2025 was a year of unprecedented natural disasters, from the catastrophic 8.8 Kamchatka megaquake to the record-breaking Hurricane Melissa. As climate change accelerates, we look back at the deadliest calamities that redefined 2025. In this 2025 year-ender, we chronicle the most destructive events that shook the globe. We begin with the unusual winter wildfires in Los Angeles that caused $65 billion in damages, followed by the tragic 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and the "100-year" Texas f