Recent natural disasters

On the el nino topic, that's why we've been the united states of snow the past few months. Can't exclude that, although not a natural disaster, it's still extremely out of place.

Yes, South-Central Ontario has seen an unusally warm winter as well. There's been a few cold days but typically it was hovering around the freezing point which is extremely unusual. El nino rules... well... in Canada. Not so good elsewhere, clearly.