Ivanna Ivanova, champion for raising awareness about climate change, listed global weather events in August 2023 via social media pages, including the Climate Change and Sustainable development page.
AUGUST 14, 2023
💦 INDIA: Intense rains in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand led to catastrophic floods and landslides. As of August 14, within just a few days, nearly 60 people have lost their lives due to the natural disaster.
AUGUST 13–19, 2023
🔥 REPUBLIC OF SAKHA (YAKUTIA), RUSSIA: During the same period, the news repeatedly reported on active or new wildfires in Yakutia.
AUGUST 16–19, 2023
🔥 CANADA: On August 16, a new outbreak of wildfires began in the province of BRITISH COLUMBIA. In some areas, the flames came dangerously close to towns, causing the evacuation of about 20,000 residents.
AUGUST 15–19, 2023
🔥 SPAIN: Wildfires broke out on the TENERIFE ISLAND. A couple of days later, they got out of control. As of August 19, about 12,000 people in several settlements were evacuated.
AUGUST 13, 2023
ITALY: The volcano Etna began to explode violently, while turbulent mudflows raced through the streets of Turin.
🌪 CHINA: At least 2 people were killed and 15 injured when a tornado accompanied by hail struck the city of Yancheng.
JORDAN: A powerful sandstorm hit the town of Al-Mafraq.
AUGUST 14, 2023
💦 OMAN: The next day a disaster struck Oman. Downpours flooded the Ramlat al-Wahiba Desert.
💦 HONDURAS: In the city of San Pedro Sula rain turned streets into rivers in just 40 minutes.
⚡️ The USA and CANADA: Severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail hit Minnesota, USA, and Ontario in Canada. Meanwhile, wildfires broke out in the northwest of Houston in Texas, USA.
🔥 FRANCE: On the same day a fire engulfed more than 500 hectares in Saint-André. The fire spread to residential houses.
AUGUST 15, 2023
🌀 JAPAN: Typhoon Lan hit central and western prefectures.
💦 In ITALY, heavy rains and thunderstorms hit several districts of Trentino-Alto Adige, causing devastating floods and landslides.
🌪 USA: On this day in the state of North Carolina hurricanes left more than 65,000 customers without electricity. A tree that fell during the fury of the storm took a person’s life right inside a car.
AUGUST 16, 2023
💦 GERMANY: Heavy rains flooded Frankfurt airport, causing dozens of flights to be canceled.
🌊 ALGERIA: Flooding in Bordj Bou Arreridj took the lives of at least two people.
In TURKMENISTAN, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 occurred. Underground tremors were felt in several districts.
AUGUST 17, 2023
COLOMBIA: The next day, a devastating magnitude 6.3 earthquake followed by dozens of tremors shook central Colombia and the capital Bogota, causing severe panic among people.
💦 GERMANY: In the evening of the same day, storms in southern Germany left behind severe flooding and destruction.
⚡️ In ARGENTINA, thunderstorms and hail caused chaos in the Buenos Aires province. More than fifty 50 flights were suspended due to the torrential downpour.
AUGUST 18, 2023
🌀 KUWAIT: On the same day, eyewitness videos about the terrible storm in Kuwait appeared online.
ITALY: A seismic swarm was recorded in the area of Campi Flegrei, the strongest shock was of magnitude 3.6. In total, more than 100 earthquakes have already been recorded in the region.
AUGUST 19, 2023
🔥 GREECE: Wildfires broke out near the city of Alexandroupolis and the population was evacuated as a precaution.
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