Climate


On August 24, southern France was affected by a powerful thunderstorm system. The most serious damage was reported in the commune of Pomas, in the Aude department, where an exceptionally strong tornado developed.

On the morning of August 26, a massive collapse of glacier ice and rock occurred high in the Himalayas, near the Nepal-China border, in the headwaters of the Lhende Khola River.

In South Korea, the city of Geoje set an all-time hourly rainfall record, with 124.5 mm of rain falling in 60 minutes, while muddy torrents rose to the second-floor level of residential complexes. In Spain, a series of shallow earthquakes with magnitudes of up to 4.8 ca...

On August 20, a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Ayacucho region of Peru. Its epicenter was located about 22 miles north of the city of Coracora, while the focus was approximately 67 miles deep. The shaking lasted for about a minute and was felt across a lar...

In just a few days, southern Spain was shaken twice by strong earthquakes.

In Colombia, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake triggered a sudden eruption of a mud volcano in the department of Antioquia, destroyed tens of thousands of buildings, and claimed the lives of nearly 300 people.

On August 15 at 4:58 a.m. local time, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Its focus was located at a depth of only about 9.3 miles, which made the impact at the surface especially severe.

The morning of August 10 began for Colombia with one of the strongest earthquakes in its history. At 7:34 a.m. local time, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the western part of the country, in the area of the municipality of San José del Palmar in the Chocó Department....

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In South Korea, temperatures in the city of Yangsan reached 42.5°C, breaking the national record three times in three days, while nearly 100 major wildfires simultaneously swept across the western United States, from Washington State to California. In Thailand, a lightn...

In Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake destroyed residential areas and industrial facilities, claiming the lives of dozens of people. In Italy, a record-breaking magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook the caldera of the Campi Flegrei supervolcano. In Europe,...

On the evening of July 31, the Campi Flegrei supervolcano caldera once again became the center of unusual seismic activity. At 7:46 p.m. local time, an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck near the Italian city of Pozzuoli, with its focus at a depth of about 1.9 miles. Th...

On July 28, at 4:27 p.m. local time, a powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Japanese island of Kyushu. Its focus was located in the Kumamoto area at a depth of about 6 miles. The tremors were felt across a vast territory, from Kyushu to the Hokuriku region.

In Europe, megafires have swept across tens of thousands of hectares, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. In France, the flames generated a rare pyrocumulonimbus cloud that affected the outskirts of Bordeaux.

Beginning on July 18, several regions of India came under the influence of prolonged monsoon rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides. The most severe consequences were recorded in the northeastern state of Assam, the western state of Gujarat, and the Union...

On July 17, at about 8:48 in the morning local time, a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Mexico’s Pacific coast. The epicenter was located in the ocean off the coast of the state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, approximately 34 miles west-southwes...

SB64 — the 64th session of the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — brought together representatives of governments, the scientific community, international organizations, and civil society in Bonn. As an important st...

Hot, dry weather led to a sharp deterioration in wildfire conditions across southern Spain.

In Hubei Province, China, a rare EF2 tornado destroyed residential neighborhoods and industrial areas, claiming the lives of eleven people. In the south of the country, torrential rains exceeded the monthly precipitation norm by more than two times. In Spain’s Andalusia...

On the evening of July 6, eastern Hubei Province in China was struck by a powerful thunderstorm system. Torrential rain and destructive winds swept across Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, but the most devastating effects came from several tornadoes that tore th...