2011- Year of the disaster?

I found this timeline today while wondering what other disasters had occurred in 2011 and it's actually a frightening amount! We didn't include floods and droughts on this blog, but they are certainly as relevant and prevalent as the others. Click on the image to make it bigger. It also includes information about sudden mass deaths of fish and birds around the world.

Here is another image with the same sort of idea, but on a map rather than a timeline:

Maps of Cyclone Areas and Cyclones.

In this post you'll find many maps about cyclones. There are maps showing where and how often cyclones form, as well as maps which have tracked some of the well known cyclones, such as Yasi, Tracy, and hurricane Katrina.
Please click below to view these maps.