Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to divert disaster-recovery funds from Puerto Rico to help pay for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Spanning the globe, some stories were expected while others caught the world off guard. Some, including the Rohingya exodus, Arab Spring, BP oil spill and the melting of glaciers so massive they were visible from space through the satellite imagery of Maxar Technologies.

Michael is forecast to be a hurricane on Monday night or Tuesday and approach the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday, making landfall along Florida's northern Panhandle region, it said.

Hurricane Maria, as well as Hurricane Irma two weeks later, knocked out power and water to the island and caused widespread flooding that left many sick and elderly people unable to get medical treatment.

The names of four deadly hurricanes that slammed parts of the United States, Central America and the Caribbean last year are being retired.

500 volunteers packed food in Peterborough Saturday for people living in Grand-Goâve, Haiti.

NOAA said western wildfires and hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma contributed to making 2017 the costliest year on record.

Here is a look back at the five biggest stories from around the world in 2017.

Mother Nature produced six major hurricanes, which contributed to making 2017 the costliest hurricane season on record.

Here is a roundup of some of the most notable natural phenomena from the year that stirred up a lot of discussion on social media.