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2023 natural disasters in the United States (4 C, 24 P) Pages in category "2023 disasters in the United States" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023: Southern United States, Midwestern United States: 2023 Tornado outbreak: 25 $1.9 billion Tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023: Southern United States: Includes the 2023 Rolling Fork—Silver City tornado. 2023 Flooding and Tornado outbreak: 13 $4.5 billion Early-March 2023 North American storm ...
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2023. The year saw a transition from La Niña to El Niño , with record high global average surface temperatures . There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards , cold waves , droughts , heat waves , wildfires ...
Year Death tolls Event Countries affected Type Date 1900 6,000–12,000 1900 Galveston hurricane: United States Tropical cyclone September 9 1901 9,500 1901 eastern United States heat wave: United States Heat wave June–July 1902 29,000 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: Martinique Volcanic eruption April–August 1903 3,500 1903 Manzikert ...
Climate apocalypse – Term to describe possible catastrophic events due to climate change; Climate Clock – Public countdown of time until 1.5°C of global warming; DEFCON – Alert posture used by the United States Armed Forces; Doomsday device – Construct which could destroy all life on a planet or a planet itself
The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what scientists deem is "global catastrophe."
Although droughts are common in the Amazon during El Niño events, studies indicate that global warming likely played a bigger role than the 2023-2024 El Niño event in the 2023 Amazon's record drought. [37] The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods in May of that year were caused by historical heavy rains and storms in the southern Brazilian state.