Unusually heavy rainfall hit the capital Ankara, Turkey over the weekend, causing destructive floods that claimed the lives of at least 4 people. Another person was killed in the central province of Karaman.
An intense hailstorm hit Mexico City on June 12, 2022, causing traffic chaos and damaging roofs of homes and businesses.
At least 2 200 households near Flagstaff, Arizona were ordered to evacuate late Monday, June 13, 2022, due to threats posed by the growing Pipeline Fire.
Destructive flooding and landslides hit Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities on June 13, 2022, washing out numerous roads and bridges in the area, cutting off electricity and forcing people to evacuate. The floods hit during one of Yellowstone’s busiest months.
Record-setting heat will expand from the Southern and Central Plains into the Mississippi and Ohio Valley today. Excessive Heat Warnings are in place for Memphis, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Tulsa. Dangerous heat is expected to extend from the Midwest to the Southeast through midweek.
Submarine eruption continues at Kavachi volcano in the Solomon Islands since it entered the current eruptive phase in October 2021.
A massive spill of an unknown substance has been detected in the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Sweden.
A new phreatic eruption was detected by the Bulusan Volcano Network at 20:37 UTC on June 11, 2022 (03:37 LT on June 12). The event lasted 18 minutes based on the seismic record but the eruption plume was not visible in camera monitors. Bulusan’s last eruption took place on June 5, forcing PHIVOLCS to raise the Alert Level to 1.
A dangerous rockslide occurred on the road in Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen Province on May 26, 2022. The event ‘illustrates the destructive power of rockfalls in a highly graphic manner,’ said landslides expert Dr. Dave Petley.
Arctic’s seasonal sea ice loss began more slowly in May 2022 than in the recent years as air temperatures were closer to the 1981 to 2010 average. The month ended with the highest sea ice extent since 2013 – the 14th lowest in the satellite record.
