Floods and landslides claimed 90 lives and severely damaged more than 16 000 homes since March, Colombia
At least 80 people lost their lives and another 10 are still missing due to floods and landslides in Colombia since March 2022.
Destructive hailstorm hits Mexico City, Mexico
An intense hailstorm hit Mexico City on June 12, 2022, causing traffic chaos and damaging roofs of homes and businesses.
June temperatures in Queensland dropping to lowest in more than a century, Australia
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned residents living in southeast Queensland of frosty mornings and single-digit temperatures throughout the month as well below June average temperatures descend over much of southeast Australia. Some parts of the state are experiencing their lowest June temperatures in more than 100 years.
Severe thunderstorms, tennis ball-sized hail wreak havoc across France
Severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain and up to tennis ball-sized hail to France on June 3 and 4, 2022, wreaking havoc in vineyards across large parts of the country, leaving thousands of homes without power, one person dead and 15 injured – two of them seriously.
Record-breaking rains hit South Florida, causing widespread flooding, U.S.
Potential Tropical Cyclone One brought record-breaking rains to South Florida over the weekend, causing widespread flooding. The disturbance also hit Cuba, leaving at least 3 people dead.
Widespread floods and landslides hit Cuba, leaving at least 3 people dead
Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains brought by Potential Tropical Cyclone One (later named Tropical Storm “Alex”) left at least three people dead in Cuba on June 3, 2022.
NHC issues tropical storm warnings for parts of Florida, U.S.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for all of the Florida Keys, including the Dry Tortugas and Florida Bay, and for the west coast of Florida south of Englewood at 03:00 UTC on June 3, 2022.
Agatha makes landfall in Oaxaca as the strongest May hurricane to hit the Pacific coast of Mexico
Hurricane “Agatha” made landfall just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico at 21:00 UTC on May 30, 2022, with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h (105 mph), making it the strongest hurricane to make landfall in May along the Pacific coast of Mexico. Agatha is the first named storm and the first hurricane of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season (May 15 – November 30).
Extremely heavy rains, floods and landslides hit Pernambuco, leaving more than 106 people dead, Brazil
The number of fatalities caused by widespread floods and destructive landslides in the Brazilian northeastern state of Pernambuco since May 23 has risen to 93 on May 31, 2022. There are dozens of people still missing.
High temperatures in the north – heavy rains in the south, China
China has experienced increasing temperatures in its northern parts this month and heavy rains in the southern regions.
