27, 2021. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Louisiana lawmakers said on Dec. 1, 2021 they are seeing slow responses to damage claims, constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction and low payment offers forcing people unnecessarily into litigation to get a fair deal.

Jonathan Bergeron, 31, pauses from cleaning at the doorway of a shed where he plans to move his family behind his destroyed grandmother's home in Point Pointe au Chien, La. on Oct. 8, 2021.

A fire truck stands outside a flooded fire station in Xinxiang in central China's Henan province on  July 25, 2021. 

A truck with a banner which reads "Free Assistance" drives through floodwaters in Xinxiang in central China's Henan province on July 25, 2021. 

A woman living on the streets uses blankets to keep warm in downtown San Antonio. Snow, ice and sub-freezing weather wreaked havoc on the state's power grid and utilities. 

Juan Guerrlo, center left, waits in line to fill his propane tanks in Houston. Customers had to wait over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their tanks.