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Extreme Climate and Weather Events

Winter 2023/2024

December 2023

December 27 2023: Australia: Child among 10 killed after severe storms hit country's east (BBC)

December 28 2023: Storm Gerrit: three men die after car becomes submerged in Yorkshire river (The Guardian)

December 28 2023: At least 40 more people die in floods and landslides in DR Congo (Reuters)

December 30 2023: Flash floods kill 21 people in South Africa's coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, police say (CTV News)

January 2024

January 3 2024: Man killed by falling tree as Storm Henk causes havoc in southern Britain (The Guardian)

tourists struck by lightning

January 4 2024: Tourists struck by lightning on popular Blue Mountains walking trail during electrical storm (ABC Australian News)

January 4 2024: UK weather: woman dies after car hits fallen tree during Storm Henk (The Guardian)

cruise ship flooding

January 4 2024: Passengers on nine-month Ultimate World Cruise share videos of flooding just weeks into journey (Independent-UK Edition)

January 5 2024: Alberta facing water restrictions, ‘agricultural disaster’ if drought conditions persist (Global News)

January 11 2024: Massive winter storm slams Northeast with flooding rain, powerful winds: Updates (USA Today News)

January 13 2024: Multiple fatalities as dangerous winter storm hits much of US (The Guardian)

January 14 2024: Lives and homes are under threat from fierce bushfires burning in Western Australia (Brisbane News)

January 15 2024: One-Quarter of Humanity Drought Stricken Amid ‘Alarming Changes’ in Global Water Cycle, UN Says (Earth.org)

January 15 2024: Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state confronts flood damage after heavy rain kills at least 12 (ABC News)

January 16 2024: More than 100 wildfires still not considered out after B.C.'s record wildfire season (CTV News)

January 17 2024: Bitterly cold weather topples B.C. temperature records (Global News)

January 18 2024: Power line falls on car during Oregon ice storm, killing 3 and injuring a baby, authorities say (CTV News)

January 23 2024: Winter storm leaves Texas air polluted with 2.1 million pounds of unauthorized chemicals, report says (FoxWeather)

January 23 2024: Wettest January day on record in San Diego brings widespread flooding (Sky News)

rogue wave hits army base

January 24 2024: Huge rogue waves smash into remote US military base in Pacific (CNN)

January 26 2024: Colombia declares a disaster due to wildfires as it calls for international help (CNN)

January 27 2024: DC climbs to record-breaking 80 degrees no more than a week after it got clobbered by snow (CNN)

January 27 2024: Hawaii officials identify the last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Lahaina (CTV News)

January 28 2024: A new provisional record for the highest maximum temperature on a January day in the UK has been recorded in northern Scotland (Sky News)

February 2024

February 2 2024: Footage shows moment Royal Caribbean cruise ship was flooded during storm in the Gulf of Mexico (Sky News)

February 3 2024: Chile forest fires death toll jumps to 46, likely to keep rising (Reuters)

February 5 2024: Survivors of Chile wildfires search through debris as death toll reaches 122 (ABC News)

February 5 2024: Almost 90 active wildfires in northeast B.C. as drought lingers (Vancouver Sun)

February 5 2024: N.S. digging out after historic snowfall drops 150 cm in some areas (CBC News)

February 6 2024: Record-breaking storm launches debris through Los Angeles area, leaves hundreds of thousands without power (CBC News)

February 8 2024: Carnival Magic cruise ship damaged during storm; cruisers left in Jamaica for hours (Fox 35 News)

February 8 2024: World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit (BBC News)

February 29 2024: Texas battles second-biggest wildfire disaster in state history (BBC News)

March 4 2024: Firefighters keep up battle to stamp out largest wildfire in Texas history (Toronto Star)

March 11 2024: Several dead in southern France after violent storms flood bridges (France24)