30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes The river now flows through the collapsed section of th... © Jim West

28-10-2020 - Marlette, Michigan - The ruins of a barn and an old concrete silo on a Michigan farm. © Jim West

29-07-2020 - Paramedics loading a patient who has collapsed in the street into an ambulance Stratford Upon Avon © John Harris

29-07-2020 - Paramedics loading a patient who has collapsed in the street into an ambulance Stratford Upon Avon © John Harris

15-11-2017 - Rockport, Texas USA Trucks dumping debris from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey onto the median strip of state Highway 35 © Jim West

16-05-2017 - Detroit, Michigan The derelict Packard plant. Opened in 1903 the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958. It has been left to decay and the ruins became a symbol o... © Jim West

27-03-2013 - Firefighters spraying a jet of water from a hydraulic platform. Fire and Rescue Service attending a fire, Birmingham © John Harris

27-03-2013 - Firefighters spraying a jet of water from a hydraulic platform. Fire and Rescue Service attending a fire, Birmingham © John Harris

27-03-2013 - Firefighters spraying a jet of water from a hydraulic platform. Fire and Rescue Service attending a fire, Birmingham © John Harris

27-03-2013 - Firefighters spraying a jet of water from a hydraulic platform. Fire and Rescue Service attending a fire, Birmingham © John Harris

27-03-2013 - Firefighters spraying a jet of water from a hydraulic platform. Fire and Rescue Service attending a fire, Birmingham © John Harris

28-11-2012 - New Jersey - Private property keep out sign. Debris from destruction of a seaside community by Hurricane Sandy. One homeowner has posted "no trespassing" signs around the rubble pile of his former hom... © Jim West

28-11-2012 - Union Beach, New Jersey - Debris from destruction of a seaside community by Hurricane Sandy. © Jim West

13-04-2012 - Coastal erosion of the white cliffs of Dover. The cliffs usually recede at a rate of 1cm per year © Paul Box

15-12-2011 - Row of shops in a collapsed building, Amman City Centre, Jordan. © Connor Matheson

03-04-2011 - A ship inland on the roof of a building. A survivor returning to seach the devastated Ootsuchi, (Otsuchi) Iwate prefecture, Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan © Masanori Kobayashi

02-04-2011 - A ship inland. A survivor returning to seach the devastated Kesennuma City, Miyagi prefecture, Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan © Masanori Kobayashi

02-04-2011 - A ship inland. Survivors returning to seach the devastated Kesennuma City, Miyagi prefecture, Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan © Masanori Kobayashi

12-03-2011 - Refrigerator beached amoungst the devastation, Soma Port, Soma City Fukushima prefecture, Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan © Masanori Kobayashi

10-03-2009 - Palestinian boy standing among the rubble and wreckage of his home, Gaza City, Palestine, March 2009, following the attacks by Israel on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more th... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - A Palestinian man stands among the rubble and wreckage of his home, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Palestine, Mar... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - Palestinian men stand among the rubble and wreckage of a building, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Palestine, Marc... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - Palestinian men among the rubble and wreckage of a commercial building, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Palestine,... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - A Palestinian man stands among the rubble and wreckage of former commercial building, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza Ci... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - Palestinians stand among the rubble and wreckage of buildings, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Palestine, March 20... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - A Palestinian man rests among the rubble and wreckage of his home, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Palestine, Marc... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - A Palestinian man and a young boy among the rubble and wreckage of their home, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Pal... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - Palestinian children play among the rubble and wreckage of their homes, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Palestine,... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - Palestinians go about their daily lives, using a donkey and cart, among the rubble and wreckage of their city, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more... © Mike Day

10-03-2009 - Palestinian boys stand among the rubble and wreckage of their homes, following Israels attack on Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009 which killed more than 1400 people. Gaza City, Palestine. © Mike Day

08-10-2008 - Icesave the Icelandic online bank. A message indicating that the bank is not currently processing any deposits or any withdrawals. The Treasury today guaranteed that none of the 300,000 UK customers o... © John Harris

08-10-2008 - Icesave the Icelandic online bank. A message indicating that the bank is not currently processing any deposits or any withdrawals. The Treasury today guaranteed that none of the 300,000 UK customers o... © John Harris

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire. To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on i... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

09-09-2008 - Construction safety campaign hold a silent vigil outside Simons development construction site, Witney, Oxfordshire.To show respect to Altin Balla who died when a cherry picker collapsed with him on it... © Paul Box

21-07-2008 - A large sign, in full view of the A40, on the site that used to be The Lightning Pub. It reads: Sorry Mr Brown, no empty rates on this one! The Government recently started charging business rates on e... © John Harris

06-11-2007 - Firefighters were given a guard of honour by hundreds of their colleagues as their bodies were brought out of the collapsed plant. Four firefighters died in the fire at the Atherstone warehouse tackli... © John Harris

06-11-2007 - Firefighters were given a guard of honour by hundreds of their colleagues as their bodies were brought out of the collapsed plant. Four firefighters died in the fire at the Atherstone warehouse tackli... © John Harris

06-11-2007 - Firefighters were given a guard of honour by hundreds of their colleagues as their bodies were brought out of the collapsed plant. Four firefighters died in the fire at the Atherstone warehouse tackli... © John Harris

06-11-2007 - Families comfort each other as firefighters are given a guard of honour by hundreds of their colleagues as their bodies were brought out of the collapsed plant. Four firefighters died in the fire at t... © John Harris

06-11-2007 - Families comfort each other as firefighters are given a guard of honour by hundreds of their colleagues as their bodies were brought out of the collapsed plant. Four firefighters died in the fire at t... © John Harris

08-10-2007 - A collapsed crane, that killed a worker at the Milford Haven Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal, in Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

08-10-2007 - A collapsed crane, that killed a worker at the Milford Haven Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal, in Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

04-04-2007 - A passed out drunk man in Tokyo, alcohol abuse is an increasing problem in Japan. © Tom Parker

04-04-2007 - Firefighters and paramedics help passed out drunk man in Tokyo, alcohol abuse is an increasing problem in Japan. © Tom Parker

02-06-2006 - Ten months after the levees burst during Hurricane Katrina many districts of New Orleans remain deserted. USA © Howard Davies

06-09-2005 - Villages damaged by the Tsunami which caused damage on the east African coast. Somalia 2005 © Howard Davies

06-09-2005 - A man prays in a village damaged by the Tsunami which caused most damage in the south Asia but also reached the east African coast. Somalia 2005 © Howard Davies

06-09-2005 - Villages damaged by the Tsunami which caused most damage in the south Asia but also reached the east African coast. Somalia 2005 © Howard Davies

11-07-2005 - School pupils from Bolton taking part in the Patterdale Challenge, a series of outdooor adventure taks designed to link the independent Bolton School with its' state run neighbours. Pupils from Balder... © Christopher Thomond

25-04-2005 - Military boats washed many kilometers inland when the Tsunami struck, coming to rest amidst homes in Banda Aceh, Indonesia © Jim Holmes

20-04-2005 - Run down rural housing, in an area of rural poverty in south west Wales © Paul Box

04-04-2005 - Gravel tractor on the beach by West Pier, Brighton © Paul Carter

03-04-2005 - After the Tsunami a video team with UNICEF films an interview with a family in an IDP camp in the University of Banda Aceh which is itself just one km from the sea. They come from Blangkrueng village,... © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - After the Tsunami paramilitary guards accompany an Indonesian minister for state visiting the destroyed areas of Banda Aceh town. Aceh, Indonesia 2005 © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - Tsunami survivors gather their belongings having survived the earthquake and Tsunami. Aceh, Indonesia 2005 © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - Tsunami survivors gather their belongings having survived the earthquake and Tsunami. Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia 2005 © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - Military presence in Aceh had been strong for years and the elite units had a huge base close to the sea, many thousands are reported to have died when the wave careered through their compound lifting... © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - Central Banda Aceh saw massive destruction by the earthquake and the following tsunami, despite being five kms from the sea. Aceh, Indonesia 2005 © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - After the Tsunami areas of Banda Aceh closer to the sea saw almost total destruction, where most buildings were more simply constructed of cheaper materials. The wooden flotsam came from homes of poor... © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - A school teacher returns to the location of their home to look for her two youngest children. Her husband and other children join in the search for their bodies, but their home is completely gone. Thi... © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - A school teacher returns to the location of their home to look for her two youngest children. Her husband and other children join in the search for their bodies, but their home is completely gone. Thi... © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - After the Tsunami areas of Banda Aceh closer to the sea saw almost total destruction, where most buildings were more simply constructed of cheaper materials. The wooden flotsam came from homes of poor... © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - A Tsunami survivor holds a clock showing the time at which the Tsunami stuck when it was smashed from the wall of a home. Banda Aceh. Aceh, Indonesia 2005 © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - A teenage boy who lived on this spot with his parents and his siblings, now their home is gone, smashed to pulp by the passing tsunami. He survives with his sister and they have both been adopted by t... © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 - A family picks over the remnants of their home following the tsunami. Mr Hamid was a fisherman with a rented boat but now all is lost, and he does not feel like returning to the sea. They lost three c... © Jim Holmes

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

20-03-2005 - Welsh Valley village of Glyn Corrwg in the Afan valley. South Wales © Paul Box

05-03-2005 - An elderly Tsunami survivor whose wife nearly died when the waves hit their house in Battacaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka 2005 © Howard Davies

16-06-2002 - Firefighters using listening equipment to search a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London. © Duncan Phillips

16-06-2002 - Firefighters hand searching a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London © Duncan Phillips

16-06-2002 - Firefighters hand searching a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London © Duncan Phillips

16-06-2002 - Firefighters hand searching a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London © Duncan Phillips

16-06-2002 - Firefighters using listening equipment to search a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London. © Duncan Phillips

16-06-2002 - Firefighters using listening equipment to search a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London. © Duncan Phillips

16-06-2002 - Firefighters using listening equipment to search a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London. © Duncan Phillips

16-06-2002 - Firefighters using listening equipment to search a collapsed building where there was the possibility of trapped building workers. North London. © Duncan Phillips