Kapoho Bay, Hawaii, is filled with lava during Kilauea's eruption.

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A town destroyed by fire. An island wiped off the map by a major hurricane. An earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands.

In 2018, weather left its mark all across the globe. The following animations serve as visuals to show what parts of the world looked like before and after disaster struck.

Kilauea Eruption — Hawaii

A closeup of Leilani Estates, Hawaii, where the fissure 8 cone and lava channel emerged and overran the subdivision.

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano was one of this summer's largest and most visually compelling stories as its eruption wreaked havoc on the Big Island.

Kilauea's Lower East Rift Zone eruption and collapse and led to the equivalent of 300,000 Olympic swimming pools of lava being spread across an area of 13.7 square miles.

Hundreds of homes and structures were destroyed as lava spouted from two dozen fissures between May and September.

Kilauea's eruption injured 24 people, devoured Kapoho Bay entirely, created a new island and paved a new coastline for Hawaii's Big Island.

The area of Kapoho, Hawaii, where the Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision, Vacationland and Kapoho Farm Lots were completely covered by a lava flow from fissure 8. Kapoho Bay, seen on the right side of the image, was filled as well.

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The image at the top of this article offers a closer view of Kapoho Bay before and after it was filled with lava.

Hurricane Michael — Mexico Beach, Florida

Hurricane Michael's ground zero: catastrophic damage is seen from above in Mexico Beach, Florida.

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Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle when it made landfall as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph — just 2 mph shy of Category 5 status — near Mexico Beach.

"Mexico Beach was wiped out," said FEMA chief Brock Long. “That’s probably ground zero,” he added, placing it among the worst damage he had ever seen.

Michael came ashore as the third-most-intense landfall in the continental U.S. in terms of pressure, and fourth-strongest by maximum sustained winds.

Over 40 deaths have been linked to Hurricane Michael, Florida authorities told the Associated Press.

The house highlighted by a red box in the picture above was one of the few homes left standing along the Mexico Beach shoreline. Owned by Dr. Lebron Lackey and Russell King, the two designed their Sand Palace to withstand a monster hurricane. .

Just one house remains standing in frame after Hurricane Michael made landfall in Mexico Beach, Florida.

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Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake and Tsunami — Sulawesi, Indonesia

The village of Petobo, Sulawesi, is buried by dirt and debris following the massive earthquake.

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On Sept. 28, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and killing more than 2,000 people in the twin disasters.

The earthquake was so powerful it caused soil to liquefy, burying entire villages and its residents. Mud and debris was as deep as 10 feet in some areas.

“Judging the conditions now, the reconstruction period will be from 2019 to 2020,” said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia's disaster agency. “We expect full recovery by 2021.”

In a report released by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, .

The Ponulele Bridge of Palu City before and after the tsunami that accompanied the magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Sulawesi.

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Flooding and Mudslides — Southern California

Homes along Randall Road in Ventura County, California, before and after destructive flooding and mudslides inundated the area.

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A drenching storm slammed Southern California in January, just weeks after the Thomas Fire scorched over 440 square miles of land, causing mudslides and debris flows throughout Montecito.

As torched slopes were soaked, they gave way in torrents of debris that destroyed nearly 130 homes and damaged 300 more.

“Once the rains hit, the water runs down, begins to take mud with it, and before you know it, you have a 30- or 35-foot high wall of mud demolishing Montecito,” California's insurance commissioner Dave Jones told the AP.

in the disastrous mudslides and more than $420 million in claims were filed by April.

Hurricane Walaka — East Island, Hawaii

East Island vanishes overnight after being nailed by Hurricane Walaka.

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At its peak, Hurricane Walaka was one of the most intense Pacific hurricanes on record. Walaka roared just 70 miles from East Island as a .

Walaka acted as a buzzsaw, slicing into Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and .

Once home to a U.S. Coast Guard radar station, officials are unsure if the island will ever return.

Super Typhoon Yutu — Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Extensive damage documented on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands via satellite following a direct hit from Super Typhoon Yutu.

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The strongest cyclone to hit the United States or its territories in 2018, Super Typhoon Yutu walloped Saipan and Tinian of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Pacific Ocean.

Yutu was the strongest tropical cyclone to pass over the islands in NOAA's historical database, wailing the islands with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph — well above the 157 mph threshold needed for a Category 5 hurricane.

"," Mark Rabago, a RNZ correspondent, said of the southern side of Tinian 20 days after the storm passed.

in Saipan, according to the governor's office.

Camp Fire — Paradise, California

The Black Bear Diner's iconic bear stands alone in front of the destroyed restaurant.

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The deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, Northern California's Camp Fire decimated the town of Paradise, once home to 27,000 residents.

The inferno , nearly 19,000 homes and structures destroyed and torched some 240 square miles. Paradise was the ground zero.

"So devastating I don’t really have the words to describe it. ," said California Gov. Jerry Brown.

All but a handful of homes in Apple Tree Village are reduced to rubble following the Camp Fire that devastated Paradise, California.

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