Weird Weather

2026-03-07 Southwest Michigan experienced unusually early and destructive tornadoes amid broader increases in extreme weather and rising insurance costs.

https://www.weather.gov/iwx/03062026_LowerMichiganTornadoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_5%E2%80%937,_2026

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/03/10/tornado-tornadoes-union-city-three-rivers-weather/89071350007/

https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-change-and-extreme-weather

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/

2026-03-17 Half the country faced extreme threats while the other half sat under a heat-dome in triple digit weather.

https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/record-shattering-march-temperatures-in-western-north-america-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change/

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2026-03-18-historic-march-heat-wave-west-plains-california-arizona

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-storm-snow-east-coast-a8bbd037aba99aaf0cc930e91fdb72ca

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-03-20/early-southwest-heat-is-latest-in-parade-of-weather-extremes-as-earth-warms

https://www.heraldandnews.com/ap_news/winds-blizzards-and-triple-digit-heat-put-over-half-of-the-u-s-in-the/article_85ae9822-c501-55eb-a3ed-3a9793c0b269.html

https://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/national/article_7bff956b-cf4c-541c-9d9d-a6c97b6b085e.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfntXy7AK0

2026-03-20 Hawaii faced the worst flooding in 20 years.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/03/20/flooding-damage-reported-across-oahu-heavy-rain-overwhelms-already-saturated-ground/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/hawaii-oahu-flash-floods

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/oahu-floods-dam-failure-risk-evactuations-rcna264509

https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-flooding-heavy-rain-oahu-north-shore-e4b4f3642491b3e5de4a5ad7b82e9f39

https://www.dw.com/en/us-hawaii-hit-by-historic-flooding-more-rain-coming/a-76466168

2026 April

2026-04-02 The Artemis crew took a photo of earth and posted a side-by-side comparison to 1972, showing a now less-vibrant one.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/04/artemis-ii-photo-earth-space-blue-marble/89465526007/

2026-04-18 A fifth tornado touched down in Southeast Minnesota with a peak windspeed of 130mph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdszYzyBhtg&list=WL&index=6

2026-04-18 Guam was hit by a category 5 super typhoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAiwWjtCqY&list=WL&index=5

2026-04-20 Japan experienced a 7.4 earthquake followed by massive tsunamis.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c07jpy3vxxvt

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/strong-74-magnitude-quake-hits-off-japan-tsunami-warning-issued-2026-04-20/

https://apnews.com/article/japan-earthquake-tsunami-0746aebae49fc6cc37e20836ca37d570

2026-04-28 The National Drought Mitigation Center reported the highest level of drought since they started recording 25+ years ago. The Palmer drought severity index (by NOAA) showed that from 1895 to current, 2026 holds the worst March on record, and the third worst drought since the 1934 Dust Bowl.

https://drought.unl.edu/

https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/AnnualReports.aspx

https://www.drought.gov/about/partners/national-drought-mitigation-center-ndmc

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

https://fortune.com/2026/04/18/record-us-drought-rainfall-snowpack-wildfire-risk-southeast-west/

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/historical-palmers/

2026 May

2026-05-19 California battled the Sandy Fire while tornadoes struck the Midwest, freeze advisories affected North Dakota, and heat advisories were issued in New York – all in the same week.

https://abc7.com/live-updates/sandy-fire-simi-valley-several-structures-burned-184-acres-scorched/19125501/entry/19130618/

https://weather.com/2026/05/18/storms/tornado/multiple-tornadoes-devastate-nebraska-iowa-communities

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/05/20/freeze-warning-wednesday-morning-followed-by-warm-up/

https://nypost.com/2026/05/18/us-news/nyc-air-quality-alert-as-temperatures-soar-into-the-90s/

2026 June

2026-06-01 The drought crisis forced farmers to navigate water shortages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twRvurz-Hhk&list=WL&index=6

2026-06-03 Experts warned that the 2026 El Nino will be the strongest on record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWkOD_ukuE0&list=WL&index=2

2026-06-22 Mamdani signed an Executive Order protecting workers from extreme heat.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/23/headlines/nyc_mayor_mamdani_orders_protections_for_outdoor_workers_facing_extreme_heat

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/mayor-mamdani-signs-executive-order-protecting-workers-from-extr

2026-06-23 Europe experienced record heat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmc0AfiLtRs&list=WL&index=5

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/weather/live-news/europe-heatwave-temperatures-news

2026-06-23 San Carlos Lake in Arizona has been shut down after drought has caused its entire fish population to die.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccu46R_9gQc&list=WL&index=3

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260618041458.htm

https://people.com/san-carlos-lake-closes-indefinitely-after-massive-fish-kill-in-arizona-11994813

2026-06-25 Twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KENftuhiU8s&list=WL&index=1

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/25/venezuela-struggles-to-respond-to-devastating-twin-earthquakes

2026-06-26 A judge declared a mistrial in the Palisades fire arson case against Jonathan Rinderkecht. The DOJ said they will continue to pursue.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/palisades-fire-jonathan-rinderknecht-mistrial/

https://www.newsweek.com/why-the-palisades-fire-trial-verdict-is-about-more-than-just-blame-12125264

2026 July

2026-07-01 The European Union Marine Environment Monitor report showed this is the ocean’s hottest June in history.

https://marine.copernicus.eu/press/press-releases/persistent-ocean-warmth-and-expanding-marine-heatwaves-mark-first-half-2026

https://www.euractiv.com/news/worlds-oceans-break-june-heat-record-eu-monitor/

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/ocean-temperatures-hit-record-high-in-june-rcna352514

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/1/worlds-oceans-experience-hottest-june-ever-scientists-say-more-heat-ahead

2026-07-01 More than 1000 people in France, 1000 people in Spain, and 800 people in Germany died from heat exposure. These numbers are likely to triple by 2100 due to climate change.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/spain-france-new-heatwave-warning

https://people.com/france-reports-1000-excess-deaths-amid-heat-wave-12010213

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/france-records-1000-excess-deaths-during-record-breaking-heatwave-2026-06-28/

https://www.ehn.org/heat-related-deaths-in-europe-could-triple-by-2100-due-to-climate-change

2026-07-05 A super typhoon in Guam hit 180mph winds.

https://weather.com/2026/07/07/storms/hurricane/super-typhoon-bavi-northern-marianas-guam-taiwan-china-forecast

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/very-dangerous-super-typhoon-nears-044638817.html

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/05/g-s1-132052/guam-pacific-islands-brace-super-typhoon-bavi

2026-07-05 Fires ravaged Portugal, Spain, Greece and the Balkans.

https://www.dw.com/en/wildfires-rage-in-portugal-greece-france-and-spain/a-77839526

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/wildfires-rage-portugal-greece-spain-greek-authorities-warn-toxic-smok-rcna353030

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hundreds-firefighters-wildfires-in-portugal-and-greece-9.7259083

2026-07-07 Utah’s Babylon Fire surpassed 100,000 acres, making it one of the largest wildfires in the nation.

https://www.fox13now.com/news/utah-wildfires/babylon-fire-tops-100-000-acres-as-monticello-residents-remain-on-alert

https://kutv.com/news/wildfire/firefighters-from-across-utah-deploy-to-fight-massive-babylon-cottonwood-wildfires

https://www.abc4.com/utah-weather/wildfire/babylon-fire-grows-over-100000-acres/

2026-07-07 Typhoon Maysak battered China with heavy rain, rare category-5 winds, mudslides, and several deaths.

https://asianews.network/heavy-rain-and-winds-batter-china-as-super-typhoon-bavi-approaches/

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/southern-chinese-region-reels-floods-destruction-tropical-storm-rcna353443

2026-07-11 A foot of rain caused record flash floods in Missouri to West Virginia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78ZyQWqRlE&list=WL&index=6&t=18s

https://weather.com/2026/07/12/news/weather/black-river-record-flash-kentucky-flooding-missouri-rescues

https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-drone-reveals-devastating-flash-194357974.html

2026-07-16 Texas governor Abbot declared flood related disaster in Texas across 59 counties

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8v8sBYvVxA&list=WL&index=3

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/gov-abbott-declares-disaster-in-59-texas-counties-including-central-texas

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/gov-abbott-disaster-declaration-texas-counties-flash-flood-threat/285-4e9b2f37-4555-4626-a73a-d8be1462f6a1

2026-07-16 Air quality readings reached hazardous levels in the Midwest and Northeastern states.

https://www.iqair.com/newsroom/midwest-and-northeast-us-air-quality-alert

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/dangerous-air-quality-in-detroit-minneapolis-as-thick-wildfire-smoke-shrouds-the-sky-for-millions/1911870

2026-07-17 Trump and Fox News blamed Canada for the wildfire smoke, saying pollution costs should be added to tariffs.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-blames-canada-wildfire-smoke-pollution-costs-tariffs

https://www.foxnews.com/world/canadian-wildfire-smoke-ignites-cross-border-feud-over-ottawas-willful-negligence

https://fox8.com/news/trump-says-canada-will-face-tariffs-over-wildfire-smoke-claiming-willful-negligence/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq93j34lgo

https://www.reuters.com/world/ontario-buy-new-11-new-aircraft-very-difficult-wildfire-fight-2026-07-17/

2026-07-18 New York City was hit with flash floods.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/new-york-flash-flooding-soho-canal-street-subway-b3017527.html

https://abc7ny.com/live-updates/nyc-weather-storms-bring-flash-flooding-tornado-watch-nj-tri-state-area/19533854/

2026-07-28 Wildfires in France and Spain intensified so much they created “fire clouds”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFLfWBSOP14&list=WL&index=6

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2350xnl4j5o

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/france-has-seen-its-first-fire-cloud-what-is-it-2026-07-28/

2026-07-28 Tornadoes tore through Wisconsin.

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/tornadoes/wisconsin-tornado-causes-extensive-damage-cuts-power-thousands-homes-rcna589572

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE_bw3uR4HY&list=WL&index=3

2026-07-28 A powerful 7.1 earthquake and tsunami warning shook Japan.

https://apnews.com/article/japan-earthquake-tsunami-09e6f40acbcc96053946c9c104e7a242

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/28/magnitude-7-1-earthquake-shakes-southern-japan-tsunami-warning-issued

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDoHnGLSNU&list=WL&index=1

2026-07-31 The heatwave blanketing much cattle country took a physical toll on herds with losses in the thousands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wT4VXfJTw&list=WL&index=3

https://www.drovers.com/news/cattle-death-toll-climbs-extreme-heat-and-humidity

https://www.wdayradionow.com/news/regional-news/south-dakota-agriculture-faces-severe-heat-crisis-as-feedlot-losses-mount/

2026 August

2026-08-02 The UK reported low water levels due to serious drought. The shortage threatens food supply and sewage treatment.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/we-cannot-magic-up-more-water-the-supply-problems-putting-housing-targets-in-england-at-risk

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg35n7yny3o

https://www.courthousenews.com/british-drought-raises-fears-of-food-shortages-as-farmers-warn-of-shrinking-harvests/

2026-08-03 Two firefighters died in Athens Greece after firefighting helicopters collied.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqjxeexpenzt

2026-08-03 Hungary closed its nuclear power plant amid a drought and soaring temperatures.

https://www.france24.com/en/amid-a-drought-and-soaring-temperatures-hungary-shuts-down-its-nuclear-plant

2026-08-05 Italy placed 27 of its cities on heat alert.

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/italy-puts-all-major-cities-highest-alert-heatwave-intensifies-2026-08-04/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/05/italy-heatwave-major-cities-highest-heat-alert

2026-08-05 Poland’s rivers fell to record low levels due to drought and climate change.

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/heatwaves-and-drought-grip-europe-danube-hits-record-low-3225428

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78gn8zvrx4o

2026-08-05 Puerto Rico has had to enforce water rationing measures due to low water levels.

https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-water-rationing-drought-shortage-901a4855761bb0ad188230960be25d73

2026-08-05 Romania is blasting riverbeds to release and redirect water due to drought and low water levels.

https://weather.com/2026/08/05/news/romania-military-explosives-danube-nuclear-plant-drought

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/world/article/338985/Romania-blasts-rocks-to-reroute-cooling-Danube-water-to-nuclear-reactor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsfzRtbTa2w&list=WL&index=2

2026-08-10 Three-quarters of England entered drought status and had to place 27M people under water use restrictions.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-areas-in-england-declared-in-drought-after-record-dry-july

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/almost-three-quarters-england-now-drought-uk-government-says-2026-08-10/

2026-08-10 Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in China

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/11/headlines/more_than_a_million_people_evacuated_as_typhoon_dolphin_makes_landfall_in_china

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/typhoon-dolphin-threatens-central-china-hubei-province-rcna591870

2026-08-11 July was the hottest month in history.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-clocks-july-2023-as-hottest-month-on-record-ever-since-1880/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/july-hottest-month-ever-recorded-heatwaves

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6020840-july-hottest-month-noaa/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/contiguous-u-s-broke-its-record-for-hottest-month-ever-in-july-noaa-says

2026-08-12 Floodwaters submerged the Midwest.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/floodwaters-submerge-midwest-neighborhoods-bracing-more-severe-storms/

2026-08-13 Record-breaking rainfall and floods killed 8 people in Japan.

https://apnews.com/article/japan-rain-floods-00b3ce16f648f9c3885bf547edad1696

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/14/14-08-sv-japan-floods-chiba-jp

2026-08-17 Hawaii was devastated by Hurricane Lala.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/08/18/its-been-hard-hawaii-residents-navigate-days-long-power-outages-after-lala/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/storm-lala-hawaii-damage

https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/08/hurricane-lala-body-of-90-year-old-woman-found-in-field/

2026-08-26 Devastating flash floods at the Nepal-China border killed at least 31 people and left hundreds missing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-VYCKrMGro&list=WL&index=2

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-triggered-catastrophic-flood-nepal-tibet-border-2026-08-26/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/world/live-news/nepal-flash-flooding-floods-intl

2026-08-28 A lake formed from the Nepal flood as the death toll surpassed 900 people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvPMSc0ezs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/nepal-tibet-glacier-flood-climate-disaster-9.7323295

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/world/live-news/nepal-china-flood

2026-08-29 Two people died and several people went missing at Grand Canyon National Park after flash floods

https://time.com/article/2026/08/31/grand-canyon-flash-flood/

2026 September

2026-09-01 England hit the hottest weather on record since record-keeping started in 1884.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/01/england-hottest-june-on-record-met-office-data

https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/c99dypl3jgmo

https://news.sky.com/story/unprecedented-climate-change-facing-uk-with-extreme-temperatures-here-to-stay-13563560

2026-09-02 The UN warned the Himalayas are warming twice as fast as the global average.

https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/climate-change-melting-glaciers-himalayas-floods-nepal-danger-/

2025 WARNINGS https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165597

2025 WARNINGS https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/rising-temperatures-and-extreme-weather-hit-asia-hard

2026 WARNINGS [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg8401] (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg8401)

2026-09-02 The UN warned nations will fail to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. A report by the UN Environment Programme found that even under the most optimistic scenario, global temperatures are set to rise by at least 1.8.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168240

https://theconversation.com/a-landmark-un-report-says-the-world-will-overshoot-the-1-5-c-climate-target-what-happens-now-290818

https://healthpolicy-watch.news/world-has-missed-1-5c-warming-target-un-declares/

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/un-warns-global-warming-likely-to-exceed-15c-within-next-few-years/4045481

2026-09-07 Hurricane Lowell pummeled Hawaii.

AUGUST 30 https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/09/08/hurricane-lowell-passes-just-west-niihau-damaging-wind-heavy-rain-expected-overnight/

https://weather.com/2026/09/08/storms/hurricane/hurricane-lowell-forecast-hawaii-kauai

2026-09-08 Sweeping US cuts to worldwide early warning systems allegedly impacted monitoring of the glacier collapse which killed thousands in Nepal.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-trumps-cuts-to-fema-and-nws-are-leaving-communities-defenseless-against-extreme-weather-disasters/

https://www.cfr.org/articles/cuts-early-warning-systems-are-leaving-us-unprepared-summer-floods

https://www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/digital-twins-disaster-early-warning-systems

https://www.preventionweb.net/news/cuts-noaa-increase-risk-deadly-weather-tragedies

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02716-w

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/climate/nepal-disaster-grant-canceled-trump

2026-09-09 Residents called for an emergency declaration after Hurricane Marie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAcvOQnTc5E&list=WL&index=1