Why Are So Many Apocalyptic Natural Disasters Suddenly Happening All Over The Globe?

Sri Lanka floods leave at least 151 dead, aid agencies warn half a million displaced

The flooding has displaced half a million people, Oxfam says. (Photo: Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte)

As Colombia death toll mounts, desperate quest for survivors

In this handout photo released by the Colombian National Army, soldiers rescue a child in Mocoa, Colombia, Saturday, April 1, 2017, after an avalanche of water from an overflowing river swept through the city as people slept. The incident triggered by intense rains left at least 100 people dead in Mocoa, located near Colombia’s border with Ecuador. (Colombian Army Photo via AP)

At least 188,000 urged to evacuate as concerns over California dam increase

Nearly 200,000 evacuated near crumbling California dam

Obama OKs federal aid for West Virginia; at least 24 dead

Lt. Dennis Feazell, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, rows his boat as he and a co-worker search flooded homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. About 32,000 West Virginia homes and businesses remain without power Saturday after severe flooding hit the state. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management also said Saturday that more than 60 secondary roads in the state were closed.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Death Toll Rises in Indonesia Landslides, Flooding

Indonesian villagers and search and rescue team members carry out the body of a landslide victim at Gumelem Kulon village in Banjarnegara on June 19, 2016. (ROHMAT SYARIF/AFP/Getty Images)

Floods in southern China kill 25, displace over 33,000

In this June 15, 2016 photo, rescuers carry a woman on a stretcher through a flooded area in Jiujiang in southern China’s Jiangxi province. (Chinatopix via AP)

3 Dead as Heavy Rains, Flooding Inundate Parts of Australia

A ferry terminal is submerged by the overflowing Parramatta river in Sydney, Australia, on June 5, 2016. The east coast of Australia, including Sydney, was battered by a freak storm on June 5 with trees uprooted and thousands left without power. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

2 more bodies found in Texas after torrential rain, floods

A man, foreground, checks to make sure everyone made it safely out of a truck that flooded when the three men in the background drove around a closed road barrier along Nichols Sawmill Road and lost control of the vehicle in rising flood water Friday, May 27, 2016 in Magnolia, Texas. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Over 200 families feared buried by landslides in Sri Lanka

The scene after a massive landslide in Kegalle District, about 72 kilometers (45 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Massive landslides triggered by torrential rains crashed down onto three villages in the central hills of Sri Lanka, and more than 200 families were missing Wednesday and feared buried under the mud and debris, the Sri Lankan Red Cross said. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)