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2024 Nepal floods

The 2024 Nepal floods were late-monsoon floods and landslides across Nepal on 26–28 September 2024, killing more than 240 people and displacing over 10,000 families.

2024 New Jersey earthquake

The 2024 New Jersey earthquake was a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that struck near Whitehouse Station on April 5, 2024, and was felt by an estimated 42 million people across the northeastern United States.

2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

The 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation with four named storms, including Remal, the deadliest, and Asna, which formed over land.

2024 Noto earthquake

The 2024 Noto earthquake, officially the Reiwa 6 Noto earthquake, was a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, 2024, killing at least 241 people.

2024 Pacific hurricane season

The 2024 Pacific hurricane season was a below-normal season producing 12 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, including deadly Hurricane John and Category 5 Hurricane Kristy.

2024 Pacific typhoon season

The 2024 Pacific typhoon season saw 23 named storms in the western North Pacific, below average but the deadliest since 2013 and fourth costliest, mainly due to Typhoon Yagi.

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 Wayanad landslides

The 2024 Wayanad landslides, also called the Wayanad landslides, hit Wayanad district, Kerala, India, on 30 July 2024, destroying Mundakkai, Chooralmala, and Punchirimattom and killing several hundred people.

2024–25 Australian region cyclone season

The 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season was the period of cyclone activity from November 2024 to April 2025, with 12 tropical cyclones, 8 of them severe.

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.

2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

The 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season produced 13 tropical storms from late 2024 to May 2025; Cyclone Chido devastated Mayotte, the costliest season on record.

2025 Aomori earthquake

The 2025 Aomori earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 megathrust earthquake off Aomori Prefecture, Japan, on December 8, 2025, triggering a small tsunami and Japan's first Hokkaido-Sanriku megaquake advisory.

2025 Atlantic hurricane season

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ran from June 1 to November 30 and produced 13 named storms and three Category 5 hurricanes, including Melissa, which devastated Jamaica in October.

2025 Blatten glacier collapse

The 2025 Blatten glacier collapse was a rock-ice avalanche on 28 May 2025 that buried about 90 percent of Blatten, a village in the Lötschental valley, Valais, Switzerland.

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 Cebu earthquake

The 2025 Cebu earthquake was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck offshore near Bogo City in northern Cebu, Philippines, on 30 September 2025, killing 79 people and injuring 559.

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 Istanbul earthquake

The 2025 Istanbul earthquake was a Mw 6.2 strike-slip event that ruptured the Kumburgaz segment of the Main Marmara Fault, the largest on that fault in over 60 years.

2025 Kamchatka earthquake

The 2025 Kamchatka earthquake was a magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake off Kamchatka, Russia, on 29 July 2025, generating a Pacific-wide tsunami with no deaths recorded.

2025 Kunar earthquake

The 2025 Kunar earthquake was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan late on 31 August 2025, killing roughly 2,000 people, mostly in Kunar province.

2025 Myanmar earthquake

The 2025 Myanmar earthquake, also known as the Mandalay earthquake, was a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck central Myanmar on 28 March 2025, killing at least 3,800 people near Mandalay.

2025 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

The 2025 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was a period of tropical cyclone formation in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, with four cyclones.

2025 Pacific hurricane season

The 2025 Pacific hurricane season produced 18 named storms in the eastern Pacific, including Hurricane Erick, whose June landfall in Oaxaca was Mexico's earliest major-hurricane landfall on record.

2025 Pacific typhoon season

The 2025 Pacific typhoon season produced 27 named storms in the western North Pacific, including Typhoon Ragasa, and caused over 700 deaths and nearly $10 billion in damage.

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.