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legend Temperature anomaly in Northern Europe in July 2018 The 2018 European drought and heat wave was a period of unusually hot weather that led to record-breaking temperatures and wildfires in many parts of Europe during the spring and summer of 2018. It is part of a larger heat wave affecting the northern hemisphere, caused in part by the jet stream being weaker than usual, allowing hot ...
The European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) collects and verifies reports on dust, sand- or steam devils, tornadoes, gustnadoes, large hail, heavy rain and snowfall, severe wind gusts, damaging lightning strikes and avalanches all over Europe and around the Mediterranean.
Disasters and accidents August 2018 Lombok earthquake The death toll from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, rises to 259, and may go higher still. (BBC) Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico raises its official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 1,427. (The Kansas City Star) Bolivarian diaspora Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increases in migrant entry from Venezuela ...
July 23 – August 4 – Typhoon Jongdari caused $1.46 billion (2018 USD) in damage across Japan and East China after becoming the fourth tropical cyclone since 1951 to approach Honshu on a westward trajectory. July 31 – August 16 – Hurricane Hector caused damage across Hawaii and Johnston Atoll.
A heat map for Europe has turned to dark red and even black in areas because of the severity of the extreme weather, with forecasters noting that the heatwave could last for up to two weeks. One ...
The 2018 Britain and Ireland heatwave was a period of unusually hot weather that took place in June, July and August. It caused widespread drought, hosepipe bans , crop failures , and a number of wildfires .
The world's latest extreme weather disaster killed at least 31 people and left at least 1,600 homeless, authorities said Wednesday. ... Europe flooding, another Earth heat record: What to know in ...
A deep-focus earthquake of magnitude 8.2 (the strongest recorded in 2018) strikes the South Pacific Ocean near Fiji. No threat of tsunami is immediately detected. 19 August 2018 Lombok earthquake. A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Lombok, killing 14. (The Guardian) 2018 Pacific typhoon season