Climate & Environment in the 21st century

492 sourced entries, 2000 CE to 2025 CE, oldest first. Also see Climate & Environment across every century or everything else in the 21st century.

2000January 1 – The year 2000 problem, a time formatting and storage bug, takes effect, but is successfully mitigated in many cases.source
2000January 26: The Southern All-Stars release "Tsunami," the best-selling CD single in Japanese history.Japan source
2000February 9 – Torrential rains in Africa led to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.source
2000February 23–March 7 – Mayon volcano in Albay erupts, with the most violent occurred, February 28 – March 1; its status is raised to the highest, Alert Level 5, on February 24 due to its hazardous explosions with pyroclastic and lahar flows that affected parts of the province, with several thousands evacuated even outside identified danger zones.Philippines source
2000Tropical Cyclone Eline brings heavy rains to Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Madagascar.South Africa source
20008 March: Heavy rains cause floods in Tucumán Province, which then expand to Santiago del Estero and Córdoba .Argentina source
2000March - Aznar's Popular Party won the general election in a landslide victory.Spain source
2000May 2 - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, 210 mi southeast of Dushanbe.Afghanistan source
2000May 4 – The 7.6 Mw Central Sulawesi earthquake affects Banggai, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.source
2000June 4 – The 7.9 Mw Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.source
2000June 4: The 7.9 Mw Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). One-hundred and three people were killed and 2,174–2,585 were injured.Indonesia source
2000June 17 – A centennial earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) hits Iceland on its national day.source
2000June 21 – Another earthquake hits Iceland further west than the previous quake.source
2000July 14 – A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.source
2000September 6–8 – World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at U.N. Headquarters.source
2000September 20 – The 2000 Xenia Tornado leaves 100 people injured, one person dead and 321+ houses destroyed.source
2000October 3 – Approximate start of Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods (particularly affecting the UK), precipitated by days of heavy rain.source
2000December 23 - In the 2000 Serbian parliamentary election an alliance of reformist parties achieves a landslide victory over the nationalists, paving the way for a government under Zoran Đinđić.source
2000Winter: the Sal Island Super Cup held its first editionCape Verde source
2000Sultan of Johor: Sultan IskandarMalaysia source
2000On 25 December 2000, a Tropical Cyclone hit Sri Lanka causing nine fatalities and millions in property damage. This marked the largest cyclone to have hit Sri Lanka since 1978.Sri Lanka source
2001January 13 – A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and causing massive landslides, which leaves thousands of those affected homeless.source
2001January 21–27 – Taba Summit: Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority aimed at reaching the "final status" of negotiations. Ehud Barak temporarily withdraws from negotiations during the Israeli elections, subsequently Ariel Sharon refuses to continue negotiating in the face of the newly erupted violence.Palestine source
2001January 26 – A 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving thousands of people dead and more than 166,000 others injured.source
2001February 13 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 315 people.source
2001June 5 – Tropical Storm Allison hits the U.S. state of Texas, severely flooding Houston and killing 23 people.source
2001June 7 – 2001 United Kingdom general election: Tony Blair and the Labour Party win a second landslide victory.source
2001June 23 – An 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami follows, leaving at least 77 people dead, and 2,687 others injured.source
200126 August – 50,000 people are marooned by flash floodingBangladesh source
2001September 4 – Intense fighting erupted between Taliban forces and the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan in Kapisa province. Elsewhere, the Taliban captured two important areas, Khanqa and Sang-e-Bada southwest of Mahmood Raqi, provincial capital of Kapisa.Afghanistan source
20015 September – The formation of Typhoon Nari.Taiwan source
2001October 8 – Hurricane Iris hits Belize, causing $250 million (2001 USD) in damage.source
2001November 4 – Hurricane Michelle hits Cuba, where the storm is the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the island in more than 49 years. It is the costliest hurricane in Cuban history to this point with an estimated $2 billion in damage.source
2001November 14 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes China with an epicenter near Kokoxili, but it occurs in a sparsely populated mountainous region and there are no casualties.source
200115 November – Animal smuggling is reported to have cost the country 100 million dollars every year.Ethiopia source
2001December 19 – A record-high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Zavkhan, Mongolia.source
2001December 27 – Tropical Storm Vamei forms within 1.5 degrees of the equator. No other tropical cyclone in recorded history has come as close to the equator.source
200127 December – Tropical Storm Vamei hits Singapore.Singapore source
2001His passing was announced by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad via television and radio broadcasts. He announced a seven-days period of national mourning and directed that flags be flown at half-mast throughout that time.Malaysia source
2001The Ulster Grand Prix and North West 200 were cancelled due to Foot-and Mouth crisis.Northern Ireland source
2002January 17 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.source
2002January 17 - The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo displaces an estimated 400,000 people.Democratic Republic of the Congo source
2002February 3 – 2002 Afyon earthquake: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey, killing 41 people and damaging thousands of buildings.source
2002March 25 – 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Nahrin, Afghanistan, killing 800 people and leaving 10,000 homeless.source
2002June 22 – 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes north-western Iran, killing over 200 people.source
2002August 22–September 4 – Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.source
2002September 14–27 – Hurricane Isidore crosses Cuba, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Louisiana.source
2002September 21–October 4 – Hurricane Lili crosses Cuba and several other Caribbean islands before making landfall in Louisiana.source
2002October 10 — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Nigeria in favor of Cameroon over the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula territory.Nigeria source
2002November 2 – An earthquake occurred at 01:26 UTC with a magnitude of 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale with an epicenter just north of Simeulue island and caused three deaths.Indonesia source
2002November 3 – 2002 Denali earthquake: A 7.9 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest North American earthquakes recorded, occurs in Alaska.source
200221 November - A 6.3 Mw earthquake strikes northern Pakistan, leaving sixteen dead, forty injured, and more than 1,000 buildings damaged.Pakistan source
2002In a 51-page report titled All Our Hopes Are Crushed: Violence and Repression in Western Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch alleged that the governor of Herat, Ismail Khan, ordered politically motivated arrests and beatings throughout 2002. The report detailed lashings with thorny branches, sticks, cables and rifle butts. In the most serious cases, prisoners were hung upside down, whipped or tortured with electric shocks. The group also reported that there were no independent media in Herat and no public meetings allowed in Herat. Khan's Herat was described in the report as a closed society without room for dissent, independent opinion or personal freedoms. The report called for the expansion of the International Security Assistance Force beyondKabul. It also called for US to exert its influence and adopt a peacekeeping role in the regions.Afghanistan source
2002December: The government prohibited the killing of turtles by law, per their participation in the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1995 and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).Cape Verde source
2002In October, Bangladesh toured South Africa for another bi-lateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 test matches. Bangladesh could not win any of these matches either.Bangladesh source
2002Hikkaduwa National Park is established on 19 September 2002, this was done to protect the aquatic ecosystem. Formerly a wildlife sanctuary, it now serves as a national tourist attraction full of diverse wildlife.Sri Lanka source
2003January 23 – NASA loses contact with the Pioneer 10 probe after nearly 31 years.source
2003February 15 - Journalist Deepak Thapa is reportedly confined to his village by local Maoist leaders in Accham district due to his reporting.Nepal source
2003February 24 – 2003 Bachu earthquake: A 6.8 Mwearthquake strikes in Xinjiang, killing 257 people.source
2003United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction.Iraq source
2003April 20 – Tropical Storm Ana becomes the first recorded North Atlantic tropical storm to occur in April.source
2003Authorities and humanitarian organizations began an emergency relief operation to assist over 200 vulnerable families affected by the April 10 earthquake in Yaka Baghi and Sag Baghi. Organizations participating in the relief operations included the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Relief International, Mercy Corps and the World Food Programme. Kabul Radio reported that the quake-hit families in the two villages were in poor condition. It quoted a local source as saying the villagers lacked shelter and needed urgent assistance from the government and international organisations working in Afghanistan.Afghanistan source
2003May 1 – 2003 Bingöl earthquake: A 6.4 Mw earthquake strikes in Bingöl, Turkey, killing 177 people.source
2003May 11 – 2003 Sri Lanka cyclone: A cyclone makes landfall in Sri Lanka, killing 260 people and causing the country's worst natural disaster in 50 years.source
2003May 21 – 2003 Boumerdès earthquake: a 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes in Algeria, killing over 2,200 people.source
2003May 27 – A destructive aftershock of the Boumerdès earthquake affected the Algiers-Boumerdes-Reghaia area with a maximum intensity of VI (Strong), leaving nine dead and 200 injured.Algeria source
2003July–August – 2003 European heat wave: Europe experiences its hottest summer in over five centuries.source
2003August 7 - Arcen is struck by a heatwave and reached a temperature of 37,8 °C.Netherlands source
2003September 2 – Typhoon Dujuan makes landfall in Guangdong as a category 1 typhoon with sustained winds of 90 mph.source
2003September 3 -Tropical Storm Henri hits the BahamasBahamas source
2003September 5 – Hurricane Fabian strikes Bermuda.source
2003September 12 – Typhoon Maemi, makes landfall in South Korea as a category 3 typhoon with sustained winds of 125 mph.source
2003September 18 – Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in North Carolina.source
2003September 26 – The 8.3 Mw Tokachi earthquake occurs off the coast of Hokkaido.source
2003September 29 – Hurricane Kate first reaches hurricane status.source
2003November 18 - The United Nations' World Food Programme has warned that the need for aid in Ethiopia is set to soar.Ethiopia source
2003December 26 – The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake occurs in Iran.source
2003Tropical cyclone Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 01 takes aim at Sri Lanka making landfall on 16 May 2003, the storm produced record amounts of rainfall and led to severe flooding in more low elevation areas of the nation. The storm would end up displacing 800,000 residents as a result of the severe flooding.Sri Lanka source
2004January 15 – The United Nations call direct elections in advance of July impractical, due to continuing disorder and other factors.Iraq source
2004In Farah, night letters were scattered warning people not to register to vote "or they will be punished."Afghanistan source
2004June 12 – Tropical Storm Chanthu made landfall in Central Vietnam.Vietnam source
2004August 6: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Angola.Angola source
2004August 7–13 – Typhoon Rananim causes widespread destruction as it strikes China.source
2004September 4 – In the AFL finals, Essendon defeated Melbourne by five points (15.14.104 - 15.9.99) in the elimination final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The victory would prove to be Essendon's most recent finals win, beginning a finals drought that would extend for more than two decades.source
2004September 16 – Hurricane Jeanne hits the island of Hispaniola, killing thousands in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.source
2004November 14–26 – Typhoon Muifa kills 600 people in the Philippines.source
2004November 29–December 3 – Typhoon Nanmadol kills 775 people in the Philippines.source
2004December 26 – The 9.1–9.3 Mw Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Somalia, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, killing 227,000 people.source
200426 December – The largest earthquake in 40 years originates from the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra island in Indonesia, measuring 9.3 on the moment magnitude scale and creating tsunami waves that sweep across much of the coastlines of South Asia. More than 18,000 reported killed in India and 280,000 across the globe.India source
2004December 26 – The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami have huge effects on Indonesia.Indonesia source
2004December – European Commission issues formal warning after Greece found to have falsified budget deficit data in run-up to joining eurozone.Greece source
20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on December 26.Thailand source
2004The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake triggered a tsunami that reached Somalia, killed 150 SomalisSomalia source
20051 January - New Year's celebrations all over the Netherlands fall silent for two minutes as mark of respect for Dutch memorial service for those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.Netherlands source
2005March 28 – The 8.6 Mw Nias–Simeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.source
200528 March – The 8.6 Mw Nias–Simeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.Indonesia source
200510 May – Human Rights Watch accuses Ethiopia of harassment and detention of opposition politicians in the Oromia region.Ethiopia source
2005May 16 – The United Nations World Food Program states that North Korea is in dire need of food aid.North Korea source
2005Violence erupts in Andijan with demands from the rally for the government to resign.Uzbekistan source
200514 August – 5 senior officials arrested for stealing foreign aid meant to combat hunger in rural areasBurkina Faso source
2005August 29 – Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing severe damage, killing over a thousand people and causing an estimated $108 billion in damage.source
2005October 2 — The Supreme Court of Liberia rules that the National Elections Commission (NEC) had erred by rejecting three candidates on grounds that their registration documents were incomplete. The court says that NEC must provide the disqualified contenders with sufficient time to correct the deficiencies that barred them from being on the ballot.Liberia source
2005October 8 – The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake strikes Azad Kashmir, Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 86,000 people and displacing several million more.source
2005October 24 – Hurricane Wilma, the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, makes landfall near Cape Romano, causing an estimated $29.1 billion in damage.source
2005December 4 – Exit polls indicated that incumbent leader Nursultan Nazarbayev won the presidential election by a landslide.Kazakhstan source
2006February 16 - Oxfam reports hundreds of thousands are affected by severe water shortages in Kenya and Somalia.Kenya source
2006May 12 - A pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Lagos kills about 100 people. Vandals were tapping into the pipeline to steal oil when the blast erupted.Nigeria source
2006May 27 – The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java in Indonesia with an MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.source
2006May 27: 2006 Yogyakarta earthquakeIndonesia source
20066 August – The Dechatu River floods, killing over 200 people.Ethiopia source
2006August 16 – Britain's Ian Porterfield was named Armenia's new soccer coach. The 60-year-old Scotsman replaced Dutchman Henk Wisman, who was fired four months ago following a string of poor results.Armenia source
200630 August - The Burundi government accuses acting Special Representative Nureldin Satti and requests his removal from office.Burundi source
2006September 4 — Australian conservationist Steve Irwin is fatally stung in the heart by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary.source
2006September 4 - Mike Fay of National Geographic uncovers that poachers had killed 100 dead elephants near a preserve in Northern Chad.Chad source
2006September 28 – Typhoon Xangsane passed Manila on its way to causing more than 300 deaths, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam.source
2006October 1 – Typhoon Xangsane made landfall in Da Nang.Vietnam source
2007January 19 – A girl who disappeared 19 years ago at the age of 8 was found living wild in the jungle in northern Rattanakiri Province. Police say the girl cannot speak any intelligible language.Cambodia source
2007February 2 – The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.source
2007February 12 – a tri-nation deal has been signed to protect 200,000 square kilometres of rainforest on the island of Borneo. Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei pledged to protect the area, known as the 'Heart of Borneo'. It is considered one of the most important sites of biodiversity in the world, home to thousands of species.Brunei source
2007February 13 – North Korea agrees to shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon by April 14 as a first step towards complete denuclearization, receiving in return energy aid equivalent to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil.source
2007February 23 - Following the death of Pascal Yoadimnadji, Infrastructure Minister Adoum Younousmi assumes the interim as Prime Minister of Chad.Chad source
200726 March: A massive storm system brings heavy rain to the center and south of Santa Fe. The rain falls almost continuously for more than one week. Large sections of Santa Fe City and peripheral neighbourhoods of Rosario, as well as many smaller towns and large sections of Argentina's most productive agricultural land, are flooded. The storm moves east, affecting the south of Entre Ríos and eventually reaching Uruguay. See March 2007 floods in the Argentine littoral.Argentina source
2007May 4 – The 2007 Greensburg tornado moves through Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, striking the town of Greensburg and killing eleven residents. 95% of the town was destroyed, and the tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.source
2007May 16 – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes in remote northern Laos, and is felt as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, and Hanoi, Vietnam, where shoppers fled malls and high-rise buildings are evacuated. In Luang Prabang, 92 km. from the epicenter, residents said they felt only minor shaking. There were no reports of injuries or severe damage.Laos source
2007June 16 – Kenyan football team is defeated by Eritrea, 0–1, at the African Nations cup qualifier in Asmara, Eritrea. Following the result, Kenya can not qualify for the finals.Kenya source
2007June 22 – The 2007 Ellie tornado becomes the only F5 tornado recorded under the use of the Fujita scale in Canada, reaching windspeeds up to 320 mph (510 km/h).source
2007June 28 – 2007 European heat wave: in the aftermath of Greece's worst heat wave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.source
2007August 15 – An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing at least 519 people, injuring more than 1,300, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.source
200728 August – The Sudanese government and the United Nations launch a flood appeal to help victims of recent flooding which has killed 89 people and destroyed 73,000 homes.Sudan source
2007September 15: Widescale flooding occurs in Kpendjal PrefectureTogo source
2007September 25 – Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park in New Zealand, erupts.source
2007September 30 - A dormant volcano erupts on Jabal al-Tair Island, a Yemeni island in the Red Sea.Yemen source
2007November 16 – Up to 15,000 people are believed to have been killed after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh.source
2008January 30 - A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Maluku, Indonesia, and triggers a tsunami alert, which is later lifted. The epicenter was on the sea bed about 160 miles northeast of Dili.East Timor source
2008March 14 – 83 of the 103 children who were at the centre of the Zoé's Ark controversy, who have been kept in an orphanage in Abéché since the eruption of the scandal five months ago, are reunited to their families.Chad source
2008May 3 – Cyclone Nargis passes through Myanmar, killing more than 138,000 people.source
2008May 8 - 2008 conflict in Lebanon: Fighting erupts after an 18 month political crisis between pro-government and opposition militias across in Beirut after the government shuts down Hezbollah's telecommunication network. Fighting soon spread to other areas of the country, including Tripoli and Aley.Lebanon source
2008May 12 – An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale strikes Sichuan, China, killing an estimated 87,000 people.source
2008June 14 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, kills 12 and injures more than 400.source
2008July 15 - Prime minister Raila Odinga issued an order for "illegal" settlers of Mau Forest to be evicted.Kenya source
2008September 13 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall as a category 2 hurricane in Texas, killing 113 and causing over $30 billion in damages.source
2008September 26: The government of Algeria donated $2 million in aid to Cuba to assist the Cuban people recover from the devastation left following the passage of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike.Algeria source
2008October 30 – Floods affected in Northern Vietnam and Central Vietnam and lasted 5 days causing flooding in many provinces and cities.source
2008October 30–November 4 – Floods affected Northern and Central Vietnam.Vietnam source
2008November 10: Reports surface that a United States nuclear weapon was lost somewhere in the ice after the January 21, 1968 crash of a B-52 Stratofortress outside Thule Air Base.Greenland source
200816 November – 2008 Sulawesi earthquake.Indonesia source
2008National Disaster Recovery Fund, a disaster management fund is established by the Government of Jamaica.source
2009March 14: Algerian border guards seized 3.5 tons of cannabis in a desert region close to the frontier with Morocco. The cannabis was confiscated near Erg Ferradj, approximately 100 kilometers from Béchar. More than 38 tons was seized in 2008 compared to only 4 tons in 2007.Algeria source
2009April 6 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 308 and injuring more than 1,500.source
2009April 6 - Kenyan minister of Justice Martha Karua resigns citing lack of progress with her reform agenda.Kenya source
2009June 2 - Oxfam International describes the humanitarian crisis in Somalia as "very dire".Somalia source
2009June–September – Several rivers throughout the country flooded, causing 150,000 people flee their homes, mostly in the capital Ouagadougou.Burkina Faso source
2009August 7 – Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan, killing 673 and stranding more than 1,000 via the worst flooding on the island in half a century.source
2009September 21 - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in eastern Bhutan and is felt in northeast India, Tibet and Bangladesh, leaving at least 10 dead.Bhutan source
2009September 26 – Typhoon Ketsana, PAGASA Name: Ondoy, makes landfall in The Philippines, killing hundreds in Metro Manila and flooding in Huế, Vietnam.source
2009September 29 – A 8.1 Mw earthquake strikes Samoa, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving at least 192 people dead.source
2009September 30 – A 7.6 Mw earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving at least 1,115 people dead.source
2009October 15 - The Food and Agriculture Organization declared a humanitarian disaster within the country as Lake Chad continued to shrink, increasing water scarcity for many residents.Chad source
2009October 23 – The 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire began after an explosion at the refinery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.source
20092009 Swan Islands earthquake May 28Belize source
2009Flooding in Jeddah killed over 120 people with another 350 injured.Saudi Arabia source
2010January 3 - Mount Nyamuragira erupts, threatening Virunga National Park and local villages.Democratic Republic of the Congo source
2010January 10 – Religious violence erupts in Jos, Nigeria, which left scores dead, and many injured.source
2010January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince.source
2010February 27 – An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing at least 525. The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded history.source
2010April 14 – Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Mount Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.source
201023 May – A general election held resulting in landslide victory of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).Ethiopia source
201025 June – The FAO and EU begin providing high quality seeds to Burkinabé farmers to combat food insecurity to at-risk regions.Burkina Faso source
2010July 13 – Microsoft ends extended support for Windows 2000.source
2010July 29 – Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods.source
2010PDVAL affair, also known as the Pudreval affair, political scandal in Venezuela where tons of rotten food supplies were found torrent, which imported during Hugo Chávez's government through subsidies of state-owned enterprise PDVAL.source
2010July-September – Flooding in Chad causes 70,000 people to be displaced from their homes.Chad source
2010August 10 - The Niger River bursts its banks forcing 5,000 people to lose their homes and crops.Niger source
2010September 4 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Christchurch, New Zealand causing large amounts of damage but no direct fatalities. It is the first in a series of earthquakes between 2010 and 2012 that resulted in the deaths of 187 people and over $40 billion worth of damage. Seismologists noted that the earthquake sequence was highly unusual, and likely to never happen again anywhere else in the world.source
2010October 25 – An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leaves hundreds missing.source
2010October 26 – Repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, and accompanying pyroclastic flows of scalding gas, pumice, and volcanic ash descending the erupting volcano kill 353 people and force hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.source
2010October 26 - Nairobi Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa steps aside after being charged for his alleged involvement in a cemetery land corruption scandalKenya source
2010December 9 - The African Union suspends Côte d'Ivoire following the disputed presidential election.Ivory Coast source
2010Hurricane Richard makes landfall October 25Belize source
2011February 2 - The Sudanese government, in its first official reaction after preliminary results were announced indicating a landslide vote in favor of Southern Sudan's independence, agrees to accept the results; Vice-President Ali Osman Taha says the government intends "to pursue a policy of good neighbourly relations with the south".South Sudan source
2011March 6 - Fighting erupts in western Ivory Coast between rebels and forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, with injured people crossing into Liberia.Ivory Coast source
2011March 11 – A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 19,759 people and leaving another 2,553 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake. As a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, multiple plants at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were damaged, several workers injured, and contaminants were released into the environment.source
2011May 11 – A 5.1 earthquake strikes southern Spain, killing 9 people and injuring over 400.source
2011May 21 – Grímsvötn, Iceland's most active volcano, erupts and causes disruption to air travel in Northwestern Europe.source
2011May 22 – The 2011 Joplin tornado, an EF5 tornado, strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and injuring 1,150.source
2011May 24 – The 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado, an EF5 tornado, strikes El Reno and Piedmont, Oklahoma, killing 9 people and injuring 181.source
2011June 4 – Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand and Australia, and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.source
201112 June – The Nabro stratovolcano in the Southern Red Sea Region begins to erupts.Eritrea source
2011July 14–23 – Two frontal systems enter south-central Chile causing great snowfalls that leaves thousand of people isolated.source
2011July 20 – The United Nations declares a famine in southern Somalia, the first in over 30 years.source
2011July 31 – In Thailand over 12.8 million people are affected by severe flooding. The World Bank estimates damages at 1,440 billion baht (US$45 billion). Some areas are still six feet under water, and many factory areas remain closed at the end of the year. 815 people are killed, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.source
2011September 3–18 – Lithuania will host EuroBasket 2011.Lithuania source
2011September 18 – The 6.9 Mw Sikkim earthquake shook northeastern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 111 people dead.Bhutan source
2011September 19 – With 436 people dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.source
2011October 4 – The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.source
2011October 18 – Dozens of exotic animals were released from their enclosures at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, Ohio resulting in the need of local law enforcement to hunt and kill 48 animals including 18 tigers, 6 black bears, 2 grizzly bears, 2 wolves, 1 macaque monkey, 1 baboon, 3 mountain lions and 17 African lions.source
2011October 20: Heavy storms and floods causes at least 50 deaths in the south of Honduras, specially in the Choluteca Department.Honduras source
2011October 23 – A magnitude 7.2 M w earthquake jolts eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing over 600 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.source
2011October 29 – A large snowstorm produced unusual amounts of early snowfall across the northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes, leaving 1.7 million people without power and disrupting travel.source
2011Afghanistan is appealing for $142 million to feed 2.6 million people this winter as it faces the worst drought for a decade. Agriculture Minister Mohammed Asif Rahimi described the situation as extremely serious, with 14 provinces - about half the country - in the north and east hit by drought; many farmers have sold their livestock and will now depend on food aid to keep alive during winter. An extra 2.6 million hungry people would bring Afghanistan's total to nearly 10 million; the World Food Programme says it is already facing a shortfall in food aid as an earlier appeal was not answered in full.Afghanistan source
2011December 16 – Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,268 flash flood fatalities in the Philippines, with 85 people officially listed as missing.source
2011Mozambique's corn production dramatically droppedMozambique source
2011A series of floods occurred in the region.Namibia source
2012January 15 - South Sudan accuses neighboring Sudan of "stealing" its oil exports.South Sudan source
201215 January: South Sudan accuses neighboring Sudan of "stealing" its oil exports.Sudan source
2012February 5 - Bosnia and Herzegovina declares a state of emergency as a result of the cold snap.Bosnia and Herzegovina source
2012February 6 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strike in the central Philippines island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead.source
2012April 11 – An 8.6 earthquake strikes Indonesia triggering a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aceh.source
2012May 22: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 24 km west of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, at a depth of 9.4 km. A citizen died from heart attack, several buildings were damaged.Bulgaria source
2012June 7 – Morley and Dianella in Perth, Western Australia, have a once in a decade tornado.source
2012July 23 – The Solar storm of 2012 is an unusually large coronal mass ejection emitted by the Sun which barely misses the Earth by nine days. If it had hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.source
2012July 30–31 – In the worst power outage in world history, the 2012 India blackouts leave 620 million people without power.source
2012August–September – Flooding caused by a month of heavy rainfall in the Far North Region leaves nearly 30 people dead and displaces at least 4,000.Cameroon source
201211 September – Violent demonstration erupted in Egypt in reaction to Innocence of Muslims, an anti-Islamic YouTube video written by Egyptian-American writer Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.Egypt source
2012October 12 – The United Nations Human Rights Council begins to move refugees from the Central African Republic from Chad to new sites after floods.Chad source
2012October 22 – November 2 – Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spanning 900 miles (1,400 km)), wreaks havoc, resulting in 233 total deaths and $68.7 billion (2012 USD) damage.source
201225 October – Hurricane Sandy affects Jamaica.Jamaica source
2012November 25–December 9 – Typhoon Bopha, known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, kills at least 1,067 with around 838 people missing. The typhoon causes considerable damage in the island of Mindanao.source
2012December 12 would be the last time in the 21st century that the month, day and final two digits of the year are the exact same (12/12/12). The next time this will happen will be on New Year's Day in 2101 (01/01/01).source
2013January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake: A Mw (Ms, 'Moderate') earthquake shakes Prince of Wales Island.source
2013February 10 – Severe weather spawns eight tornadoes across southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama, including an EF4 tornado which struck the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.source
2013February 15 – A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,489–1,492 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere since the 1908 Tunguska event. The incident, along with a coincidental flyby of a larger asteroid, prompts international concern regarding the vulnerability of the planet to meteor strikes.source
2013Official partial returns from the Armenian presidential election indicate that incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan will be reelected in a landslide with the leading Opposition candidate Raffi Hovannisian raising concerns about irregularities.Armenia source
2013April 20 – 2013 Lushan earthquake: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake jolts Sichuan, China, leaving 193 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.source
2013May 1 - Flash floods leave 16 people dead and 3 others missing in Saudi Arabia, with authorities urging citizens to avoid low-lying wadis. At least two others were killed in neighboring Oman in some of the heaviest rainfall in more than 25 years.Oman source
2013May 20 – An EF5 tornado in the US state of Oklahoma hits Moore and several other surrounding areas near Oklahoma City, resulting in 24 deaths and many injuries.source
2013May 31 – The largest tornado ever recorded hits El Reno, United States. This rain-wrapped, multiple-vortex tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded, and results in eight deaths, including four storm-chasers. Measurements from mobile weather radars revealed extreme winds up to 296 mph (476 km/h) within the vortex, among the highest observed wind speeds on Earth. As it crosses U.S. 81, the tornado grows to a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km).source
201317 June - Nigeria's national football team beat Tahiti 6–1.Nigeria source
20133 July – Minister for the Environment René Castro signed a decree making July 4 the National Wild Cat Day (Día Nacional del Felino Silvestre). There are six species of wild cat in Costa Rica: the jaguar, puma, ocelot, margay, jaguarundi, and oncilla.Costa Rica source
201329 August – Britain sends six Typhoon fighter jets to the country in order to guard against potential retaliation by the Assad regime in the event of air strikes against Syria.Cyprus source
2013September 8 – The 2013 Colorado floods begin, resulting from heavy rain in the Colorado River Basin.source
201323 September - At least 25 people are dead in Hong Kong and southern China after Typhoon Usagi passes through with the storm having killed eight people in the Philippines.Hong Kong source
2013October 15 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Bohol, Philippines, leaving 222 dead, 8 missing, and 976 people injured.source
2013November 8 – Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, hits the Philippines and Vietnam, causing devastation with at least 6,241 people dead.source
2013Human Rights Watch releases a report depicting the atrocities of the Chadian government under the administration of former president Hissène Habré.Chad source
201315-18 November – the 2013 Nordic storms hit FinlandFinland source
2014January 8 – A meteor designated CNEOS 2014-01-08 struck the Earth's atmosphere near the northeastern coast of Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea source
2014January 9 - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Straits of Florida about 112 miles east of Havana swaying medium rise buildings in city.Cuba source
2014January 13 - Tonga restores contact with the Ha'apai islands after Cyclone Ian passed through during the weekend, killing one person and significantly damaging structures.Tonga source
2014January 31 - Hundreds of endangered species from Madagascar are found in a South African airport.Madagascar source
2014March 31 – The United Nations International Court of Justice rules that Japan's Antarctic whaling program is not scientific but commercial and forbids grants of further permits.source
20146 May – Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014: The song "Wild Soul" by Cristina Scarlat is sung representing Moldova in the semi-finals of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, but fails to score enough points to move on to the finals.Moldova source
201413 May – 2014 Southeast Europe floods hit the country.Bosnia and Herzegovina source
2014May 13–19 – 2014 Southeast Europe floods. 57 deaths in Serbia.Serbia source
2014July 18 – Typhoon Rammasun makes landfall in Hainan, China as a category 5 super typhoon, killing 88 and causing $7.14 billion in damages.source
2014September 27 – Mount Ontake, in Japan, erupts, killing several climbers on the slopes of the volcano.source
201427 November – Several politicians, including the prime minister Mizengo Pinda, Housing Minister Anna Tibaijuka and Attorney General Frederick Werema, were exposed to be involved in the Tegeta Escrow Scandal. Tibaijuka and Werema later left their positions due to the scandal.Tanzania source
2015January 12 - The eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano disrupts flights to and from Tonga.Tonga source
201515 January - a big storm left 15,000 people without electricity, mostly in Klaipėda county.Lithuania source
2015January 16 - Flash floods cause at least 176 deaths. Over 110,000 people are driven from their homes.Malawi source
201521 January – Heavy rains in Zambia cause delays in voting and counting in the presidential election with announcements to resume the next day.Zambia source
20155 March – Flooding kills 42 people near Lake Victoria in the Kahama District.Tanzania source
2015April 25 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal and causes 8,857 deaths in Nepal (including 19 at Everest base cammp), 130 in India, 27 in China and 4 in Bangladesh with a total of 9,018 deaths.source
2015May 12 – A second major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale, results in 153 deaths in Nepal, 62 in India, 1 in China and 2 in Bangladesh, with a total of 218 deaths.source
2015August 17 – A bombing takes place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125.source
2015In the autumn of 2015 was the largest grain harvest in Latvian history.Latvia source
2015October 23 – Hurricane Patricia becomes the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere and the second strongest worldwide, with winds of 215 mph and a pressure of 872 mbar.source
2015October 26 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region and causes 398 deaths, with 279 in Pakistan, 115 in Afghanistan and 4 in India.source
2015A major landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar killed at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.Myanmar source
2015Late June 2015 Southeast Asian haze began.Brunei source
20162016 Tunisian protests: Protests erupted in the Kasserine region of Tunisia over unemployment, which later spread to other parts of the country.Tunisia source
2016February 6 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.source
2016April 13 - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck 135 km north-west of Mandalay.Myanmar source
2016April 14–16 – A series of major earthquakes strikes southwestern Japan, killing 277 people and injuring 2,809.source
2016April 15 – 2016 Uruguay tornado, an F3 tornado strikes the southwestern Uruguayan city of Dolores, killing five.Uruguay source
2016April 16 – An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes northwestern Ecuador killing 676 people and injuring over 6,000. Widespread damage was caused across Manabí Province, with structures hundreds of kilometres away from the epicenter collapsing.source
201616 April – an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.8 struck Ecuador near the towns of Muisne and Pedernales, killing more than 650 people.Ecuador source
201622 April – The Samoan Islands brace for the impact of Cyclone Amos as the Fiji Meteorological Service upgrades the cyclone to a category three storm, with sustained winds as high as 140 km/h at its centre.Samoa source
201621 July – Temperatures in Mitrabah reached 54.0 °C, setting a record for highest temperature recorded in Asia.Kuwait source
2016August 24 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hits central Italy, killing 299 people.source
201610 September – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake killed 19 people and injured 253 in Tanzania.Tanzania source
2016September 28 – Global CO2 levels exceed 400 ppm at the time of year normally associated with minimum levels. A 400 ppm level is believed to be higher than anything experienced in human history.source
20162 October – Heavy rains from Hurricane Matthew's outer bands drench Haiti and Jamaica, killing a Haitian fisherman.Jamaica source
2016October 3 – Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in Haiti as a category 4 hurricane, killing 842 and causing $2.8 billion in damages.source
2016Beginning of the famine in Yemen.source
201722 January – an earthquake of 7.9 magnitude struck off Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea source
201715 February – The tropical cyclone Dineo struck the coast of Mozambique. At least seven people were killed across the country, and an estimated 20,000 homes were destroyed and approximately 130,000 people were directly affected. Dineo was the first tropical cyclone to hit Mozambique since Cyclone Jokwe in 2008.Mozambique source
201720 February – The South Sudan government and the United Nations declared a famine in parts of Unity State, affecting more than 100,000 people, and fearing the famine could spread significantly as the order of one million people are threatened.South Sudan source
2017March 10 – The UN warns that the world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, with up to 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.source
2017March 14 – March 2017 North American blizzard: A major late-season blizzard affects the Northeastern United States, New England and Canada, dumping up to three feet of snow in the hardest hit areas.source
20173 April – An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred in the Central District of Botswana.Botswana source
2017June 24 – The Goodwin Fire, a wildfire, starts in Yavapai County, Arizona near Mayer and forces evacuations of more than a hundred people.source
20173 August – USAID expands food aid to Ethiopia as well as Kenya to help them against the famine. $137 million has been donated to Ethiopia.Ethiopia source
2017August 25–30 – Hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 108 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $125 billion (2017 USD), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history, tied with Hurricane Katrina in 2005.source
2017September 6 – Hurricane Irma, at peak intensity, would make the first of many powerful landfalls along the Caribbean islands and the United States. Damages would total $77.2 billion (2017 USD), and 134 would be killed by the storm.source
2017September 19–20 – Just two weeks after Hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria strikes similar areas, making landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane, and Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Maria caused over 3,000 deaths and damages estimated in excess of $91.6 billion (2017 USD).source
2017September 19 – Twelve days after another powerful earthquake, and on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a 7.1 Mw earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing 370, leaving up to 6,000 injured and thousands more homeless.source
201720 September – Hurricane Maria makes landfall over Puerto Rico, causing extensive damage to the power grid. Hurricane Maria death toll controversy resulted from the number of dead being underreported by officials. Total losses are estimated at $94.4 billion.Puerto Rico source
2017October 12 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO, and is immediately followed by Israel.source
2017October – Hurricane Nate causes substantial damage.Costa Rica source
2017November 12 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the border region between Iraq and Iran leaving at least 530 dead and over 70,000 homeless.source
2017The 2017 Peru flood was a natural disaster in Peru in which more than 100 000 homes were demolished, over 100 bridges washed out, and multiple roadways rendered inoperable. Over 70 people have lost their lives as a result of the flooding.Peru source
20189 January – 2018 Swan Islands earthquake, off the coast of HondurasHonduras source
201812 February – Tonga was hit by the Cyclone Gita, the strongest cyclone to strike Tonga in its recorded history, with winds of up to 195km/h.Tonga source
201813 February – Fiji hit by the Cyclone GitaFiji source
201826 February – an earthquake of 7.5 moment magnitude struck in Hela Province, resulting in at least 67 people killed and a further 500 injured.Papua New Guinea source
2018April 5 – Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S., prompting protests and federal lawsuits.source
201818 April - Unrest erupts in Nicaragua by mostly students after social security reforms.Nicaragua source
2018May 3 – The 2018 lower Puna eruption causes destruction of structures and forces thousands of residents of Hawaii to evacuate as lava floods the land.source
2018May 25 – A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland takes place, with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side.source
2018July 5 – The 2018 North American heat wave takes place, killing 33 people in the Canadian province of Quebec.source
2018July 7 – 2018 Japan floods, a torrential heavy massive rain, flash flood, landslide hit in Hiroshima, Kurashiki and Ehime Prefecture, Japan. According to Japanese government official confirmed report, 232 people were killed and 459 injured.source
2018July 26 – Heavy wildfires in Greece leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed.source
2018August 5 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia, killing 563 people and injuring more than a thousand people.source
2018August 10–20 – Heavy rainfall causes severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century.source
201818 August to 2 September - Tajikistan will participate at the 2018 Asian Games in IndonesiaTajikistan source
2018September 14 – Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane, causing record-breaking flooding, which would result in 54 fatalities and $24.2 billion (2018 USD) in damages.source
2018September 14–16 – Typhoon Mangkhut impacts the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, resulting in more than 60 fatalities.source
2018September 28 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 4,340 people and injures more than 10,679 others.source
2018October 10 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 919 mb. It is the most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Camille in 1969.source
2018November 1 – NASA's Dawn mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel.source
2018November 8 – The Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.source
2018December 19–21 – Gatwick Airport drone incident: Reports of drone sightings close to the runway at Gatwick Airport in England causes major disruption, affecting approximately 140,000 passengers and 1,000 flights, making it the largest disruption since ash from an Icelandic volcano shut the airport in 2010.source
2018December 22 – An eruption from Krakatoa causes a tsunami that hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.source
20188 to 9 February – Samoa was struck by the Cyclone Gita, and a state of disaster was declared for the nation on 10 February.Samoa source
20189 to 18 March – Uzbekistan participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South KoreaUzbekistan source
2019March 9 – Flooding from the predecessor of Cyclone Idai caused 23 deaths and 11 missing in the south of the country.Malawi source
2019March 15 – Cyclone Idai makes landfall on Mozambique, causing at least 1,073 fatalities, as well as mass flooding and power outages in southern Africa.source
2019April 16 – The Howse Peak avalanche kills three noted mountaineers: Austrians Hansjörg Auer and David Lama, and Canadian Jess Roskelley.source
2019April 21 – 2019 Ukrainian presidential election: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is elected the President of Ukraine in a landslide victory in the second round of voting. He took office on May 20, 2019.source
2019May 6 – In its first report since 2005, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss is "accelerating", with over a million species now threatened with extinction; the decline of the natural living world is "unprecedented" and largely a result of human actions, according to the report.source
201922 May – Botswana lifts its ban on elephant hunting.Botswana source
2019May 23 – 2019 Indian general election: Narendra Modi secures a landslide victory, with his party BJP alone gaining 303 of the 543 seats in parliament, and his political alliance NDA winning 353 seats of the 543.source
2019June 9 – A large explosive eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia sends a 7,000-meter ash column into the air, generating a pyroclastic flow 3–3.5 kilometers long towards the south and southeast of the mountain.source
2019July 13 – Hurricane Barry strikes the Gulf Coast, killing one and causing over $500 million (2019 USD) in damages.source
2019July – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports, on August 15, that July 2019 has been the hottest month on record globally, at 0.95 °C (1.71 °F) above the 20th-century average.source
2019August 1 – Danish polar research institution Polar Portal reports a large spike in Greenland ice loss, with 11 billion tons melted in one day and 197 gigatonnes during the month of July.source
2019August 18 – 100 activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after once covering 15.5 km².source
2019August 21 – 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires: Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reports fires burning in the Amazon rainforest at a record rate, with more than 36,000 in the year to date, while smoke reaches São Paulo more than 1,700 mi away.source
2019September 1 – Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas as the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with sustained wind speeds of 185 mph. 43 deaths are reported.source
2019September 22 – Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas, the official death toll stands at 52 and 1,300 are reported missing. Rescuers report the widespread stench of rotting bodies in the rubble.source
2019September – Brunei was affected by the 2019 Southeast Asian haze.Brunei source
2019October 12 – Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, the biggest storm to hit the region in decades, with over seven million people urged to evacuate.source
2019October 30 – An earthquake of 6.5. M w rocks the Philippine island of Mindanao two days after an earthquake killed at least five and left around 12,000 people homeless.source
2019October 31 – Heavy rain and flooding leave 3 dead and 200,000 people are homeless in Beledweyne, Somalia. Meanwhile, 29 are dead and 29,000 homeless due to flooding in nearby Kenya.source
2019October: 2019–2020 Congo River floods: Torrential rains causes floods along the Congo and Ubangi rivers causing the displacement of thousands of people.Republic of the Congo source
2019Metis Shoal, a volcanic island at the top of a submarine volcano between Kao and Late disappears during an eruption which is first reported on the morning of 14 October. A new and bigger island appears nearby.Tonga source
2019November 9 – Cyclone Bulbul kills seven in West Bengal, India and seven in Bangladesh. 2,000,000 people are evacuated.source
2019November 14 – Italy declares a state of emergency in Venice following record flooding.source
2019December 2 – Typhoon Kammuri hits the Philippines, causing the evacuation of 200,000 people, but without reports of injuries or serious damage.source
2019December 5 – The 2019 Burundi landslide is reported to have caused at least 26 deaths.source
2019December 5 – 41 people die, and 40 others are injured during a series of landslides in Cibitoke, Bujumbura, Bubanza, and CankuzoBurundi source
2019December 9 – A volcano erupts on White Island in New Zealand, killing 22 people and injuring 25 others.source
2019December 11 – Music legend Baaba Maal, who was born in Podor promises to fight to stop the desertification in the Sahel by planting trees.Senegal source
2019December 12 – Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party win a landslide victory in the 2019 United Kingdom general election achieving a majority in the House of Commons of 80 seats.source
20194 to 9 March – Cyclone Idai hit northwestern Madagascar.Madagascar source
2020January 1 – Flash floods struck Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 66 people in the worst flooding in over a decade.source
2020January 12 – The Taal Volcano in the Philippines has had its first major eruption since 1977.source
2020May 21 – Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others. It causes over US$13 billion in damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean, shattering the record previously held by Nargis.source
2020June 3 – Russian President Vladimir Putin declares a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River near the Siberian city of Norilsk within the Arctic Circle on May 26, 2020. The World Wildlife Fund said the accident is believed to be the second-largest in modern Russian history.source
2020July 12 – In an interview in The New York Times, former secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke reports that President Trump's first reaction to Hurricane Maria in 2017 was to sell Puerto Rico.Puerto Rico source
2020July 19 – Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal.source
2020August 15 – The Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio, which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1,000 tonnes of oil are spilled into the ocean, becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius.source
202023 August – Tropical Storm Laura, which would later become Hurricane Laura, kills four people, and causes nearly 1.1 million people to lose power.Dominican Republic source
2020August 26 – The number of deaths from Hurricane Laura increases to 21.Haiti source
2020August 27 – Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Lake Charles, Louisiana with winds of 150 mph, making it the strongest hurricane to ever strike the state in terms of windspeed, tied with the 1856 Last Island Hurricane.source
20204 September – An earthquake with a 5.6 magnitude strikes Panama and Costa Rica; no reported injuries or damages.Panama source
2020September 6 – Typhoon Haishen makes landfall on Japan and then South Korea as a strong category 2-equivalent typhoon. It later makes landfall on North Korea where widespread flooding occurs.source
20209 September – The Pittsburgh Pirates take #21 out of retirement for a game against the Chicago White Sox at PNC Park. 9 September is celebrated by Major League Baseball (MLB) as "Roberto Clemente Day". Clemente, a Puerto Rico native, died in a plane crash in December 1972 while en route to Nicaragua to deliver disaster relief to victims of an earthquake.Nicaragua source
2020September 16 – Hurricane Sally makes landfall on the Alabama coast as a high-end Category 2 hurricane, causing over $8 billion in damages and killing 8 people.source
202017 September – The U.N. warns that record flooding and locust swarms threaten food security in South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Sudan.Mauritius source
2020October 6 – Serious floods affected in Central Vietnam, lasted nearly 3 months and killed at least 249 people.source
2020October 17 – 2020 New Zealand general election: Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party wins a landslide second term in office, defeating the National Party led by Judith Collins and gaining the country's first parliamentary majority since the introduction of the MMP voting system.source
2020October 21 – Heavy rains brought by tropical storm Linfa caused landslides at the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric plant in Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam, killing 17 construction workers and 13 soldiers who were on a rescue mission.source
2020October 30 – 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Turkey and Greece, killing 119 people and injuring over 1,000.source
2020October 31 – Typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in history, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and killing dozens of people in the region.source
2020November 7 – Hurricane Eta makes landfall in Nicaragua, killing over 100 people in Central America as a category 4.source
2020November 16 – Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane just two weeks after Hurricane Eta made landfall, devastating the same areas.source
2020Typhoon Vamco makes landfall in Vietnam, after crossing the Philippines and killing at least 69 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region since Typhoon Ketsana in 2009.source
2020The United States formally exits the Paris Agreement on climate change.source
2020Western Sahara conflict: fighting erupts between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic when Moroccan forces launch a military operation to capture the town of Guerguerat, located in a UN-monitored buffer zone.source
20204 December – Vanuatu officially graduates from the United Nations official list of Least Developed Countries (LDC) becoming the sixth nation to ever do so. The UN Committee for Development Policy recommended for Vanuatu for graduation in 2012. In 2012, the Economic and Social Council and in 2013 the General Assembly approved the recommendation, however after Cyclone Pam, the country was granted an extension until 2020.Vanuatu source
2020December 9 – Six hundred men, women, and children are stopped in San Pedro Sula and asked for travel documents before starting a migration caravan to the United States. At least 3 million people were effected by Hurricane Eta before Hurricane Iota hit the area.Honduras source
2020December 29 – The 2020 Petrinja earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 strikes Croatia, killing seven and injuring more than 20.source
2021January 7 – Diary Sow, 20, a student at Paris's Lycée Louis-le-Grand and known as "Senegal's best pupil," is reported missing. She apologized for her disappearance on January 22.Senegal source
2021January 15 – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake with an epicenter located 3 mi south-southwest of Champerico at a depth of 6 mi shakes buildings in Guatemala City, but no damage or injuries are reported.Guatemala source
202125 January – Two in Eswatini die and thousands are homeless throughout Southern Africa as Cyclone Eloise causes extensive flooding.Eswatini source
20215 February – Drought, increases in local demand, and a drop in the number of farmers all contribute to a marijuana shortage. The COVID-19 pandemic and related curfew means that farmers have a difficult time in irrigating their fields.Jamaica source
2021February 13–February 17 – A major winter storm kills at least 136 people and causes over 9.9 million power outages in the U.S.source
2021April 13 – Japan's government approves the dumping of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, with full support of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The decision is opposed by China, South Korea, and Taiwan.source
2021April – Cyclone Seroja makes landfall in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. As of 5 April 2021, it was estimated that at least 27 people in Timor-Leste had died in landslides and flash floods as a result of the storm, most of them in Dili.East Timor source
202124 June – A rare tornado sweeps through several villages, killing six people and leaving more than 150 others injured.Czech Republic source
2021July 3 – Over 130 wildfires, fuelled by lightning strikes, burn through Western Canada following a record-breaking heatwave in North America that results in over 600 deaths.source
2021July 12 – 2021 European floods: Heavy rain causes flooding in the border region of Germany and Belgium, resulting in 229 deaths, including 184 in Germany, 42 in Belgium with 1 person still missing there, and 2 in Romania. The event is attributed to a slowed jetstream caused by climate change.source
2021August 3 – Wildfires in Greece begin.source
2021August 14 – A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, killing more than 2,500 people.source
2021August 14 - 2021 Haiti earthquake kills 2,248 people.Haiti source
2021August 29 – Hurricane Ida strikes New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, after having caused devastation in Venezuela.source
2021September 14 – North Korea demonstrates two short-range ballistic missiles that land just outside Japan's territorial waters; and then only hours later South Korea demonstrates its first submarine-launched ballistic missile.source
2021September 15 – Several ministers of the Argentine president Alberto Fernández's cabinet resign after the government's defeat in the primary elections, triggering a political crisis in the country.source
2021September 25 – Vanuatu launches a global campaign to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Vanuatu bases its decision on being incapable with its own decisions to address rising sea levels and other challenges linked to climate change and wants the ICJ to establish responsibilities for climate change under international law.Vanuatu source
2021December 10–December 11 – A late season tornado outbreak occurs in the Southern and Midwestern United States, causing major damage and killing at least 94 people. One of the longest-tracked tornadoes in history occurred, which impacted western Kentucky, particularly Mayfield.source
2021December 16 – Typhoon Rai, also known as Typhoon Odette, hits the Philippines and caused destruction to agriculture, establishments, and houses, and caused many injured and deaths.source
202214 January – 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunami: The Hunga Tonga, an undersea volcano, erupts, sending ash and steam 20 kilometers into the air. The government of Tonga issues a tsunami warning and advises people in all islands of Tonga to avoid the coasts.Tonga source
2022January 15 – A large eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in Tonga, triggers tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.source
202216 January – Satellite imagery of Hunga Tonga shows that most of the volcanic island was destroyed by the eruption.Tonga source
202220 January – Mia Mottley and her Barbados Labour Party government are re-elected for a second term in a landslide, winning all 30 seats.Barbados source
2022January 23 – Tropical Storm Ana kills 115 people in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique, days after a series of floods killed 11 people in Madagascar.source
2022February 5 – Cyclone Batsirai kills a total of 123 people across Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion two weeks after Tropical Storm Ana killed 115 people in the same region.source
20226 February – Cyclone Batsirai, a category 4 cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson scale, kills at least 10 people and displaces more than 48,000 after making landfall in Madagascar.Madagascar source
202231 March – Micronesian president David Panuelo urges Solomon Islands to not sign a security pact with China, citing "grave security concerns" and arguing that the Pacific islands would be "the epicenter of major confrontation" between major powers.Solomon Islands source
202213 April – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain.Papua New Guinea source
2022May 9 – 2022 Philippine presidential election: Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte are elected the 17th President and 15th Vice President of the Philippines in a landslide victory.source
2022May 9 – Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as a result of massive protests against his government across the country. He is succeeded by Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister three days later.source
2022June 22 – A 6.2 earthquake strikes the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 1,163 people.source
2022July 2 – Tropical Storm Bonnie: One person is reported missing as Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall in South America.Trinidad and Tobago source
2022July 19 – 2022 European heat waves: A series of severe heatwaves from July to August hit Europe, causing at least 53,000 deaths and additionally causing major wildfires, travel disruption, and record high temperatures in many countries.source
2022July 27 – A 7.0 earthquake strikes the island of Luzon in the Philippines killing 11 people and injuring over 600.source
202218 August – An explosion destroyed a barge at Southwest Bay on the island of Malekula.Vanuatu source
2022August 28 – 2022 Pakistan floods: Pakistan declares a "climate catastrophe" and appeals for international assistance, as the death toll from recent flooding in the country exceeds 1,000, the world's deadliest flood since 2017. Several nations, alongside the UN, pledge millions in funding for aid.source
2022September 5 – A 6.8 earthquake strikes Luding County in Sichuan province, China, killing 117 and injuring 424.source
2022September 14–September 25 – The Atlantic hurricane Fiona hits Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Lucayan Archipelago, Bermuda, and Eastern Canada.source
202221 September – Hurricane Fiona reached Category 4 as it moved from the Turks and Caicos Islands toward Bermuda.Bermuda source
2022September 27–September 30 – Hurricane Ian impacts Cuba and the United States, causing catastrophic damage to both nations, killing at least 157 people, 16 missing, and leaving millions without power, including the entire nation of Cuba.source
2022November 21 – A 5.6 earthquake strikes near Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia, killing 635 people and injuring 7,700 more.source
20234 January – Severe flooding is reported in the north of the country.Republic of the Congo source
20238 January – A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore near Sanma, Vanuatu.Vanuatu source
2023January 10–17 – A cold snap in Afghanistan kills 166 people and nearly 80,000 livestock.source
202316 January – 1 February – Cyclone Cheneso kills at least 33 people.Madagascar source
2023January 27 – Widespread unrest erupts in Israel following an Israeli military raid in Jenin the previous day, which killed nine Palestinians. Incendiary air balloons are launched into Israeli-populated areas following it. Israel responds with targeted airstrikes. Later the same day, seven Jewish civilians are killed in a synagogue in Neve Yaakov in a terrorist attack.source
2023February 4 – Cyclone Freddy forms in the Indian Ocean. It would become the longest lasting tropical cyclone in history and cause over 1,400 deaths and countless injuries and property damage across southeastern Africa.source
2023February 6 – A 7.8 Mww earthquake strikes southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria followed by a 7.7 Mww aftershock on the same day, causing widespread damage and at more than 59,000 fatalities and 121,000 injured.source
2023March 11 – Cyclone Freddy hits Mozambique, causing floods, infrastructure damage, and at least five deaths.Mozambique source
202329 March – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reshuffles the government's cabinet amid an increase in prices and shortages of food due to the severe economic situation the country, which was worsened by the recent earthquake.Syria source
20233 April – 2023 Papua New Guinea earthquake: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, killing eight people, injuring several others, and causing damage.Papua New Guinea source
2023May 3 – 2023 Manipur violence: Ethnic violence erupts in the state of Manipur between the Kuki and Meitei people.source
2023May 4 – A series of floods and landslides strikes villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in over 400 deaths.source
2023May 9 – Cyclone Mocha forms in the Indian Ocean, killing over 400 people and injuring over 700 as it strikes Myanmar and Bangladesh.source
20238 June – Heavy rainfall in Savai'i, causes widespread flooding and infrastructure damage.Samoa source
2023July 19 – Typhoon Doksuri forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean, going on to kill 137 people in Southeast Asia.source
2023July 23 – 2023 Greece wildfires: Tens of thousands of tourists flee Rhodes, Greece, amid wildfires and a major heatwave, in what officials say is the largest evacuation in the country's history.source
2023August 16–21 – Hurricane Hilary, a Category 4 Pacific Hurricane, strikes the Baja California peninsula and later causes record flooding in Southern California.source
2023August 21 – 2023 Canadian wildfires: 68% of the Northwest Territories are forced to evacuate to other parts of the country due to wildfires.source
2023August 30 – The death toll from torrential rains in Tajikistan rises to 21, as flooding, landslides, and mudflows affect towns near Dushanbe.Tajikistan source
2023September 8 – 2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Marrakesh–Safi province in western Morocco, killing at least 2,960 people and damaging historic buildings.source
2023September 10 – Storm Daniel, a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, kills at least 5,000 people, with a further 10,000 to 100,000 reported missing. In the city of Derna in Libya, two dams collapse, resulting in a quarter of the city being destroyed.source
2023October 7 – A series of earthquakes occur in Herat Province in Afghanistan, killing over 1,000 people and injuring nearly 2,000, with tremors felt in Iran and Turkmenistan. The earthquakes are the deadliest in the country since 1998.source
2023October 13 – After British regulators' approval, Microsoft closes its US$68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.source
2023October 25 – Hurricane Otis, an eastern Pacific tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Mexico near Acapulco, leaving at least 80 dead. It is the most powerful Eastern Pacific hurricane to make landfall in Mexico, with the highest winds reaching 165 mph, surpassing Hurricane Patricia's landfall in 2015.source
2024April 3 – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20 – 30 cm hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.source
2024April 29 – Floods in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul cause dozens of deaths and leave thousands homeless.source
2024May 8 – In North Macedonian elections, the right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE wins in a landslide in the parliamentary elections, while its presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is elected as the first female president of the country in the second round of the presidential election.source
2024May 10 – A series of solar storms and intense solar flares impact the Earth, rated G5 by NOAA, creating aurorae at more southerly and northerly latitudes than usual. This was the first G5 storm since 2003.source
202412 May: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes along the Guatemala–Mexico border, causing damage in Quetzaltenango and San Marcos Departments.Guatemala source
2024May 24 – A major landslide in Papua New Guinea kills 160–2,000+ people, with many more buried.source
2024May 26 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election: Incumbent president Gitanas Nausėda wins a landslide victory for a second term in office.source
202410 June – The World Bank approves a US$45 million project to boost coastal flood resilience in Guyana under the Low Carbon Development Strategy.Guyana source
2024June 25: At least 24 people are reported killed following days of heavy rains and floods in Abidjan.Ivory Coast source
2024July 1 – Hurricane Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record after devastating the island of Carriacou, Grenada.source
2024July 22 – Landslides kill 257 people and bury two villages in Geze Gofa, Gofa Zuria, Ethiopia.source
202419 August – The African Development Bank announces a $11.2 million grant to Malawi in dealing with drought-related damages caused by El Niño.Malawi source
2024September 12 – Heavy rainfall in Central Europe triggers the worst flooding in the region since 2010.source
2024September 26 – Hurricane Helene, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Maria in 2017, makes landfall in Florida as a category four hurricane. It has a death toll of 236 and leaves more than 685 missing.source
2024October 7 – Hurricane Milton becomes the fourth most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, and the most intense storm in the Gulf of Mexico tying with Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton is also the first hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years.source
2024October 29 – 2024 Spanish floods: Spain experiences its worst flooding in half a century, with over 200 killed and many more missing, as a year's worth of rain falls in eight hours.source
2024November 10 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits near Bartolomé Masó, causing shaking across the east of the country.Cuba source
202410 November: 2024 Mauritian general election: The ruling Alliance Lepep loses its majority in the National Assembly to the Alliance du Changement by a landslide.Mauritius source
2024December 14 – Cyclone Chido makes landfall in Mayotte, causing at least 172 deaths and bringing devastating damage to the island.source
202415 December – Cyclone Chido makes landfall over Cabo Delgado Province, killing at least 120 people.Mozambique source
2024December 17 – The capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila, suffers extensive damage after a Mw 7.3 earthquake. At least 16 people are killed.source
202418 December – Eruptive activity begins at Home Reef with thermal anomalies, visible white and gray emissions, and lava covering approximately 75,000 m².Tonga source
20252 January – Winter solstice (Nyi)Bhutan source
2025January 7 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet, China, killing at least 126 people, while another 338 are injured.source
2025January 7 – Greater Los Angeles experiences the most destructive wildfires in its history, fueled by strong winds and prolonged drought conditions. Over 13,000 structures are destroyed. At least 29 deaths are reported, while 180,000 people are evacuated, with fires continuing for days.source
2025January 10 – The European Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that 2024 was the world's hottest year on record, and the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold of 1.5 °C of global warming.source
2025January 24 – Storm Éowyn hits Ireland and the United Kingdom. Record high wind speeds of 183 km/h are recorded in Ireland, while over a million homes are left without power.source
202526 February – Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport is closed after the Mauritius Meteorological Services issues a category 3 cyclone warning for Tropical Storm Garance.Mauritius source
20251 March – President Irfaan Ali accuses the Venezuelan Navy of entering its territorial waters and harassing an offshore unit of ExxonMobil.Guyana source
2025March 12 – 2025 Belizean general election: The incumbent People's United Party wins a second term in a landslide victory.source
2025March 14 – A systems failure at the Diezmero electric substation outside Havana causes a nationwide blackout.Cuba source
2025March 21 – South Korea experiences one of its worst wildfires in modern history; over 87 000 hectares of land are destroyed in South Gyeongsang Province, killing at least 32 people.source
2025March 28 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake occurs in Myanmar, resulting in 5,413 killed and 11,402 injured.source
2025May 3 – 2025 Singaporean general election: The incumbent People's Action Party led by Lawrence Wong wins reelection in a landslide, retaining a supermajority government.source
202522 May – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits Crete, causing extensive damage in the Heraklion area.Greece source
2025June 20 – An EF5 tornado strikes southeast of Enderlin, North Dakota, becoming the first EF5 tornado globally since May 20, 2013.source
202513 July – The Gola-Tiwai complex, which includes Tiwai Island and the Gola Rainforest National Park, is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.Sierra Leone source
2025July 30 – An Mw 8.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings in Japan and Hawaii.source
202512 August – A water tanker overturns near Podgorica, killing a soldier responding to a wildfire.Montenegro source
2025August 22 – Famine is confirmed in Gaza City for the first time after the UN-backed body responsible for monitoring food security raises its classification to Phase 5, the highest and worst level. The IPC says more than 500,000 people are now facing "starvation, destitution and death".source
2025August 31 – An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 2,200 people and injures 3,500.source
2025August 31 – Between 370 and 1,000 people are reported killed in a landslide caused by heavy rain that buries the village of Tarasin in the Marrah Mountains of Central Darfur and leaves one survivor.source
2025September 21 – Thousands of protesters across the Philippines gather at the EDSA Shrine in Quezon City for the Trillion Peso March and at Luneta Park in Manila for the Baha sa Luneta demonstrations, demanding government accountability over alleged corruption in flood control and infrastructure projects.source
202527 September – The Mantadia and Tsimembo nature reserves are designated as biosphere reserves by UNESCO.Madagascar source
2025September 30 – A Mw 6.9 earthquake shakes the island of Cebu in the Philippines, leaving 71 people dead and 559 injured.source
20257 October – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Morobe Province, destroying several homes in Lae.Papua New Guinea source
2025October 24 – 2025 Irish presidential election: Independent candidate Catherine Connolly wins the election in a landslide, defeating Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys.source
2025October 28 – Hurricane Melissa makes a catastrophic landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, with sustained wind speeds up to 160 kn, becoming the strongest hurricane to strike the country in recorded history.source
2025November 3 – A powerful Mw 6.3 earthquake shakes the provinces of Balkh and Samangan in Afghanistan, causing 31 deaths and 956 injuries.source
2025November 4 – Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves more than 288 people dead in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.source
2025November 26 – Cyclone Senyar causes at least 1,390 deaths and leaves 186 missing in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.source
2025November 28 – Flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah leave at least 647 dead and 183 missing across Sri Lanka and South India.source
2025December 8 – A Mw 7.6 earthquake occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Aomori Prefecture in Japan, triggering a tsunami up to 70 cm high.source