Three wildfires burning in the Spokane area of eastern Washington remained 0% contained on August 2,2026, after burning a combined 2 178 ha (5 381 acres). Around 5 000 homes had been evacuated…

A Greek firefighting coordinator and a Danish pilot were killed when two firefighting helicopters collided near Psatha, west of Athens, on August 2, 2026. A British pilot and a second Greek…

Flash flooding struck McCaysville, Georgia, and northeastern Surry County, North Carolina, from late August 1 into August 2, 2026, prompting water rescues and emergency declarations in both states.

The Widemouth 2 Fire more than tripled between mapped observations in central Utah, increasing from 4 168 ha (10 300 acres) late on August 1, 2026, to 14 746 ha (36 438 acres) on August 2 as strong…

A frontal system that affected central and southern Chile between August 1 and 2, 2026, left two people dead, 1 399 affected, 156 in shelters and 536 isolated as of August 3. Ten red alerts and 10…

Activity at Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego intensified on August 3, 2026, producing pyroclastic density currents that traveled 5 to 7 km (3 to 4 miles) through the Seca ravine. The eruption entered a…

Fourteen people were killed when a landslide struck Tasadkane Debre Mitmak Saint Mary Monastery in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region at approximately 07:00 LT on August 3, 2026. The slope failure hit while…

Typhoon Dolphin reintensified into a Category 4 equivalent typhoon northeast of Iwo To in Ogasawara, Japan, on August 4, 2026, after completing its fourth eyewall replacement cycle.

El Niño is present and strengthening across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed on August 3, 2027.

The High Arctic has extended its record-cold summer with three consecutive July records.

Scientific consensus is enforced by an academic system that rewards conformity, punishes dissent and leaves too many scientists afraid to say publicly what they know to be true.

Study: The more you know about the climate, the less you worry. Ignorance isn’t bliss in this case; it leaves you vulnerable to propaganda.