See the 12 Most Dramatic Weather Photos of 2015

Eruption of Chilean Calbuco volcano
A view of the erupting Chilean Calbuco volcano from Puerto Montt, located in southern Santiago de Chile, Chile on April 22, 2015.Alex Vidal Brecas—EPA
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Eruption of Chilean Calbuco volcano
A view of the erupting Chilean Calbuco volcano from Puerto Montt, located in southern Santiago de Chile, Chile on April 22, 2015.Alex Vidal Brecas—EPA
NEPAL-EVEREST BASE CAMP-AVALANCHE
A cloud of snow and debris triggered by an earthquake flies towards Everest Base Camp, moments ahead of flattening part of the camp in the Himalayas on April 25, 2015.Roberto Schmidt—AFP/Getty Images
APTOPIX Winter Weather Ohio
Ice from Lake Erie forms on a pedestrian walkway with a view of Cleveland, Ohio in the background on Jan. 8, 2015.Tony Dejak—AP
Sao Paulo Region Suffers From Extreme Drought
An aerial view of the Atibainha dam, one of the main water reservoirs that supply the State of Sao Paulo, during a drought in Braganca Paulista, Brazil on Feb. 23, 2015.Victor Moriyama—Getty Images
Los Angeles Times
Lightning strikes near a rainbow over Lake Mead National Recreation Area Lake Mead, Nevada on July 1, 2015.Al J. Schaben—LA Times/Getty Images
APTOPIX Mideast Dubai Manhattan of Arabia Photo Essay
A thick blanket of early morning fog partially shrouds the skyscrapers of the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers districts of Dubai on Oct. 5, 2015.Kamran Jebreili—AP
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015 - Leg 4
A storm cloud resembling an atomic bomb is seen during the Leg 4 Volvo Ocean Race from Sanya to Auckland in Sanya, China on Feb. 26, 2015.Francisco Vignale/MAPFRE—Volvo Ocean Race/Getty Image
An image of the wildfires in the Northwest taken from the International Space Station released on Aug. 17, 2015.
An image of the wildfires in the Northwest taken from the International Space Station released on Aug. 17, 2015.Kjell Lindgren—NASA
BESTPIX Arctic Cold Weather Chills New York City
Ice floes are viewed along the Hudson River in Manhattan on a frigidly cold day in New York City on Feb. 20, 2015.Spencer Platt—Getty Images
Sandstorm hits NW China's Xinjiang
A view of residential apartment buildings during a sandstorm in Wujiaqu city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on April 27, 2015.Xiaochen—Imaginechina
The Lake Fire burns in the San Bernardino National Forest in Calif. on June 18, 2015.
The Lake Fire burns in the San Bernardino National Forest in California on June 18, 2015.Stuart Palley
CHILE-VOLCANO-CALBUCO
Volcanic lightning and lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in Frutillar, southern Chile on April 23, 2015.Martin Bernetti—AFP/Getty Images

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