The conflict caused extensive damage to the country's infrastructure leaving 15, 000 houses and apartments leveled, 78 bridges and 630 km of road destroyed and an economy in tatters.

CNN: Lebanon counts the cost of conflict

In addition to the park, the storm also caused extensive damage to a marina and a hardware store in Sevier County, Tennessee, according to John Matthews, the county's emergency management agency.

CNN: Crews search Smoky Mountain wilderness after deadly storm

Another outbreak of the weed caused extensive damage to a number of important wetland habitats, including Exminster Marshes in Devon, earlier in the year.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Cornwall | Battle to halt weed invasion

The earthquake and tsunami caused extensive damage to its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, resulting in radiation leaks which forced the evacuation of almost 80, 000 people from the surrounding area.

BBC: Tepco raises electricity prices for corporate clients

The deluge has caused extensive damage to key crops - such as wheat, cotton and sugar cane - in a country where agriculture is an economic lynch-pin.

BBC: Pakistani president visits flood relief camp in Sindh

The Forestry Commission said the disease caused extensive damage and mortality to trees and other plants.

BBC: Tree felling