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Flooding along the Ribeira de Iguape River remained active in downstream parts of Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo state, on September 16, 2026, after waters receded in Ribeira, Iporanga and Eldorado. About 2 000 people have been affected in the region, while São Paulo authorities reported 3 deaths and 2 missing people from the wider storm episode elsewhere in the state.
A collapse at the Al-Zaraa gold mine near Al-Nuhud in West Kordofan, Sudan, had killed over 80 people by September 16, 2026, according to the latest unofficial figures. Rescue and recovery operations continue, with an unknown number of miners still trapped or missing underground.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit Java, Indonesia at 21:23 UTC on September 11, 2026 (04:23 LT on September 12). The agency is reporting a depth of 358 km (223 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
New activity/unrest was reported for 4 volcanoes from September 3 to 9, 2026. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 20 volcanoes.
Two tornadoes were confirmed in Paraná between September 9 and 10, 2026, as severe weather affected southern Brazil, while three people were killed when a landslide struck a home during heavy rain in Ponta Grossa. The National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) warned of another period of intense instability on September 11, with an extratropical cyclone forecast to form Friday night between northeastern Rio Grande do Sul and the Atlantic Ocean.
Severe storms and torrential rainfall struck parts of Italy, Slovenia and Croatia on September 9 and 10, 2026, causing flooding, evacuations, transport disruption and localized infrastructure damage. Two women died in Italy during the event, one after becoming trapped in a flooded underpass at Latisana and another after being struck by broken window glass at Sinalunga.
Flooding and transportation disruptions were already affecting Kauaʻi late September 7, 2026, as Hurricane Lowell moved toward the island with maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h (110 mph). The hurricane was about 215 km (135 miles) southwest of Līhuʻe at 20:00 HST (06:00 UTC on September 8), with its core forecast to pass near or just west of Niʻihau overnight.
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center is forecasting the possible combined arrival of several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from early September 8 into September 9, with isolated G1 – Minor geomagnetic storm periods likely and a slight chance of G2 – Moderate conditions. Confidence in the timing and magnitude of the arrivals remains low.
Asteroid 2026 RW1 — the 13th predicted Earth impactor — entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia at 16:07 UTC on September 6, 2026, about 7 hours and 22 minutes after its initial reported observation by the University of Arizona Mt. Lemmon Survey. The European Space Agency (ESA) estimated the object at 0.6–1.3 m (2.0–4.3 feet).
New activity/unrest was reported for 5 volcanoes from August 27 – September 2, 2026. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 17 volcanoes.
