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2022 Pakistan floods
The 2022 Pakistan floods, caused by extreme monsoon rainfall from June to September 2022, submerged a third of the country, killed over 1,700 people, and displaced nearly 8 million.
2022 Paktika earthquake
The 2022 Paktika earthquake was a shallow magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Paktika and Khost provinces in southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022, killing more than 1,000 people.
2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, met in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2022 and agreed to create a fund for loss and damage.
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 Australian region cyclone season
The 2022–23 Australian region cyclone season produced seven tropical cyclones, fewer than the average of 11, though three reached Category 5, including Cyclone Ilsa, which crossed Western Australia at Category 5 in April 2023.
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.
2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season
The 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season ran from November 2022 to April 2023 with a below-average storm count, yet became the costliest Southern Hemisphere season on record after Cyclone Gabrielle struck New Zealand.
2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, running from November 2022 to April 2023, featured 9 named storms and Cyclone Freddy, which killed over 1,400 people and set the tropical cyclone duration record at 36 days.
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.
2023 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season produced 20 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, the fourth-most active since 1950 despite El Niño, with only about $4 billion in damage.
2023 Canadian wildfires
The 2023 Canadian wildfires were Canada's most destructive fire season on record, burning over 15 million hectares and forcing about 232,000 people from their homes.
2023 Greenland landslide
The 2023 Greenland landslide was a collapse above Dickson Fjord on 16 September 2023 that caused a mega-tsunami whose seiche rang the Earth for 9 days.
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 Herat earthquake
The 2023 Herat earthquake was a sequence of four magnitude-6.3 earthquakes that struck Herat Province in western Afghanistan between 7 and 15 October 2023, killing more than 1,400 people.
2023 Marrakech earthquake
The 2023 Marrakech earthquake, or Al Haouz earthquake, was a magnitude 6.8 quake in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains on 8 September 2023, killing at least 2,946 people.
2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season produced six named cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, with Mocha, the strongest, striking Myanmar in May.
2023 Pacific hurricane season
The 2023 Pacific hurricane season was an above-normal season with 17 named storms, marked by Hurricane Hilary in Southern California and Category 5 Hurricane Otis at Acapulco.
2023 Pacific typhoon season
The 2023 Pacific typhoon season was an annual sequence of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific that produced only 17 named storms, third fewest since 1951.
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.
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, also called the Kahramanmaras earthquake, were magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria on 6 February 2023, killing over 59,000 people.
2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, concluding the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement.
2023–2024 El Niño event
The 2023–2024 El Niño event was a warming of the equatorial Pacific declared in July 2023, peaking in December 2023 among the five strongest on record.
2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions
The 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions were a sequence of nine fissure eruptions in the Svartsengi volcanic system on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, near the evacuated town of Grindavík.
2024 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was a hyperactive season that produced 18 named storms, opened with record-early Hurricane Beryl, and closed with the catastrophic U.S. landfalls of Helene and Milton.
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 Hualien earthquake
The 2024 Hualien earthquake, or 0403 earthquake, was a magnitude Mw 7.4 event that struck off eastern Taiwan on April 3, 2024. It was the largest since 1999.
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.