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

07-11-2016 Firefighters rescuing a renaissance painting from a church hit by a huge earthquake, Norcia, Umbria, Italy. Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints © Jess Hurd

07-11-2016 Firefighters rescuing a renaissance painting from a church hit by a huge earthquake, Norcia, Umbria, Italy. Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints © Jess Hurd

07-11-2016 Norcia, hit by a huge earthquake, Umbria, Italy © Jess Hurd

07-11-2016 Norcia, hit by a huge earthquake, Umbria, Italy © Jess Hurd

07-11-2016 Norcia, hit by a huge earthquake, Umbria, Italy © Jess Hurd

07-11-2016 Norcia, hit by a huge earthquake, Umbria, Italy © Jess Hurd

07-11-2016 Firefighters rescue a renaissance painting from The church of St. Benedict, Norcia, hit by a huge earthquake, Umbria, Italy © Jess Hurd

13-01-2014 House submerged by lava and ash from an eruption of Mount Etna volcano. Sicily, Italy. © Jess Hurd

13-01-2014 House submerged by lava and ash from an eruption of Mount Etna volcano. Sicily, Italy. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Robin Adams and his friend with their destroyed home. Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Jackie Connelly with her destroyed home. Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Police tape. Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Police tape. Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Lifeboatmen inspect the remains of the destroyed Hemsby Lifeboat Launch Centre after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. Hemsby, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Destroyed Hemsby Lifeboat Launch Centre after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. Hemsby, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Robin Adams and his friend with their destroyed home. Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Destroyed Hemsby Lifeboat Launch Centre after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. Hemsby, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Robin Adams and his friend with their destroyed home. Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

06-12-2013 Badly damaged cliff-top homes after Xavier, the largest tidal surge in 60 years battered the east coast of England. © Jess Hurd

05-12-2013 Storm surge Xaviar smashes the seafront Cromer, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

05-12-2013 Storm surge Xaviar smashes the seafront Cromer, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

05-12-2013 Storm surge Xaviar destroys Hemsby cliff top homes, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

05-12-2013 Mearl Brown, lifeguard, windfarm worker and owner of a damaged beach property after storm surge Xaviar smashes the seafront Cromer, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

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 © Kobayashi Masanori

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

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

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

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 British Urban Search and Rescue team search for survivors in the classroom of a collapsed school building. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Private morgue. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 A man picking his way through the remains. Devastated hillside communities. Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Victims of the Haiti earthquake lie dead in the street. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Crucifix, Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Dead bodies trapped between two floors. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 British Urban Search and Rescue team search for survivors in a collapsed school building. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Desperate man sits in his destroyed home. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Devastated hillside communities. Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Dead bodies trapped between two floors. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Victims of the Haiti earthquake lie dead in the street. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Devastated hillside communities. Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 British Urban Search and Rescue team search for survivors in a collapsed school building. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Icelandic Urban Search and Rescue team search for survivors in a collapsed school building. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 British Urban Search and Rescue team search for survivors in a collapsed school building. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 People collect water. Haiti earthquake. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Devastated hillside communities. Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haitians salvage food and goods necessary for survival from burning buildings. Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Bodies are left in the cemetery by family members. Haiti earthquake © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Devastated hillside communities. Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

18-01-2010 Haiti earthquake. © Jess Hurd

10-07-2009 Damage to houses sustained during the earthquake in LAquila. Italy. © Jess Hurd

10-07-2009 Damage to houses sustained during the earthquake in LAquila. Italy. © Jess Hurd

10-07-2009 Damage to houses sustained during the earthquake in LAquila. Italy. © Jess Hurd

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

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 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

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