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2023 Hawaii wildfires
The 2023 Hawaii wildfires, known as the Maui fires, destroyed much of Lahaina in August 2023, killing 102 people in the deadliest US wildfire in over a century.
2023 Southern and Midwestern United States drought and heat wave
The 2023 Southern and Midwestern United States drought and heat wave was a combined drought and extreme heat event costing $14.5 billion, the costliest US weather disaster of 2023.
2024 Barnsdall tornado
The 2024 Barnsdall tornado was an EF4 tornado with winds near 175 mph that struck Barnsdall and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on May 6, 2024, killing two people.
2024 Elkhorn tornado
The 2024 Elkhorn tornado was a violent, long-tracked EF-4 tornado that hit the northwest Omaha metro area, including Elkhorn, Bennington, and Blair, on April 26, 2024, damaging nearly 350 homes.
2024 European heatwaves
The 2024 European heatwaves were a series of severe extreme-heat episodes during Europe's warmest year on record, contributing to an estimated 62,775 heat-related deaths and major wildfires.
2024 Houston derecho
The 2024 Houston derecho was a windstorm that struck Houston on May 16, 2024, with 100 mph winds, killing eight and cutting power to nearly one million customers.
2024 Jasper wildfire
The 2024 Jasper wildfire, also known as the Jasper wildfire, was a lightning-caused fire in Jasper National Park, Alberta, that destroyed 358 of the town's 1,113 structures in July 2024.
2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods were record floods in Brazil's southernmost state, killing 178 people and affecting more than 2.3 million in April and May 2024.
2024 United Arab Emirates floods
The 2024 United Arab Emirates floods were caused by record rainfall from April 14 to 17, 2024, flooding Dubai and killing four people in the UAE.
2024 United States drought and heat wave
The 2024 United States drought and heat wave culminated in a record October flash drought, causing an estimated $5.3 billion in damages and 136 deaths.
2024–25 European windstorm season
The 2024–25 European windstorm season ran from September 2024 to August 2025, bringing six named storms, including Storm Éowyn, the UK's most powerful windstorm in over a decade.
2025 Canadian wildfires
The 2025 Canadian wildfires burned roughly 8.9 million hectares across nearly every province, the second-worst season after 2023, concentrated in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and forcing over 70,000 evacuations.
2025 Enderlin tornado
The 2025 Enderlin tornado was a violent EF5 tornado that struck rural southeastern North Dakota on June 20, 2025, killing three people and derailing 33 train cars.
2025 European heatwaves
The 2025 European heatwaves were extreme heat episodes from June to August 2025, including Europe's second most severe heatwave on record and an estimated 16,500 climate-attributable deaths.
2025 Gulf Coast blizzard
The 2025 Gulf Coast blizzard, known as Winter Storm Enzo, was a rare January 2025 winter storm bringing record snow from Texas to Florida, with 8 inches in New Orleans.
2025 Rio Bonito do Iguaçu tornado
The 2025 Rio Bonito do Iguaçu tornado was an F4 tornado that struck Paraná, Brazil, on 7 November 2025, killing six and damaging 80 to 90 percent of the city.
2025 Somerset–London tornado
The 2025 Somerset–London tornado was a long-tracked EF-4 tornado with peak winds of 170 mph that struck southeastern Kentucky on May 16, 2025, killing 19 people, mostly near London.
2025 St. Louis tornado
The 2025 St. Louis tornado was an EF3 tornado that struck St. Louis, Missouri, on May 16, 2025, killing five and causing $1.6 billion in damage.
2025 United States wildfires
The 2025 United States wildfires saw about 77,850 fires, above average in number, with the January Eaton and Palisades Fires in Los Angeles killing 31 people.
2025–26 Australian bushfire season
The 2025–26 Australian bushfire season was the summer fire season in which fires in several Australian states destroyed hundreds of homes and killed several people, including during a severe January 2026 heatwave in Victoria.
2025–26 European windstorm season
The 2025–26 European windstorm season ran from September 2025 to August 2026, a quiet year for the Western group but a record 19 named storms for the Southwest group.
2026 Broad Peak avalanche
The 2026 Broad Peak avalanche was a July 30, 2026 avalanche on Broad Peak, Pakistan, that killed all 10 climbers caught in it, including Nirmal Purja.
2026 Cairngorms wildfire
The 2026 Cairngorms wildfire was a large moorland and forest fire in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, that began on 15 July 2026 and burned for more than a month.
2026 California wildfires
The 2026 California wildfires was a below-average season, with 5,701 fires and 328,950 acres burned by late September 2026, led by the 93,733-acre Bug Fire and the largest wildfire ever recorded in the Channel Islands.
2026 Canadian wildfires
The 2026 Canadian wildfires burned 4,488,158 hectares across 5,420 fires as of September 2026, Canada's third consecutive extreme fire season, with record smoke over the US Midwest and Northeast.
2026 East Malaysia haze
The 2026 East Malaysia haze was a transboundary air-pollution episode caused by smoke from Indonesian Kalimantan fires, degrading air quality in Sarawak and Sabah and triggering a haze emergency in Serian, Sarawak.
2026 European heatwaves
The 2026 European heatwaves were repeated episodes of extreme heat between May and August 2026 that made western Europe's summer the warmest on record, causing at least 35,000 excess deaths.
2026 Indonesia wildfires
The 2026 Indonesia wildfires, known in Indonesia as karhutla, are forest and peatland fires that intensified from April 2026 under a strong El Niño, burning hundreds of thousands of hectares.
2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche
The 2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche was a deadly slab avalanche near Castle Peak, California, on February 17, 2026, that killed nine skiers from a guided backcountry group.
2026 North American heat wave
The 2026 North American heat wave was a succession of heat episodes across the United States and Canada that produced the warmest American summer in 132 years of records.