08-07-2020 - Crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development Swan NU Living housing development. Emergency Services attending © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Search and Rescue operation, crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Search and Rescue operation, crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Search and Rescue operation, crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Search and Rescue operation, crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Search and Rescue operation, crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Search and Rescue operation, crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

08-07-2020 - Search and Rescue operation, crane collapsed onto houses, Watts Grove, Bow, East London. Swan NU Living housing development © Jess Hurd

14-06-2020 - Grenfell fire 3nd anniversary, Gayton House tower block, E3 goes Green for Grenfell, East London. © Jess Hurd

14-06-2020 - Grenfell fire 3nd anniversary, Gayton House tower block, E3 goes Green for Grenfell, East London. © Jess Hurd

10-05-2019 - Mexico Beach, Florida, USA: A home with a Not For Sale sign. Destruction from Hurricane Michael 7 months after the storm hit the Florida Panhandle © Jim West

10-05-2019 - Mexico Beach, Florida, USA: A plea for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency hanging on a damaged home. Destruction from Hurricane Michael 7 months after the storm hit the Florida Panhandl... © Jim West

10-05-2019 - Mexico Beach, Florida, USA: Palm trees and flags where a beach house was destroyed. Destruction from Hurricane Michael 7 months after the storm hit the Florida Panhandle © Jim West

09-05-2019 - Mexico Beach, Florida - Destruction from Hurricane Michael is widespread seven months after the Category 5 storm hit the Florida Panhandle. © Jim West

09-05-2019 - Mexico Beach, Florida, USA: destruction from Hurricane Michael 7 months after the storm hit the Florida Panhandle © Jim West

29-06-2018 - Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block, Mile End, East London © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Firefighter looks out from a window of Grafton House where a twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block in Mile End, Eas... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Firefighter looks out from a window of Grafton House where a twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block in Mile End, Eas... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Small boy looks up at Grafton House where a twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block in Mile End, East London © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Grafton House where a twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block in Mile End, East London © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Police officer, Grafton House where a twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block in Mile End, East London © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Police officer, Grafton House where a twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block in Mile End, East London © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Exhausted firefighters from White Watch taking a break with gifted Domino's pizza as Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Woman takes down her washing. Grafton House where a twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East End Homes tower block in Mile End, East London © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Exhausted firefighters from White Watch taking a break with gifted Domino's pizza as Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Local resident thanks exhausted firefighters from White Watch taking a break with gifted Domino's pizza as Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighte... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Exhausted firefighters from White Watch taking a break with gifted Domino's pizza as Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Exhausted firefighters from White Watch taking a break with gifted Domino's pizza as Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Exhausted firefighters from White Watch taking a break with gifted Domino's pizza as Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East... © Jess Hurd

29-06-2018 - Exhausted firefighters from White Watch taking a break with gifted Domino's pizza as Grafton House twelfth floor fire is contained and brought under control by over 50 firefighters at a 22 story East... © Jess Hurd

07-06-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: OnStar Command Center, Global Headquarters of General Motors. Workers monitor and direct the activities of their 3 national call centers in Michigan, North Carolina and Toronto... © Jim West

01-11-2017 - Humble Texas USA Volunteers clearing up Hurricane Harvey flood damage to the Mana Family Worship Center. The workers are from the Southern Baptist Convention Oklahoma © Jim West

01-11-2017 - Houston, Texas USA Oklahoma volunteers from the Southern Baptist Convention pray with a resident after helping cleanup her home. The home was flooded when Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches of rain on... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Mexico Beach, Florida, USA: destruction from Hurricane Michael 7 months after the storm hit the Florida Panhandle © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Mexico Beach, Florida, USA: destruction from Hurricane Michael 7 months after the storm hit the Florida Panhandle © Jim West

13-01-2017 - Firefighters leafletting local residents about the evacuation plan in Jaywick under severe flood warning from a storm surge. Essex. The Never Say Die pub © Jess Hurd

13-01-2017 - Staying Put. Resident determined to stay in his Jaywick home under severe flood warning from a storm surge. Essex © Jess Hurd

13-01-2017 - Staying Put. Resident determined to stay in his Jaywick home under severe flood warning from a storm surge. Essex © Jess Hurd

13-01-2017 - Staying Put. Resident determined to stay in his Jaywick home under severe flood warning from a storm surge. Essex © Jess Hurd

13-01-2017 - Staying Put. Resident determined to stay in his Jaywick home under severe flood warning from a storm surge. Essex © Jess Hurd

13-01-2017 - Staying Put. Resident determined to stay in his Jaywick home under severe flood warning from a storm surge. Essex © Jess Hurd

24-03-2016 - Boarded up window of a burnt out house, Easington Lane, Hetton, Tyne and Wear © John Harris

23-02-2014 - Pumping out River Thames flood water, Chertsey, Surrey. © Jess Hurd

23-02-2014 - Pumping out River Thames flood water, Chertsey, Surrey. © Jess Hurd

13-02-2014 - Firefighters pump water from flooded properties in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

13-02-2014 - A expensive home has sandbags on its doorstep in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

13-02-2014 - A resident brings tea and biscuits to firefighters to have a break. Firefighters pump water from flooded properties in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

13-02-2014 - Firefighters pump water from flooded properties in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

13-02-2014 - Residents return to their flooded homes in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

13-02-2014 - Residents return to their flooded homes in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

13-02-2014 - Residents return to their flooded homes in Datchet , Berkshire which has been flooded after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

12-02-2014 - A newly developed house is flooded, Wraysbury, Berkshire after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

12-02-2014 - Sand bags and ground sheet used to protect house from flood water, Wraysbury, Berkshire after the Thames burst its banks. © Paul Box

12-02-2014 - West Midlands Fire service wade through flood waters to check on residents, Wraysbury, Berkshire. © Paul Box

12-02-2014 - West Midlands Fire service wade through flood waters to check on residents, Wraysbury, Berkshire. © Paul Box

12-02-2014 - West Midlands Fire service wade through flood waters to check on residents, Wraysbury, Berkshire. © Paul Box

12-02-2014 - West Midlands Fire service wade through flood waters to check on residents, Wraysbury, Berkshire. © Paul Box

07-02-2014 - Police walk the streets of Moorland checking on residents, on the Somerset levels. © Paul Box

07-02-2014 - A new car is parked on alloy wheels in an attempt to keep it from the rising flood waters in Moorland on the Somerset levels. © Paul Box

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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

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

05-12-2013 - Pub on the pier flooded at high tide as storm surge Xavier hits Great Yarmouth, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

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

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

05-12-2013 - Firefighters help an at risk, riverside property with sandbags to try and prevent flooding. Storm surge Xaviar hits Great Yarmouth, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

05-12-2013 - Storm surge Xaviar hits Great Yarmouth, East Anglia. © Jess Hurd

20-10-2013 - The roof of one of the detention blocks at the privately-run Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre, Kidlington, Oxfordshire which has been severely damaged by fire. © John Harris

28-02-2013 - A notice warning the public and parents of the dangers of trespassing on the building site. Construction of new social housing, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

28-11-2012 - New Jersey - A house on the New Jersey shore severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy. © Jim West

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

05-11-2012 - New Orleans, Louisiana - A volunteer with Common Ground Relief lays tile as the organization rebuilds a house for a resident seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. © Jim West

03-11-2012 - New Orleans, Louisiana - A volunteer wearing protective clothing spray paints a house being built for a low-income family by Habitat for Humanity. Many homes in the city are still in need of repair or... © Jim West

03-11-2012 - New Orleans, Louisiana - Volunteers help build a house for a low-income family through Habitat for Humanity. Many homes in the city are still in need of repair or rebuilding seven years after Hurrican... © Jim West

03-11-2012 - New Orleans, Louisiana - A volunteer wearing protective clothing spray paints a house being built for a low-income family by Habitat for Humanity. Many homes in the city are still in need of repair or... © Jim West

03-11-2012 - New Orleans, Louisiana - Volunteers help build a house for a low-income family through Habitat for Humanity. Many homes in the city are still in need of repair or rebuilding seven years after Hurrican... © Jim West

08-08-2011 - House of Reeves, a family run furniture shop is burnt down as riots spread to Croydon following a fatal police shooting. Riot police struggle to maintain order as rioting spreads across the country af... © Jess Hurd

23-08-2010 - On the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina abandoned and destroyed houses in the 9th Ward are overgrown and left to decay. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. © Jess Hurd

23-08-2010 - On the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina abandoned and destroyed houses in the 9th Ward are overgrown and left to decay. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. © Jess Hurd