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CLIMATE CATASTROPHES

(Many of the articles below describe events as “record-breaking” or “worst-in-decades”.)

fires

January 7-31: Los Angeles wildfires
February 26-March 9: Japan’s largest wildfire in 50 years
March 2: 175 wildfires erupt in North and South Carolina
March 15-16: 130 Oklahoma fires
March 26: Korean wildfires
May 11-June 16: Minnesota wildfires
May 28-June 28: Canadian fire emergencies
June 11: New Mexico wildfire begins
July 1: Turkish wildfires begin
July 2: California Madre fire
July 4: Dragon Bravo fire begins at Grand Canyon
July 6: European wildfires
July 10: Canada declares renewed fire emergencies
July 30: Wildfires in Spain and Portugal
August 1: Gifford Fire begins in California

floods

March 9: flooding in Catalonia
March 26: flooding in Bolivia
March 26: flooding in Australia
April 7: flooding in U.S. southern states
April 7: flooding in Democratic Republic of Congo
May 30: flooding in Nigeria
June 12: flash flood in San Antonio
June 14: flooding in West Virginia
June 25: flooding in China
July 2: flooding in Pakistan
July 4: flood of Guadalupe River in Texas
July 7: Rasuwagadhi flood in Nepal
July 8: flash flood in New Mexico
July 10: flooding in Japan
July 12: flooding in Spain
July 14: flooding in New York City and New Jersey
July 17: flooding in South Korea
July 26: flooding in Beijing
July 28: flooding in Romania
July 31: flash flood in New York City
August 10: flooding in Milwaukee
August 11: flooding in Japan
August 13: flooding in Alaska from glacial outburst
August 15: flooding in Pakistan begins
August 25: Flash flood hits Salton Sea in California
August 26: flooding in Punjab
September 6: flooding in India
September 9: flooding in Indonesia
September 10: flooding in Tuscany
September 11: flooding in Japan
September 14: flooding in India and Punjab
October 11: flooding in Mexico
October 12: flooding in Alaska
October 30: flooding in New York City
November 2: flooding in Vietnam
November 29: flooding in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
December 9: flooding in Pacific Northwest U.S.
December 10: flood in Gaza
December 18: flood in Washington state

hurricanes, storms, typhoons

January 23: Storm Eowen in United Kingdom
March 3: New Mexico Hoobab (dust storm) shuts down interstate highways
March 4: Texas dust storms shroud Austin and Dallas
March 13-15: 50 tornadoes in 7 U.S. states
May 18: 28 tornadoes hit U.S. Midwest and MidAtlantic states
June 20: Hurricane Erick hits Oaxaca
June 22-28: Heat wave across U.S.
July 4: Typhoon Danas/Bising hits the Philippines, Taiwan, and eastern China
July 20: Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Philippines
July 22: Massive “heat dome” over much of the U.S.
August 9: Heat wave hits Nordic and European countries
August 24: Typhoon Kaijiki/Isang hits Vietnam and southern China
September 21: Typhoon Ragasa/Nando hits Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, and China
October 5: Typhoon Matmo/Paolo hits China
October 28: Hurricane Melissa hits Caribbean
November 3: Typhoon Kalmaegi/Tino hits Philippines and Vietnam
November 9: Typhoon Uwan/Fung-Wong hits Philippines

ocean and land

April 8: Keystone Pipeline’s 28th leak spills crude oil on North Dakota farmland
April 23: 84% of world’s coral reefs suffer worst recorded bleaching event
July 29: Russian earthquake and tsunami
September 1: Afghanistan earthquake
September 30: Philippine earthquake

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