• Level 5 Emergency Warnings for landslides issued for Niijima, record rain lashes Oshima and Toshima, Japan

    ByRishav Kothari

    The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued Level 5 Emergency Warnings for landslides in Niijima Village, Oshima Town and Toshima Village in Tokyo’s Izu Islands on September 7, 2026, after 24-hour rainfall totals broke records at multiple stations. Niijima recorded 485 mm (19.1 inches), while the main Oshima station received 581.5 mm (22.9 inches), its highest September total on record. Separately, Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture issued a citywide Level 4 Evacuation Instruction and listed one death in its final disaster report, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).

  • Record rainfall brings landslides and infrastructure disruption to Yakushima, Japan

    ByRishav Kothari

    Record rainfall associated with Typhoon No. 24 and an autumn-rain front affected Yakushima Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, from September 4 to September 5, 2026, with 24-hour rainfall at Onoaida reaching 490.5 mm (19.31 inches) by 05:30 JST. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 Landslide Disaster Special Warning at 05:10 before replacing it with a Level 4 warning at 11:30, while authorities reported landslides, water outages affecting as many as 289 households, and large amounts of driftwood at Miyanoura Port.

  • Hurricane Lowell weakens to Category 4 after briefly regaining Category 5, Hawaii under State of Emergency

    ByRishav Kothari

    Hurricane Lowell reached Category 5 strength with winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) before weakening slightly to Category 4 south of Hawaii late on September 4. Heavy rainfall, life-threatening surf and possible wind and storm-surge impacts remained forecast for portions of the state through early next week, particularly around Kauaʻi County.

  • Severe storms damage trees and power lines from Michigan to Pennsylvania, damaging wind risk continues

    ByRishav Kothari

    Severe thunderstorms damaged trees and power infrastructure from Michigan to Pennsylvania on September 2 and 3, 2026 while a gust of 103 km/h (64 mph) was recorded at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport late September 3. DTE Energy reported 145 000 customers restored by early September 4, while the Storm Prediction Center maintained a Slight Risk from the southern Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, with damaging wind gusts the primary hazard

  • Multiple people missing, more than 100 houses collapse in Putian as Typhoon Saudel floods Fujian, China

    ByRishav Kothari

    Multiple people were missing, and more than 100 houses had collapsed in Huating Town, Putian, after Typhoon Saudel brought heavy rain and severe flooding across Fujian on September 3, 2026. Authorities had evacuated 83 700 people from risk areas, while NMC recorded local rainfall totals reaching 565.5 mm (22.26 inches) in some areas. Fifty rivers in Fujian exceeded warning levels at 74 hydrological stations between September 3 and 4.

  • Atmospheric river targets Pacific Northwest as Tropical Storm Marie boosts California rainfall risk

    ByRishav Kothari

    An early-season atmospheric river associated with a potent upper-level closed low is forecast to bring 25–75 mm (1–3 inches) of precipitation to parts of the western United States through 05:00 PT (12:00 UTC) on September 5, 2026. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) placed interior northern California, eastern Oregon, and western Idaho under a Marginal Risk of excessive rainfall for September 3–4, while Marie-related moisture raised a separate, more uncertain California rainfall risk later in the forecast period.

  • Edouard weakens to tropical depression over Texas, WPC warns of significant flash flooding

    ByRishav Kothari

    Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, at 14:20 CDT (19:20 UTC) on September 1 with winds of 95 km/h (60 mph), then weakened to a tropical depression over southeastern Texas. The Weather Prediction Center forecast storm-total rainfall of 102–203 mm (4–8 inches), with localized totals near 305 mm (12 inches), while Flood Watches remained in effect and approximately 70 000 Entergy Texas customers were without power late September 1.

  • Tropical Storm Edouard strengthens in northern Gulf, Hurricane Watch issued for Texas and Louisiana

    ByRishav Kothari

    Tropical Storm Edouard was strengthening over the northern Gulf early on September 1, 2026, after Tropical Depression Five became a named storm at 00:00 UTC. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a Hurricane Watch and Storm Surge Warning for portions of the Upper Texas and southwestern Louisiana coasts at 03:00 UTC, warning that Edouard could approach hurricane strength before reaching the northwestern Gulf Coast later on September 1.

  • 1 killed, another injured after house under construction collapses in Austin due to strong winds, Texas

    ByRishav Kothari

    A two-story house under construction collapsed at 12002 Salvador Street in south Austin at about 16:20 CDT (21:20 UTC) on August 27, 2026, during strong thunderstorm winds, killing one construction worker and trapping another. Four workers were at the site; two escaped, while rescuers extracted the surviving trapped worker at approximately 17:15 CDT (22:15 UTC). The initial emergency call preceded a National Weather Service (NWS) severe thunderstorm warning for central Travis County by about 35 minutes.

  • Tropical Storm Karina forecast to reach major hurricane strength, bringing hazardous swells to Mexico as Lowell strengthens

    ByRishav Kothari

    The National Hurricane Center (NHC) named Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell at 21:00 UTC on August 27, 2026, as two separate systems developed over the eastern Pacific, with Karina well offshore southwestern Mexico and Lowell farther west. By 15:00 UTC on August 28, Karina had maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h (50 mph) and was forecast to reach 205 km/h (125 mph) on August 31. Swells generated by Karina were expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along portions of southwestern Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula during the weekend of August 29–30. Lowell had maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h (45 mph) and was forecast to become a hurricane by August 31.