Aswan City and other areas in southern Egypt experienced heavy rain and severe flooding, some of it historic, on August 8 and 9, 2024. According to experts, the rains were seasonal and caused by a northward shift in the rain belt.
An extreme rainstorm struck China’s Shaanxi Province on the morning of August 9, 2024, bringing in heavy rain totaling 172 mm (6.77 inches) of rainfall and causing severe flooding that swept away multiple vehicles.
A very cold air mass is forecasted to cause a significant drop in temperatures across multiple regions of Brazil by the end of this week. The South, Southeast, Central-West, and even parts of the North will experience this temperature decrease, with the possibility of frost in several states and potential snowfall or freezing rain in the higher-altitude areas of the South Region.
A deep earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.5 hit the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia at 03:28 UTC on August 10, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 406 km (252 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.5 at a depth of 400 km (248 miles).
Category 1 Hurricane “Debby” made landfall near Steinhatchee in Florida’s Big Bend at 11:00 UTC on Monday, August 5, 2024, and continued moving inland, dropping heavy rains. As Debby moved offshore and then back inland, it continued to gather moisture, leading to a second landfall northeast of Charleston, South Carolina, on August 8.
A robust aftershock sequence, currently exceeding 450 earthquakes, continues to shake Kern County in Southern California after M5.2 on August 7, 2024 — the strongest quake to hit the region in three years.
A notable eruption took place at White Island volcano, an active stratovolcano in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, on August 9, 2024, dispersing minor volcanic ash to the east of the volcano. The Volcanic Alert Level was raised to Level 3, and the Aviation Colour Code was increased to Orange. The activity was most active between 01:00 and 03:00 UTC (13:00 and 15:00 LT).
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first megaquake advisory on Thursday, August 8, 2024, several hours after the M7.1 earthquake hit near the coast of Kyushu. The advisory warns that if a major earthquake were to occur in the future, strong shaking and large tsunamis would be generated.
A recent study showed a significant decline in the navigability of the Northwest Passage, Arctic Archipelago due to obstructions caused by multilayer ice in the region.
A devastating flood swept through Yemen’s Hodeida Governorate on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, killing more than 30 people and causing heavy damage to infrastructure, including major hospitals. The floods, which struck as part of ongoing seasonal rains, have displaced thousands of people and left many areas without power.
