Major fire breaks out at a factory site near Xihu Road in Dali District, Taichung, Taiwan 🇹🇼 (23.05.2026) Thick black smoke billows into the sky as stored items burn wildly.

A heavy hailstorm struck Sofiivska Borschahivka, Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine 🇺🇦 (22.05.2026).

PARMA, Idaho Beverly Ave east of Hwy 95, just north of Parma, is closed due to a large developing sinkhole, according to the Payette County Sheriff’s Office. https://idahonews.com/news/local/beverly-avenue-east-of-highway-95-north-of-parma-closed-due-to-sinkhole

Gurgaon, India A transformer blast at a 220kV substation in Sector 72 plunged large parts of Gurgaon into darkness on Friday evening. The outage, triggered by a technical fault that led to an oil leak and explosion in the current transfer circuit, disrupted supply across at least 8 substations, stalled Rapid Metro services and left thousands of residents battling sweltering conditions with no fans, ACs or lifts. Officials said the fault occurred around 7.50pm, at a time when Gurgaon was already reeling under intense heat, with temperatures touching 42.7°C. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/transformer-blast-metro-halt-and-sleepless-night-what-caused-gurgaons-massive-blackout/amp_articleshow/131271060.cms

Heavy flooding due to extreme rain in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 🇯🇵 (23.05.2026)