Cook County issued a disaster proclamation after severe storms caused flash flooding, structural damage, transportation disruption and extensive utility outages…

Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Power Plant was producing about 25% of its 2 000 MW capacity on August 1, 2026, after falling Danube levels led to the shutdown of Units 1 and 3. The Hungarian Atomic Energy…

An estimated 2 877 heat-associated deaths occurred in England during two periods of hot weather in May and June 2026, according to an interim assessment published by the UK Health Security Agency on…

Yangsan reached 42.5°C (108.5°F) on August 2, 2026, establishing South Korea’s highest temperature since meteorological observations began, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).

Eight people were confirmed dead, eight remained missing and 13 were injured after heavy rainfall caused floods and landslides across Kerala, Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan said on August 2, 2026.

Three wildfires burning in the Spokane area of eastern Washington remained 0% contained on August 2,2026, after burning a combined 2 178 ha (5 381 acres). Around 5 000 homes had been evacuated…

A Greek firefighting coordinator and a Danish pilot were killed when two firefighting helicopters collided near Psatha, west of Athens, on August 2, 2026. A British pilot and a second Greek…

Flash flooding struck McCaysville, Georgia, and northeastern Surry County, North Carolina, from late August 1 into August 2, 2026, prompting water rescues and emergency declarations in both states.

The Widemouth 2 Fire more than tripled between mapped observations in central Utah, increasing from 4 168 ha (10 300 acres) late on August 1, 2026, to 14 746 ha (36 438 acres) on August 2 as strong…

A frontal system that affected central and southern Chile between August 1 and 2, 2026, left two people dead, 1 399 affected, 156 in shelters and 536 isolated as of August 3. Ten red alerts and 10…

Activity at Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego intensified on August 3, 2026, producing pyroclastic density currents that traveled 5 to 7 km (3 to 4 miles) through the Seca ravine. The eruption entered a…

Fourteen people were killed when a landslide struck Tasadkane Debre Mitmak Saint Mary Monastery in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region at approximately 07:00 LT on August 3, 2026. The slope failure hit while…

Typhoon Dolphin reintensified into a Category 4 equivalent typhoon northeast of Iwo To in Ogasawara, Japan, on August 4, 2026, after completing its fourth eyewall replacement cycle.

El Niño is present and strengthening across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed on August 3, 2027.