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2011 Joplin tornado
The 2011 Joplin tornado was an EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, killing 158 people directly, the deadliest US tornado since 1950.
2011 Southern Plains drought and heat wave
The 2011 Southern Plains drought and heat wave was a record drought and summer heat event centered on Texas and Oklahoma, causing over $7.6 billion in agricultural losses.
2011 Super Outbreak
The 2011 Super Outbreak was a four-day tornado outbreak across the southern and eastern United States in April 2011, the largest ever recorded, with 316 deaths on April 27 alone.
2012 Henryville tornado
The 2012 Henryville tornado was a violent EF4 tornado that crossed 49 miles of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky on March 2, 2012, devastating Henryville and killing 11 people.
2013 El Reno tornado
The 2013 El Reno tornado, a multiple-vortex tornado near Oklahoma City on May 31, 2013, was the widest tornado on record in the United States at 2.6 miles.
2013 Moore tornado
The 2013 Moore tornado was a violent EF5 tornado that struck Newcastle, south Oklahoma City, and Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and causing billions in damage.
2013 Washington, Illinois tornado
The 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado was an EF-4 tornado with 190 mph winds that struck Washington, Illinois on November 17, 2013, killing 3 people and causing over $800 million in damage.
2013 Western United States drought
The 2013 Western United States drought was a severe drought that persisted across western states, causing an estimated $10.4 billion in damage and 53 deaths.
2014 Mayflower–Vilonia tornado
The 2014 Mayflower–Vilonia tornado was a violent EF4 tornado that struck Mayflower and Vilonia, Arkansas, on April 27, 2014, killing 16 people along a 41-mile path.
2014 Pilger tornado family
The 2014 Pilger tornado family was a sequence of five tornadoes from one supercell in northeast Nebraska on June 16, 2014, including twin EF4 tornadoes that struck Pilger simultaneously.
2015 Garland tornado
The 2015 Garland tornado was a violent EF4 tornado that struck Sunnyvale, Garland, and Rowlett, Texas, on December 26, 2015, killing 10 people and injuring 468.
2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
The 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, officially the Horse River Fire, began on May 1, 2016, forced almost 88,000 people to evacuate, and became the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history.
2018 Hawaii false missile alert
The 2018 Hawaii false missile alert was an erroneous emergency warning sent on January 13, 2018, telling everyone in Hawaii a ballistic missile was inbound; the correction took 38 minutes.
2019 Dayton tornado
The 2019 Dayton tornado was a violent EF4 tornado that struck the Dayton, Ohio, metropolitan area late on Memorial Day, May 27, 2019, injuring 166 people.
2019 European heatwaves
The 2019 European heatwaves were two episodes of extreme heat in western and central Europe that set national records in France, Germany, and four other countries, killing well over 2,000.
2019 Linwood tornado
The 2019 Linwood tornado, also called the Lawrence–Linwood tornado, was a violent EF4 tornado that struck northeastern Kansas on May 28, 2019, with 170 mph winds and 18 injuries.
2019 North Dallas tornado
The 2019 North Dallas tornado was an EF3 tornado that struck Dallas, Texas on October 20, 2019, causing about $1.5 billion in damage but no fatalities.
2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado
The 2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado was a violent EF4 tornado that struck southern Mississippi on April 12, 2020, traveling 68 miles, killing 8 people, and reaching 2.25 miles wide, the widest on record in the state.
2020 Cookeville tornado
The 2020 Cookeville tornado was a violent EF-4 tornado that struck Cookeville, Tennessee, in the early morning of March 3, 2020, killing 19 people and injuring 96.
2020 Easter tornado outbreak
The 2020 Easter tornado outbreak was a severe weather event on April 12–13, 2020, that spawned more than 140 tornadoes from Texas to Maryland, killing over 30 people.
2020 Nashville tornado
The 2020 Nashville tornado was a strong EF-3 tornado that struck northern Nashville, Tennessee, before dawn on March 3, 2020, cutting a 60-mile path that killed 5 people and injured 220.
2020 Western United States wildfires
The 2020 Western United States wildfires were a record-setting fire season across the country, totaling over 10 million burned acres with California seeing its largest modern wildfire season.
2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave was a late-June 2021 event that broke all-time temperature records in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, causing several hundred deaths.
2021 Western United States drought and heat wave
The 2021 Western United States drought and heat wave was a record drought and June heat wave that NOAA put at $8.9 billion in losses and 229 deaths.
2021–22 European windstorm season
The 2021–22 European windstorm season was the annual period of named European windstorms from September 2021 to August 2022, including Arwen, Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin.
2022 Andover tornado
The 2022 Andover tornado was an EF3 tornado that struck Andover, Kansas, and the Wichita area on April 29, 2022, causing about 1,000 damaged structures and no deaths.
2022 Gaylord tornado
The 2022 Gaylord tornado was an EF-3 tornado with 150 mph winds that struck Gaylord, Michigan, on May 20, 2022, killing two and injuring 44.
2022 Western and Central United States drought and heat wave
The 2022 Western and Central United States drought and heat wave intensified a multi-year drought with repeated heat waves, causing $22.2 billion in damage and 136 deaths.
2022–23 European windstorm season
The 2022–23 European windstorm season, the eighth year of western European storm naming, was unusually quiet, with the UK, Ireland, and Netherlands group naming only two storms.
2023 Amory tornado
The 2023 Amory tornado was a long-tracked EF3 tornado that struck Amory, Mississippi, late on March 24, 2023, killing two people and causing about $80 million in damage.