What happened. Why it matters. Plainly.
Storms, heat, fire and flood — which warnings are in force, which areas are affected, and what officials have not confirmed.
Severe thunderstorms tore through the San Antonio, Texas, area Friday night, Aug. 28, 2026, bringing wind gusts up to 60 mph, hail and flash flooding; power outages
A glacier collapse in the Himalayas, not monsoon rainfall, sent a wall of ice, rock and water crashing down the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river valleys
A severe thunderstorm watch covering all five New York City boroughs expired Thursday evening after a stretch of heavy rain flooded streets, halted part
Tropical Storm Dolly formed over the central Atlantic on the morning of Thursday, August 27, 2026, and the National Hurricane Center’s first advisory on the storm
A United Airlines flight from Edinburgh, Scotland to Chicago got diverted into a Wisconsin airport during a severe storm outbreak on July 27, 2026 — and passengers
The Hawk Fire northwest of Reno, Nevada, which forced tens of thousands to evacuate, is now 98% contained at a final size of 15,085 acres.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck southern Ibaraki Prefecture at about 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, August 23, 2026, with strong shaking felt across Tokyo
If you’re in parts of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, northern California or northern Nevada today, take note: conditions could allow any new fire to spread rapidly.
A tornado came ashore on Long Island’s south shore Thursday evening, tearing through the Sun and Surf Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, Nassau County, and damaging
Heavy rain overnight into Thursday, August 20, 2026, sent flash floodwater through Columbus and the Dayton area, triggering flash flood warnings and prompting
A gold mine collapsed on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, in the village of Zamboye, in the Nana-Mambéré prefecture of western Central African Republic, near the border
A safari helicopter crashed near Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County, in northern Kenya, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at about 9:13 a.m. local time.
This covers the Extreme Heat Warnings that were active from the Arizona desert to North Texas in late August 2026 — all have since expired; see the update at top for the current status
Memphis and the surrounding Mid-South are in the middle of a dangerous, multi-day heat wave, with the hottest stretch still ahead.
Tropical Storm Lala weakened Sunday, a day after roaring past Hawaii’s Big Island as a Category 1 hurricane, its eyewall brushing the island’s south side.
Days of storms and flooding across Indiana have forced hundreds of evacuations in central Indiana and pushed the White River to its highest level in more than
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northern coast of Flores Island in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province early Saturday, August 15, 2026, killing dozens
In Alameda, one resident described the shaking as “a good jolt” that “almost lasted long enough to get concerned.” That was one of many reactions across the East
Chicago O’Hare International Airport is working through its third straight day of storm-driven disruption. By Tuesday afternoon, Aug.
A fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms tore across the Chicago area and northwest Indiana on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, spawning a radar-confirmed tornado.