A wrecked World War II airplane abandoned in the Solomon Islands

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air on a flight to Makhanga, which two months on, is still cut off by the floods when all rail and road connections were washed away, is looking down on the flood waters still sat on the flood plain, and the devastated farmland.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows the scale of the flood destruction, with ruined farmland, from the air.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air on a flight to Makhanga, which two months on, is still cut off by the floods when all rail and road connections were washed away, is looking down on the flood waters still sat on the flood plain.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air shows farmland buried under flood debris, and still flooded land.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air shows flood waters and farmland destroyed by the floods, with local farmers crossing their devastated fields.

An RAF Sea King Helicopter prepares to drop salvage experts onto the Riverdance washed ashore off Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers in the offshore industry practise helicopter ditching evacuation as part of an industry training course, Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers in the offshore industry practise helicopter ditching evacuation as part of an industry training course, Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers in the offshore industry practise helicopter ditching evacuation as part of an industry training course, Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A member of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team attracts an air ambulance with a flare to the site of an injured walker on Silver Howe above Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers in the offshore industry practise helicopter ditching evacuation as part of an industry training course, Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers in the offshore industry practise helicopter ditching evacuation as part of an industry training course, Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An air ambulance attends a mountain rescue on Wansfell, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers in the offshore industry practise helicopter ditching evacuation as part of an industry training course, Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An air ambulance at the site of an injured walker on Silver Howe above Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An air ambulance attending a mountain rescue incident near Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Forest fire trees smoke Jagat Annapurna Region Nepal

A large forest fire near Ellensburg in Kittitas county. Smoke rising above trees, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, USA