Summer 2024 June 21 2024: Historic flooding in southern China kills 47, with more floods feared in coming days (CTV News) June 23 2024: Quebec’s Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns (abc NEWS) June 24 2024: Extreme wildfire risk has doubled in the past 20 years, new study shows, as climate change accelerates (CBS News) June 25 2024: Fire jumps river, prompting full evacuation of power-generating Churchill Falls (CBC News) June 26 2024: Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular central Oregon vacation spot and prompts evacuations (Toronto Star) June 29 2024: At least 24 killed by flooding, landslides after heavy rains in Ivory Coast (ABC News) July 2 2024: Record warm ocean temperatures allowed Hurricane Beryl to become the earliest Category 4 Atlantic storm (abc News) July 3 2024: Hurricane Beryl becomes earliest category five storm on record (FINANCIAL TIMES) July 8 2024: World breaches critical 1.5C warming threshold 12 months in a row, Copernicus data finds (sky news) July 8 2024: Las Vegas hits its all-time temperature record - as motorcyclist dies from 'heat exposure' in Death Valley (sky news) July 19 2024: Evacuations ordered throughout B.C. Interior as wildfires grow (CBC News) July 19 25024: Wildfires prompt evacuations of northern Alberta oilsands sites, remote community of Chipewyan Lake (CBC News) July 19 2024: 500 Olympic-sized pools of partially treated sewage hit Toronto's waterways after storm (CBC News) July 20 2024: 2 more communities forced to flee Semo-Complex fire in northern Alberta (CBC News) July 20 2024: Wildfire smoke blankets parts of northern Alberta, Rocky Mountain region (CBC News) July 22 2024: 116-year heat records fall as B.C. wildfire situation worsens (CTV News) July 22 2024: Man dies after being struck by lightning on Germany’s highest peak (The Hamilton Spectator) July 23 2024: World recorded hottest day on July 21, monitor says (Reuters) July 23 2024: Man killed after lightning strike sends tree crashing into apartment (Accuweather) July 23 2024: B.C. towns full, Jasper wildfire evacuees directed to Alberta (CBC News) July 24 2024: World breaks hottest day record again, despite El Nino's end (Reuters) July 24 2024: Rain, deadly floods force nearly 900,000 Filipinos from their homes (Benar News) July 25 2024: ‘Our worst nightmare’: Raging wildfire hits western Canada town of Jasper (Aljazeera) July 25 2024: Typhoon Gaemi live: Storm hits China, forcing thousands to flee after 25 killed in Taiwan and Philippines (Independent) July 25 2024: More than 20 people die in Moroccan heatwave (AfricaNews) July 25 2024: Homes lost due to wildfire near Golden B.C. with evacuation order, alert in place (Global News) July 25 2024: Hundreds flee as shift in winds blows raging wildfire closer to Marcel Colomb First Nation (CBC News) July 30 2024: NL Smashes Twelve Temperature Records as Heat Warnings Continue (VOCM) July 30 2024: At least 22 dead as tail end of Typhoon Gaemi lashes China (Aljazeera) July 30 2024: ‘Catastrophic flooding’ forces water rescues in Vermont after 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event (CNN) July 30 2024: India landslides kill 120 and trap dozens (BBC News) July 30 2024: Wildfire doubles in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains as evacuations continue (Toronto Star) August 3 2024: First Nation in northeastern Manitoba declares state of emergency due to wildfires, power outage (CTV News) August 4 2024: Alberta firefighter, 24, dies battling Jasper wildfires (Global News) August 4 2024: 2 teens, including 9-month pregnant girl, struck by lightning in Indiana (ABC News) August 5 2024: Four dead as Hurricane Debby hits Florida coast (BBC News) August 5 2024: Torrential rains have claimed more than 150 lives in China in the past 2 months (CityNews Everywhere) August 5 2024: Heatwave claims five lives in South Korea, Bringing Year’s Total to 13. (Bernama.com) August 6 2024: More than 120 people died in Tokyo from heatstroke in July as average temperatures hit record highs (Castanet) August 7 2024: Dozens of flights cancelled after 16 WestJet planes damaged in Monday's hailstorm (Calgary Herald) August 7 2024: 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding, Yemen official says (ABC News) August 7 2024: New B.C. wildfire doubles in size overnight (CBC News) August 8 2024: One killed in tornadoes as Tropical Storm Debby hits North Carolina (The Guardian) August 10 2024: All-time Records Shattered As Canada’s Weather Turns Upside Down (The Weather Network) August 10 2024: Montreal drenched in record-breaking rain as tropical storm Debby’s remnants hit Canada (Global News) August 11 2024: Oregon’s worst wildfire season ever: How many acres have burned so far in 2024? (Wildfire Today) August 11 2024: Residents flee as wildfire rages uncontrolled near Greek capital Athens (South China Morning Post) August 12 2024: Blistering heat killed more than 47,000 people in Europe last year, scientists have found.(Euronews) August 14 2024: Dad Who Vanished on Way to Work Found Dead in SUV 1 Week Later After Flooding from Tropical Storm Debby Receded (People) August 14 2024: Record-hot southern Nevada temperatures lead to more than 100 deaths (8newsnow.com) August 15 2024: 2 women struck by lightning at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (AccuWeather) August 15 2024: Evacuations in one northern Manitoba First Nation continue as wildfires rage on (City News) August 16 2024: Birch Narrows Dene Nation starts evacuation due to nearby wildfire (CBC News) August 17 2024: Mediterranean Sea reaches highest surface temperature ever recorded (France24) August 17 2024: Thousands forced to evacuate as wildfires rage in western Turkey (Aljazeera) August 19 2024: Six people missing and one dead after tornado sinks luxury yacht off Sicily (CNN) August 19 2024: Toronto area sees more rain a day after record-setting downpour (Global News) August 19 2024: One dead after lightning strikes fishing boat on Bear River (HJ News) August 20 2024: Lightning Strike Sends Kalispell Soccer Players, Coach to Hospital (Flathead Beacon) August 24 2024: Search persists for woman swept away by flash flooding in the Grand Canyon (CTV News) August 24 2024: Weather tracker: 10 dead and 34,000 displaced in north-east India floods (The Guardian) August 25 2024: Twenty dead, 5 million affected in Bangladesh floods (Reuters) August 25 2024: Flash flood kills at least 13 on Indonesia’s Ternate Island (The Independent) August 26 2024: Thailand warns against severe floods that killed 22 (Reuters) August 26 2024: 1 dead as lightning strikes group of students playing football in Vietnam rainstorm (MSNEWS) August 27 2024: Flood surge in Sudan bursts dam, destroying villages and killing dozens (The Guardian) August 27 2024: Floods in Nigeria kill at least 49, displace thousands (Aljazeera) August 27 2024: Man taken to hospital after being struck by lightning in Fort Myers (NBC-2.Com) August 29 2024: Only 3 countries produced more emissions than Canada's wildfires last year, study finds (CBC News) August 29 2024: Typhoon Shanshan update: Japan issues evacuation notice to over 5 million as three dead (Independent) September 2 2024: Storm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, leaving at least 14 dead (CTV News) September 4 2024: Majorca: British woman found dead and British man missing after being 'swept away in flash flood' while hiking (skynews) September 5 2024: Phoenix hits at least 100 degrees for 100 days in a row, shattering record (Fox Weather) September 6 2024: Hottest summer on record could lead to the warmest year ever measured (AP) September 8 2024: Super Typhoon Yagi triggers landslide in Vietnam killing 14 (Aljazeera) September 8 2024: At least 8 killed, 15 missing after floods in southeastern Morocco (Middle East Monitor) September 9 2024: Line Fire in Southern California doubles in size, forcing thousands to evacuate as state of emergency is declared (CBS News) September 11 2024: Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam’s storm toll rises to 155 dead (AP) September 11 2024: Floods gush through Nigerian zoo, sweeping snakes and crocodiles into neighborhoods (CNN) September 12 2024: 3 major wildfires scorch Southern California, forcing tens of thousands to flee homes (CBS News) September 13 2024: South America surpasses record for fires (Reuters) September 14 2024: Wildfires sweep Amazon as Brazil suffers worst drought on record (Financial Times) September 14 2024: Four dead and dozens stranded after torrential rain hits eastern Romania (EuroNews) September 15 2024: Storm and flooding death toll in Myanmar jumps to 74, report local media (Le Monde) September 15 2024: Man struck by lightning while vacationing in Naples on Aug. 31 dies from injuries (Naples Daily News) September 17 2024: Storm Boris kills 15 as floods continue to ravage central Europe (Aljazeera) September 18 2024: Three firefighters die tackling Portugal wildfires (BBC News) September 20 2024: Friends, family ID teen killed in Pembroke Pines lightning strike (CBS News) September 21 2024: One dead and several missing after 'unprecedented' rains in Japan (BBC News)
