Four people are killed and another person is injured in a hot air balloon crash in Eloy, Arizona, United States. (Reuters)
Three people are killed when a power line falls on a car during a major winter storm in Portland, Oregon, United States. (AP)
At least 60 people have been killed across the United States after two weeks of storms caused dangerous road conditions and significant power outages. (NBC News)
2023–24 North American winter The death toll from the ongoing winter storms in the United States increases to 89, with most of the deaths reported in Oregon and Tennessee. (BBC News)
The death toll from the ongoing winter storms in the United States increases to 89, with most of the deaths reported in Oregon and Tennessee. (BBC News)
A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashes into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, United States, killing the pilot and two people on the ground. (NBC News)
Five United States Marines are missing after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashes in San Diego County, California, United States. (NBC News)
Five U.S. Marines are confirmed dead after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, which crashed yesterday in San Diego County, California, United States, is located. (NBC News)
Two people are killed and three more survive after a plane crashes on Interstate 75 in Collier County, Florida, United States. (WBBH-TV)
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas. (AP)
2024 Turbo Lance II crash Five people, with 3 children including pilot killed in a plane crash on Interstate 40 near Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (CBC)
Five people, with 3 children including pilot killed in a plane crash on Interstate 40 near Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (CBC)
Nine people are killed and one is injured after a van crashes into a semi truck in Wisconsin, United States. (ABC News)
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak Scientists from the Federation University Australia report that thousands of Adélie penguins have been found dead in Antarctica amid an increase in bird flu cases among wild bird populations. (Reuters) Bird flu spreads to cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a dairy farm worker is infected in Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States. (Bloomberg)
A person is killed by flooding in Mississippi, United States, as severe weather hits the Southern United States. (CBS News)
2024 Kenya floods Floods caused by weeks of heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 38 people, according to the Red Cross. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
Floods caused by weeks of heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 38 people, according to the Red Cross. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
A tornado outbreak in areas near Omaha, Nebraska, United States, leads to the issuance of multiple tornado emergencies across the states of Nebraska and Iowa. (Times Now) (National Weather Service)
Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024 A tornado outbreak in areas near Omaha, Nebraska, United States, leads to the issuance of multiple tornado emergencies across the states of Nebraska and Iowa. (Times Now) (National Weather Service) A Doppler on Wheels unit records wind speeds of 224 miles / 360 kilometers per hour in a tornado near Harlan, Iowa, the strongest recorded by a mobile weather radar since the 2013 El Reno tornado, equivalent to EF-5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale. (University of Illinois)
At least three fatalities are reported in Oklahoma as a tornado outbreak impacts the central United States. (CNN)(AP)
Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024 At least three fatalities are reported in Oklahoma as a tornado outbreak impacts the central United States. (CNN)(AP)
Tornadoes of 2024 Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024 At least three fatalities are reported in Oklahoma as a tornado outbreak impacts the central United States. (CNN)(AP) At least five people are killed and at least 33 others are injured by a tornado in Guangzhou, China. (CNN)
2024 Kenya floods The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods The death toll from ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 13. (The New York Times)
2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
The death toll from ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 13. (The New York Times)
2024 Houston derecho Heavy storms kill at least four people in Houston, Texas, United States. (The New York Times)
Heavy storms kill at least four people in Houston, Texas, United States. (The New York Times)
The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas increases to 15. (The Virginian-Pilot) (AP)
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024 The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas increases to 15. (The Virginian-Pilot) (AP)
The death toll from a tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas on Saturday and Sunday increases to 21. (Reuters)
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024 The death toll from a tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas on Saturday and Sunday increases to 21. (Reuters)
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak The third human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States is found in a dairy worker in Michigan. (NPR)
The National Weather Service issues a rare Flash Flood Emergency in southern Florida, United States, for life-threatening flooding conditions only expected once every 500 to 1,000 years. (NBC News)
Two people are killed in a plane crash near Chino, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times)
2024 California wildfires Around 1,200 people are evacuated from the Hungry Valley area near Los Angeles, California, United States, as the Post Fire spreads through the dry mountains near Interstate 5. (AP)
2024 New Mexico wildfires At least one person dies, over 500 structures are damaged or destroyed, and several thousand people are forced to evacuate from Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States, after the South Fork Fire burns over 15,276 acres of land. (AP)
Gun violence in the United States U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declares gun violence a public health emergency. (AP) A gunman kills five people and critically injures a girl in North Las Vegas, Nevada, then kills himself upon being confronted by the police the following day. (Reuters)
Four people are killed and nine others are injured when a minivan crashes into a nail salon in Deer Park, Long Island, New York, United States. (WCBS-TV)
George Alvarez, the perpetrator of the 2023 Brownsville crash in Texas, United States, that killed eight people and injured ten others is found guilty of eight counts of intoxication manslaughter and ten counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is sentenced to sixty years in prison. (CTV News)
Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal Seventy-six more deaths and at least 500 hospitalizations in Japan are linked to use of red yeast rice supplements distributed by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, causing kidney disease and other severe conditions. (Asahi TV)
Seventy-six more deaths and at least 500 hospitalizations in Japan are linked to use of red yeast rice supplements distributed by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, causing kidney disease and other severe conditions. (Asahi TV)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Beryl The death toll from Hurricane Beryl in the eastern Caribbean increases to nine, with deaths reported in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. (Reuters) Four police officers are killed in floods caused by Tropical Storm Chris in Tepetlán, Mexico. (El Imparcial)
At least 26,000 people are forced to evacuate amidst dozens of large wildfires in Northern California, United States. (NPR)
Four police officers are killed in floods caused by Tropical Storm Chris in Tepetlán, Mexico. (El Imparcial)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Beryl One-hundred-twenty counties in the U.S. state of Texas are under a disaster declaration as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf Coast. (The Guardian)
Hurricane Beryl One-hundred-twenty counties in the U.S. state of Texas are under a disaster declaration as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf Coast. (The Guardian)
One-hundred-twenty counties in the U.S. state of Texas are under a disaster declaration as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf Coast. (The Guardian)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Beryl Three people are killed in Houston, Texas, United States, as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. (NBC News) (Reuters)
Boeing 737 MAX groundings Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to avoid going on trial in the United States on charges related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019. (BBC News)
Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to avoid going on trial in the United States on charges related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019. (BBC News)
Hurricane Beryl Three people are killed in Houston, Texas, United States, as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. (NBC News) (Reuters)
Three people are killed in Houston, Texas, United States, as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. (NBC News) (Reuters)
A plane fighting the Horse Gulch fire crashes into Hauser Lake in Montana, United States, killing the pilot onboard. (KWYB)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Beryl in Texas, United States, increases to 22, with several deaths in the Greater Houston area caused by heat illness due to prolonged power outages amid an ongoing heat wave. (NPR) (KRIV-TV)
Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Beryl in Texas, United States, increases to 22, with several deaths in the Greater Houston area caused by heat illness due to prolonged power outages amid an ongoing heat wave. (NPR) (KRIV-TV)
The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Beryl in Texas, United States, increases to 22, with several deaths in the Greater Houston area caused by heat illness due to prolonged power outages amid an ongoing heat wave. (NPR) (KRIV-TV)
2024 Gillette Pilatus PC-12 crash A plane crashes in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States, just north of Gillette, starting a wildfire and killing all seven people onboard, including three members of the gospel group The Nelons. (WSB-TV)
A plane crashes in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States, just north of Gillette, starting a wildfire and killing all seven people onboard, including three members of the gospel group The Nelons. (WSB-TV)
2024 California wildfires The Park Fire in California, United States, spreads to more than 350,000 acres, with at least 134 structures being destroyed by the wildfires. (NBC News)
The Park Fire in California, United States, spreads to more than 350,000 acres, with at least 134 structures being destroyed by the wildfires. (NBC News)
Strong thunderstorms and winds in eastern Nebraska cause significant destruction, causing widespread power outages in Lincoln and Omaha, the two largest cities in the state. (The New York Times)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Debby At least six people are killed in Florida, United States, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby. (BBC News)
At least six people are killed in Florida, United States, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby. (BBC News)
Hurricane Debby At least six people are killed in Florida, United States, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby. (BBC News)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Debby Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, United States. (AP)
Hurricane Debby Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, United States. (AP)
Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, United States. (AP)
The Houthis storm the headquarters of the United Nation's Human Rights Office in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain Yemeni workers, and seize official documents. (The New Arab) (AP)
Two people are killed by flooding in Oxford, Connecticut, United States. (CNN)
2023–2024 South American drought 2024 Brazil wildfires Nearly 1,500 firefighters are dispatched to contain intense wildfires that are causing dense hazardous smoke to fully "engulf" Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil, with the total number of wildfires in Brazil reaching 59,000 since the start of the year. (The Guardian)
A Piper PA-46 aircraft crashes into a cornfield after going into a nosedive in Anderson, Indiana, United States, killing all four occupants on board. (FOX59)
