In a year marked by unprecedented tragedy, we delve into the most devastating global events of 2024. From natural disasters and deadly accidents to ongoing conflicts, this countdown explores the moments that shook the world and left lasting scars on humanity.
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00:00Nearly 2 million Muslims undertake the journey to Mecca annually, and this year,
00:04more than 1,000 people have so far reportedly died.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're examining accidents, natural disasters,
00:12wars, and other devastating events that caused the most catastrophic loss throughout 2024
00:17across the world.
00:18Russia in this specific attack launched 93 missiles and almost 200 drones.
00:24The Spanish floods.
00:25In Spain, more than 155 people have died from devastating flash floods in the eastern and
00:30southern parts of the country.
00:32Torrential rains fueled what Spanish officials say was the worst natural disaster in the
00:37country's modern history.
00:38On October 29, 2024, a cold drop caused a single day to provide a year's worth of rain,
00:45primarily throughout eastern and southeastern Spain.
00:48Areas like Andalucía, Castilla de la Mancha, and Valencian Community, especially the city
00:53of Valencia, were affected as flash flooding swept through, causing ravines and rivers
00:57to overflow.
00:58We're here in the suburb of Ravel, which is in the city of Algarmesi, and I just want
01:02to show you this street.
01:03I mean, the situation here speaks for itself.
01:06The devastation didn't officially end until November 16.
01:10During that time, over 200 people lost their lives, with four still missing.
01:14The impact also left behind an estimated $3.8 billion in damages to property, vehicles,
01:20and infrastructure.
01:21The Valencia citizens were angered at the lack of response and warning from the government
01:25and the Spanish royal family, leading them to protest by throwing mud at them in anger.
01:34Chants of murderer, murderer greet this official tour of devastated Paya Puerta.
01:40The Mozambique boat disaster.
01:42Tragedy off the coast of Mozambique.
01:44A tidal wave capsizing a barge, killing dozens of people, some missing.
01:48On April 7, 2024, Zico, the former fishing boat converted into a ferry, left Lunga in
01:55mainland Mozambique to travel to the island of Mozambique.
01:58Most of the up to 150 passengers on the vessel were attempting to escape a cholera outbreak
02:04that had been spreading through the country since October 2023.
02:08However, shortly into the trip, the Zico sank.
02:11A converted fishing boat, it was not licensed to carry passengers, according to local officials.
02:16Over 100 people lost their lives, with over 20 people still missing.
02:20Only 12 survived the disaster.
02:22As for the cause of the tragedy, it's unclear.
02:25Some reports stated the Zico was overcrowded, while others claimed the ferry took on water
02:30or believed a tidal wave was responsible.
02:32They were running away from the cholera outbreak.
02:34They got into the boat.
02:36The sea was rough, but the boat capsized and it killed a lot of people.
02:39Voey Pass Flight 2283.
02:4161 people dead after their passenger plane plummeted from the sky in Brazil.
02:47On August 9th, 2024, 58 passengers and four crew were aboard the Voey Pass Flight 2283.
02:54It was a domestic trip in Brazil, taking off from Cascavel Airport and was meant to arrive
02:59at Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.
03:02However, it never reached its destination.
03:04Brazil's president interrupted a naval event to share the heartbreaking news.
03:08The aircraft crashed in a gated community in Vinhedo.
03:12While no one on the ground was injured, there were no survivors from the flight,
03:16making this the country's deadliest plane crash since 2007.
03:20An investigation by Brazil's Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center
03:25into the cause found that the pilots struggled to deal with ice buildup on the aircraft as
03:30the de-icing system failed, which caused it to go into a flat spin and crash.
03:34There's something catastrophic that appears to have happened on that airplane
03:38that caused the pilots to lose all control.
03:41The Crocus City Hall attack.
03:43Breaking news out of Russia.
03:44State media there reports a group of at least three armed men
03:47opened fire inside a concert hall in the Moscow region.
03:50On March 22nd, 2024, the sold-out 7300-capacity Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk,
03:58Moscow Oblast, Russia, was set to host a performance by the rock band Picnic.
04:02However, they never made it to the stage.
04:05Shortly before their performance, a group of extremists broke into the venue and attacked
04:09the crowd.
04:22Using sharp weapons, firearms, and incendiary devices, the assailants affiliated with the
04:27extremist group The Islamic State took the lives of over 100 people and injured more
04:32than 500.
04:33Four suspects were arrested, all of whom pleaded guilty to charges.
04:37In the aftermath, immigrants within Russia reportedly experienced a rise in attacks from
04:42citizens as well as increased scrutiny by police forces.
04:55The Varzakhon helicopter crash.
05:03Its tail partially intact.
05:05On May 19th, 2024, five members of the Iranian government, including President Abraham Raisi
05:11and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, got onto a helicopter from the Gizgalasi Dam
05:17to Tabriz.
05:18The group had been meeting with the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
05:22However, while it was over Varzakhon County, the aircraft crashed, causing the passengers
05:26and three crew to lose their lives.
05:28I've just spoken to the intelligence authorities.
05:31At this point, there is no evidence of foul play.
05:36It looks like an accident.
05:37During the investigation, it was deemed heavy fog was responsible.
05:41On June 10th, another nation lost several government officials in an aircraft disaster,
05:47with passengers, including Vice President of Malawi Salos Kilima and former First Lady
05:53Patricia Shanil Malusi.
05:54Poor weather conditions caused the plane to crash before it could reach Mzuzu Airport
05:59in Malawi, taking the lives of all on board.
06:01The search and rescue team has found the aircraft near a hill in the Chikangawa Forest,
06:10and they have found it completely destroyed.
06:13The Noto earthquake.
06:14His government is stepping up the emergency response to Monday's earthquake, which is
06:18now known to have killed 62 people.
06:20On January 1st, 2024, while most were celebrating the new year, the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa
06:27Prefecture, Japan, was struck with an earthquake calculated to be a 7.6 magnitude by the country's
06:33meteorological agency.
06:35This sparked a series of tsunamis to hit the surrounding area, devastating communities.
06:41Rescue workers stream through Japan's isolated Noto Peninsula, the roads blocking their way.
06:49They're trying to reach these worst affected areas in the north, where people are trapped
06:55under their collapsed homes.
06:56With an estimated $17.6 billion in damages, almost 500 people perished from the natural
07:02disaster, with two missing and over 1,000 injured.
07:06On January 2nd, Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, was the site of a runway collision between
07:12a passenger jet and a Coast Guard plane set to take supplies to the areas affected by
07:17the earthquake.
07:18While the Airbus escaped any fatalities, five aboard the relief aircraft perished, leaving
07:23only one survivor.
07:24It looks as though they were asked to stop short of the runway at a holding point, and
07:29that did not happen for some reason.
07:31The chances are that it may have happened very quickly, the whole incident, and the
07:35controller didn't spot that the aircraft was on the runway.
07:39The Hajj extreme heat disaster.
07:41Authorities now fear that more than 1,000 people have died due to the extreme heat at
07:46this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
07:48From June 14th, 2024 to the 19th, around 1.8 million people from across the world took
07:55part in the Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
08:00However, extreme heat wreaked havoc in the area, going up as high as 125.2 Fahrenheit.
08:07On the 16th alone, dehydration and heat stroke affected upwards of 2,764 people.
08:14Saudi officials say temperatures have been soaring near 49 degrees Celsius, adding that
08:19in addition to the deaths, nearly 3,000 people have reportedly been struck by heat stroke.
08:25During the whole of Hajj, over 1,000 people lost their lives to the heat or factors related
08:30to it.
08:31Participants from Egypt and Indonesia were the most affected, with hundreds of fatalities.
08:36Due to the catastrophe, Tunisia fired its minister of religious affairs, while Egypt
08:41began legal proceedings against travel agencies that were deemed fraudulent.
08:45There was water on hand, large sprinklers, and some air-conditioned areas for the more
08:50than 1.8 million pilgrims.
08:53But it was more than 50 degrees in the shade, and the scorching temperature took a terrible toll.
08:58The Bangladesh quota reform movement.
09:01Bangladesh remains tense, with some students having vowed to continue protests a day after
09:06the Supreme Court scrapped most of the government job quotas they were demonstrating against.
09:11In 2018, the quota system of Bangladesh civil service was abolished.
09:16Previously, a percentage of civil jobs had to be offered to different groups in the country,
09:20including minorities and descendants of freedom fighters.
09:24In June 2024, the country's High Court reinstated the quota.
09:28This sparked a series of protests against the government, mostly by university students,
09:33from June 6th to August 3rd.
09:35During that time, the quota was scrapped.
09:38However, the protests often turned violent, leading to over 11,000 arrests.
09:43Three of my friends are dead.
09:45See, there are bloodstains on my hand.
09:47Why are my hands colored with the blood of my brothers?
09:50According to the country's Ministry of Health, over 19,000 were injured,
09:54with more than 600 deaths, with some reports going as high as over 1,500.
09:59Following the movement, Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned.
10:04Thousands had defied the curfew to march on Hasina's residence.
10:08Now, reports say she's fled the country after she was seen
10:11boarding a military helicopter with her sister on Monday afternoon.
10:16The Russia-Ukraine war continues.
10:18Ukraine is in desperate need of assistance from the outside world,
10:21from the United States in particular.
10:23And so it is our hope in these recommendations that President Trump will maintain,
10:29if not even increase, military assistance to Ukraine.
10:32After the war officially began in 2014,
10:35the event went to another level in February 2022, when Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine.
10:41Since then, at the time of making the video, the war has no end in sight.
10:46As for people who had been injured or lost their lives, reports vary widely.
10:50In October 2024, since the invasion began,
10:54the United Nations stated over 12,000 citizens had been killed in the conflict,
10:58with over 26,000 injured.
11:00All right, we begin this hour with a massive Russian strike over Ukraine,
11:03targeting the country's energy facilities.
11:05President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as one of the heaviest bombardments
11:09since the Russian invasion almost three years ago.
11:11In December 2024, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky,
11:15claimed that since February 2022, 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed,
11:21with 370,000 suffering injuries.
11:24He also added that Russia had lost 198,000 soldiers and had 550,000 injured.
11:30Research also suggests many of the casualties are now
11:33older fighters with little or no training.
11:36Significant numbers have also been recruited from prisons.
12:00Behind me, the bombing happened last night.
12:03After years of battles and tension, on October 7, 2023,
12:07the Palestinian political group Hamas launched an attack against Israel.
12:11From there, war began as Israel laid siege to Gaza,
12:14causing the country to be accused of war crimes.
12:17To date, this war too has no end in sight, and the casualties reported also vary.
12:22Israel's Rehabilitation Authority estimates that a further 12,500 soldiers
12:28will be disabled this year, a much higher number than previously estimated.
12:33According to OCHA, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
12:38in December 2024, 90 percent of Gaza's population,
12:42around 1.9 million, had been internally displaced.
12:46Over 44,500 Palestinians have lost their lives, with over 10,000 missing,
12:51while Israel has suffered over 1,200 fatalities.
12:55The war has also sparked a rise in hate crimes,
12:58as Islamophobia and anti-Semitism cases around the world have soared.
13:02London are on high alert following a significant increase in hate crimes
13:06since the start of the Middle East war.
13:08Anti-Semitic offences have jumped more than 1,300 percent this month,
13:13compared with last time, this time last year.
13:16Which events from 2024 will stick with you? Let us know below.
13:20In the evening, away from royalty and the heads of government,
13:23people express their anger with a traditional
13:25kasser el-latso, a demonstration of banging pots and pans.