Los peores desastres que marcaron el año 2017

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-FOTODELDIA- epa06035323 Portuguese Republican National Guard soldiers battle with a forest fire in Capela Sao Neitel, Alvaiazere, central Portugal, 18 June 2017. At least sixty two people have been killed in forest fires in central Portugal, with many being trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road on the evening of 17 June 2017. A total of 733 firefighters are providing assistance. EFE/PAULO CUNHA
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VENTURA, CA - DECEMBER 07: Firefighters monitor a section of the Thomas Fire along the 101 freeway on December 7, 2017 north of Ventura, California. The firefighters occasionally used a flare device to burn-off brush close to the roadside. Strong Santa Ana winds are rapidly pushing multiple wildfires across the region, expanding across tens of thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of homes and structures. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
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2017 AP LATIN AMERICA YEAR END PHOTOS - Residents from Juana Matos look for groceries at Catano Mini Market in the middle of a supply shortage caused by the passage of Hurricane Maria in Catano, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Since the devastating impact of the hurricane, the supply of goods has been interrupted in the US territory, causing endless lines in gas stations and comercial centers. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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MCX01. Ojai (United States), 09/12/2017.- A firefighting helicopter dropps water as efforts to battle the Thomas Fire were under way in Ojai, California, USA, 09 December 2017 (issued 23 December 2017). The Thomas Fire, which began 04 December, has now become the largest wildfire in California history at 273,400 acres (110,641 hectares) and caused, on 14 December, the death of a firefighter. Officials estimate they will not contain the fire until 07 January 2018. (Incendio, Estados Unidos) EFE/EPA/JOHN CETRINO
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TOPSHOT - An Iranian man looks through the damaged stairwell of a building in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in the western Kermanshah province near the border with Iraq, on November 14, 2017, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that left hundreds killed and thousands homeless two days before. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
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An Indian man wades walks a flooded street during a heavy downpour in Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on August 11, 2017. / AFP / Arindam DEY
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TOPSHOT - A photo taken on September 6, 2017 shows cars piled on top of one another in Marigot, near the Bay of Nettle, on the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, after the passage of Hurricane Irma. France, the Netherlands and Britain on September 7 sent water, emergency rations and rescue teams to their stricken territories in the Caribbean hit by Hurricane Irma, which has killed at least 10 people. The worst-affected island so far is Saint Martin, which is divided between the Netherlands and France, where eight of the 10 confirmed deaths took place. / AFP / Lionel CHAMOISEAU
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TOPSHOT - A picture shows a partially submerged car in the Livorno area, flooded after heavy rain, on September 10, 2017. At least six people have died in violent rainstorms sweeping across Italy on September 10, 2017, with the Tuscan city of Livorno taking the brunt of the flooding, fire services said. / AFP / STR
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A policeman carries a young girl as he wades through a flooded street in Cagayan City on December 22, 2017, after the Cagayan River swelled caused by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Tembin. Three people have been killed and six others are missing as a tropical storm struck the southern Philippines on December 22, unleashing floods and landslides across a region of 20 million people, officials said. / AFP / Josep DEVEZA
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2017 AP YEAR END PHOTOS - Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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2017 AP YEAR END PHOTOS - Larry Dimas surveys the wreckage of his trailer, which he rents out to others, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Fla., on Sept. 11, 2017. His tenants evacuated and nobody was inside when it was destroyed. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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2017 AP YEAR END PHOTOS - Volunteers handle coffins during a mass funeral for victims of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent at a cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Aug. 17, 2017. Churches across Sierra Leone held special services on Sunday, Aug. 20, in memory of the more than 450 people who were killed in mudslides and flooding earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Manika Kamara)
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In this Sept. 2, 2017, photo, Bob Campbell baths outdoors using a makeshift shower he attached to a garden hose, in Port Aransas, Texas. Rockport and Port Aransas bore the brunt of one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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TOPSHOT - Rescuers make the signal for silence during the search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 21, 2017, two days after a strong quake hit central Mexico killing at least 240 people. A powerful 7.1 earthquake shook Mexico City on Tuesday, causing panic among the megalopolis' 20 million inhabitants on the 32nd anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake. / AFP / RONALDO SCHEMIDT
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A sniffer dog stands behind a rescue worker taking part in the search for survivors in Mexico City on September 21, 2017 two days after a strong quake hit central Mexico. A powerful 7.1 earthquake shook Mexico City on Tuesday, causing panic among the megalopolis' 20 million inhabitants on the 32nd anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake. / AFP / PEDRO PARDO
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Soldiers stand guard a few metres away from the Sensacion hotel which collapsed with the powerful earthquake that struck Mexico overnight, in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, on September 8, 2017. Mexico's most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 35 people, officials said Friday, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. - / AFP / VICTORIA RAZO
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An air tanker drops fire retardant on flames as firefighters continue to battle against the Detwiler fire in Mariposa, California on July 19, 2017. The Detwiler fire is currently at 7 percent containment and has burned more than 45,000 acres and destroyed eight structures. - / AFP / JOSH EDELSON
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Mexican and international rescue teams remove a painting as they search for survivors in a collapsed building after an earthquake, at Roma neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico September 23, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
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An Iranian man rests as he lies atop salvaged mattresses and items outside damaged buildings in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in the western Kermanshah province near the border with Iraq, on November 14, 2017, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that left hundreds killed and thousands homeless two days before. - / AFP / ATTA KENARE
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MERRITT ISLAND, FL - SEPTEMBER 07: Inmate trustees from the Brevard County Jail work to fill sandbags for residents as people in the area prepare ahead of Hurricane Irma on September 07, 2017 in Meritt Island, Florida. Brian Blanco/Getty Images/AFP