See the 12 Most Dramatic Weather Photos of 2015

A view of the erupting Chilean Calbuco volcano from Puerto Montt, located in southern Santiago de Chile, Chile on April 22, 2015.

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.

Ice from Lake Erie forms on a pedestrian walkway with a view of Cleveland, Ohio in the background on Jan. 8, 2015.

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.

Lightning strikes near a rainbow over Lake Mead National Recreation Area Lake Mead, Nevada on July 1, 2015.

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.

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.

An image of the wildfires in the Northwest taken from the International Space Station released on Aug. 17, 2015.

Ice floes are viewed along the Hudson River in Manhattan on a frigidly cold day in New York City on Feb. 20, 2015.

A view of residential apartment buildings during a sandstorm in Wujiaqu city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on April 27, 2015.

The Lake Fire burns in the San Bernardino National Forest in California on June 18, 2015.

Volcanic lightning and lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in Frutillar, southern Chile on April 23, 2015.