Weird, wild weather: floods, freak storms, giant hail, record lows, all over the world

[onawah]

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - August 2026: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs
9/7/26

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lxMuThzF_0w

[Richter]

Severe Flooding in Nagoya, Japan (4:03)
Nagoya of Japan, has been hit by record-breaking rainfall and severe flooding after an intense rainstorm swept across the Tokai region. Nagoya recorded 104.5 mm of rain in just one hour, the highest hourly rainfall since records began in 1890.

Flooding and rapidly rising water levels were reported around the Ueda River in Nagoya’s Tenpaku Ward, while roads and underpasses across the city were inundated. The Ueda River area also suffered damage to river embankments.

Authorities issued the highest-level emergency warnings in parts of Aichi and Gifu as rivers rose and transportation was severely disrupted. More heavy rain is expected across the region, raising concerns over further flooding and landslides.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=W2PfhYy-pCQ

[onawah]

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2026
Sott Media
56.2K subscribers
Premiered Oct 2, 2026

"The Sun fired its last real shots of September in the opening days of the month: an M3.0 flare on the 2nd, followed by an M1.2 on the 4th and an M1.0 on the 5th. Nothing else reached M-class for the remaining twenty-five days. A minor G1 geomagnetic storm on the 8th was the only disturbance of any consequence at Earth, and on the 18th the solar disk went completely blank, one of only a handful of spotless days so far this year. The monthly sunspot number dropped to 64.9, down eleven points from August's 76 and well below July's 78.1. A C8.6 flare on the 30th came close to the M-class line, but the direction of travel is clear: Solar Cycle 25 is sliding away from its peak... we might see the impact this winter.

That slide and what's building in the Pacific are two sides of the same process. The three strongest El Niños of the modern record, 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16, all arrived as the Sun was winding down or bottoming out, and the current event is following the same script. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center reported on September 10 that sea surface temperature anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific had pushed past +3.0°C, with the Niño 1+2 region averaging +3.4°C for August, and kept the odds of a very strong El Niño this fall and winter above 90 percent. CPC went further this time, putting a 75 percent chance on the October-December season exceeding every El Niño on record since 1950. The International Research Institute's mid-September outlook assigned zero probability to either La Niña or neutral conditions all the way through early 2027. The planet's weather didn't wait for the peak.

Japan took the hardest typhoon hit of the month. Typhoon Dujuan sideswiped the Kanto region on the 21st and 22nd, and the island of Oshima, south of Tokyo, recorded 832 mm (32.8 inches) of rain in 48 hours, the highest total since records began at the station. Tokyo's Edogawa ward logged its highest 24-hour rainfall ever. Landslides and floods left 12 dead and three missing across Chiba, Kanagawa and Miyazaki.

The Pacific's hurricane season produced two monsters. Hurricane Lowell reached Category 5 before passing just west of Niihau on the 8th, dumping nearly 20 inches of rain on Hawaii's western islands and knocking out power to 90 percent of Kauai. It killed three people, two on Kauai and one on Oahu, and prompted Hawaii's first-ever tornado watch.

Hurricane Polo formed on the 20th and exploded into a 180-mph Category 5 storm within two days, the record-tying third Category 5 of the eastern Pacific season. It came ashore in Baja California Sur as a Category 2 on the 29th, crossed the Gulf of California and made a second landfall near Guaymas, Sonora, killing at least seven in Mexico. Its moisture had already been feeding flood rescues across New Mexico since the 23rd, and as the month closed, flood watches stretched across 11 US states as Polo's remnants poured more rain onto the already flood-struck Southwest.

In Nepal, the toll from August's catastrophic glacial flood down the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers kept climbing through September. By the 26th, Nepal counted 1,453 dead and 5,285 still missing, among them 636 foreign nationals from 35 countries, while Tibet reported 43 dead and 519 missing on its side of the border. Barely a month later, the rains returned: floods and landslides swept away houses across the country in the last days of September, killing at least 27 as 18 inches of rain fell in four days. A landslide also dumped a huge volume of debris into Nepal's Chaulani river early in the month, and in India a village in West Sikkim was struck by a massive landslide after days of continuous rain. In China's Sichuan province, an early evacuation was the only reason a huge landslide on the 17th didn't turn into another death toll.

The mountains turned deadly in another way. On the 6th, an avalanche thundered down the Muztagh Ata glacier in China's Xinjiang region, sparing everyone in its path. A day later, an avalanche on Mount Mizhirgi in Russia's North Caucasus, caught on camera, struck a group of 33 climbers in the Bezengi Gorge; by the 9th, 13 bodies had been recovered.

Winter showed up early across the Northern Hemisphere. A foot of snow fell on Crystal Mountain, Washington, on the 14th. Heavy early snow blanketed the Romanian Carpathians on the 23rd, and the next day a cold snap brought early snow to Mount Pip Ivan in Ukraine. By the 28th, September snow had buried the Himalayas.

Seismically, September was a breathing space after August's back-to-back disasters. The strongest quake of the month, an M6.6 initially registered as M7, struck off New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands on the 25th with no tsunami threat. The death toll from August's M7.7 Flores earthquake in Indonesia was finalized at 136, with 1,776 injured, making it the country's deadliest quake since 2022."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=t-Z4HTItWew

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"There is NO such thing as natural weather at this point" - Dane Wigington (25:05)
Declassified CIA files reveal a long-standing program of weather modification, where chemicals are dumped into the atmosphere to alter climate patterns. Geoengineering expert Dean Wigginton explains that this is not just weather warfare, but also chemical and biological warfare. Lab testing of rainwater has confirmed the presence of graphene, polymer fibers, aluminum, and other toxins, which are dispersed by unmarked aircraft flying in grid patterns.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HdRx8WyHFGw

[onawah]

Typhoon Champi hits Taiwan: Raw footage shows powerful waves, rain and wind damage in streets
USA TODAY
7.59M subscribers
Oct 23, 2026

(Impressive waves! Taiwan was totally shut down including airports. )

"Typhoon Champi brought strong winds and torrential rain, and powerful waves to Taiwan.
Raw footage showed the impact of the storm on the Pacific island. The national government evacuated hundreds of residents from mountainous areas and tens of thousands reportedly lost power during the storm, too."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x0uJzJIWjWk

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A 298 KPH Super Typhoon Is Grinding Past Taiwan and Japan! 12m Waves and Flooding
PAST 24 HOURS WORLD
8.82K subscribers
Oct 23, 2026

"Typhoon Champi is still dangerous. Taiwan has shut down schools and offices, hundreds of flights are cancelled, and Japan’s Yaeyama and Miyako islands are next in the storm’s path. Here is the latest on the warnings, the rain forecast, the impacts so far, and what could happen over the next 24 to 48 hours."

Official sources:

Taiwan Central Weather Administration (CWA): cwa.gov.tw
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): jma.go.jp

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HDHntm-CMNE

[onawah]

Pacific Hurricane Season Breaks a Record — What You Need to Know About Simon
The Planet Desk
161 subscribers
Oct 14, 2026

"Pacific Hurricane Season Breaks a Record — What You Need to Know About Simon

The 2026 Pacific hurricane season has broken a major activity record, and Hurricane Simon is strengthening again. In this Planet Desk investigation, we explain the Pacific hurricane season record, accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), El Niño, major hurricanes, and the science behind Hurricane Simon’s renewed intensification near Mexico.

Why has the eastern and central Pacific produced such a remarkable run of powerful storms? How does El Niño change wind shear and hurricane development? And could Simon or another developing tropical system bring more heavy rain and flooding to Mexico?

We examine the latest available National Hurricane Center analysis, the historical comparison with 2018, and the difference between a confirmed observation and a forecast. We also explain why a record-breaking hurricane season does not automatically mean every storm will become stronger or make landfall.

This is The Planet Desk: evidence-driven documentaries about hurricanes, extreme weather, climate science, and the forces shaping our world.

Sources and further reading:

National Hurricane Center — Hurricane Simon updates

National Hurricane Center — Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Discussion

Associated Press — Pacific hurricane activity record and El Niño

Associated Press — Simon, Rachel’s remnants, flooding and reported impacts in Mexico

Washington Post — Pacific hurricane season record "

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-vKelFFmbk0

[onawah]

New Mexico & Colorado Flood Disaster: Record River Levels, 1,500 Homes Evacuated & More Rain Ahead
Severe Weather USA
55.9K subscribers
Oct 25, 2026

" Historic flooding is impacting New Mexico and Colorado as record river levels, widespread evacuations, and dangerous flood warnings threaten communities across the Four Corners region. Around 1,500 residences in San Juan County were ordered to evacuate as the San Juan River reaches historic levels. With more rain possible later this week, the risk of renewed flooding remains a major concern. "

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ec1p58S7Hps

[onawah]

Historic coastal flooding raises concern about sea-level rise
ABC News
19.9M subscribers
Oct 28, 2026

"Record-breaking king tides are wreaking havoc on both coasts, and some of the highest tides ever recorded are sending water rushing into Southern California streets."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nbenLp2VPEw

[onawah]

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - October 2026: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs
Sott Media
56.2K subscribers
Premiered Nov 4, 2026
https://www.sott.net/article/509295-...teor-Fireballs

(This update was late in coming, and I imagine it's because there has been more to report than usual.)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RtwtjnXTf_E

"October gave the Sun one more burst before it settled back down. Active region AR4549 fired an M1.4 flare on the 6th, then an M6.7 on the 8th, the strongest of the month, which threw off a partial halo CME. A powerful coronal mass ejection hit Earth on the 10th and drove the geomagnetic field to G3, lighting up skies over the UK and northern Europe. The large sunspot region AR4551 managed only an M1.6 on the 19th, and a coronal hole stream pushed conditions to G1 late on the 21st. After that, the Sun went quiet... at least for now.

While the Sun eased off, the Pacific kept discharging. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center reported on October 8 that sea surface temperature anomalies had topped +4.0°C in parts of the eastern equatorial Pacific. CPC now puts an 83 percent chance on October-December exceeding every El Niño on record since 1950, and the International Research Institute's mid-October outlook gives El Niño a 100 percent probability from October-December through March-May 2027, with zero odds assigned to La Niña or neutral conditions.

Mainstream coverage reads this as runaway heat, but again, a strong El Niño is the ocean unloading stored heat into the atmosphere and out to space, a cooling mechanism that arrives as solar output declines.

All that energy leaving the Pacific had to come down somewhere:

Torrential rain on the 4th killed at least five people in Senegal, with up to 142 mm (5.6 inches) falling in 24 hours; among the dead were a young mother and her four-year-old son in Dakar's Parcelles Assainies district.
Istanbul suffered its worst flooding since records began in 1942, with four dead after more rain fell in 48 hours than the city normally gets in September and October combined. The Beykoz district alone took 10.6 inches.
Catalonia, Spain, counted two dead and one missing, one man killed by a collapsing wall in Tordera and another found in a flooded garage, after 4 inches of rain fell overnight. Firefighters answered more than 1,500 calls. Two days earlier, a 102-year-old woman died in flash floods elsewhere in Spain, as Alcanar in Tarragona flooded and Madrigueras endured unprecedented flooding.
Floods in Syria killed two on the 29th and knocked seven bridges and roads out of service, weeks after severe flooding hit Aleppo.
Severe storms on Crete killed one person on the 1st and caused extensive flooding across the island, with the Gonies region devastated.
On Rhodes, a man died when flash floods swept his car into the sea on the 14th, as 8 inches fell in six and a half hours and a massive waterspout formed offshore.
Jammu, India, broke a 70-year October record with 7.3 inches in 24 hours on the 11th, the same day fresh floods swept away homes and bridges in Nepal.
Guaymas and Empalme, Mexico, took 4.7 inches of rain in just 45 minutes on the 30th, with vehicles carried off by the water.
Phuket, Thailand, was hit by flash flooding and landslides after 4.6 inches in 24 hours.
Heavy rain swept cars away in Santiago, Chile, on the 9th, and flooded Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, on the 26th.
Severe flooding across the US West forced rooftop rescues and evacuation orders on the 23rd, and the next day streets turned into rivers in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
Spain took the worst of it. Two years after the October 2024 floods killed at least 229 people in the Valencia region, Storm Adam stalled over the same coast. From the 17th to the 19th, it dumped 632 mm (24.9 inches) on Pego in 36 hours, and emergency services carried out more than 1,000 rescues on the 19th alone, with helicopters lifting people off rooftops as more than 800,000 residents were ordered to shelter in place across 145 municipalities in Valencia and Alicante. Four deaths were reported during the storm episode.

The Atlantic finally produced a hurricane. After a record-long wait, Isaias came ashore near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 on the night of the 9th before weakening to a post-tropical cyclone within hours. It killed four, two in Florida and two in Alabama, and left nearly 900,000 customers across Florida, Alabama and Georgia without power.

On the Pacific side, Tropical Storm Rachel's remnants gave Las Vegas 1.08 inches of rain, tying the city's all-time daily record for October; the last October day that wet was in 1947. Rachel's waves tore apart a historic boardwalk and smashed into homes in Long Beach, California, forcing evacuations, while in Baja California a young girl was killed and at least 10 people were reported missing, as Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico's Pacific coast.

In the western Pacific, Typhoon Champi narrowly missed Guam as a Category 4 on the 18th and briefly reached super typhoon strength with winds near 300 km/h (186 mph). Taiwan shut down as it passed: nearly 1,000 flights were cancelled, more than 5,000 people were evacuated, and one man was swept away by waves off Liuqiu island while 527 others were injured. A week later, Cyclone Arnab made landfall on India's east coast on the 28th with gusts of 150 km/h, after more than 100,000 people had been moved to shelters. It killed three in Andhra Pradesh, but the worst damage came inland. Ganjam district in Odisha took 546 mm (21.5 inches) of rain, leaving about 70 villages marooned, and authorities began airlifting 2,328 people as floods spread across 299 villages in Ganjam and 711 in neighboring Gajapati.

Hail came down hard in the Southern Hemisphere spring. Massive hailstones pounded Asunción, Paraguay, on the 5th. Two days later a hailstorm left an icy layer 35 cm thick across Quito, Ecuador, and the city was hammered again on the 22nd, the same day a hailstorm shattered windows across Phoenix, Arizona.

Last month we said the fading Sun's impact might show up this winter. It didn't wait for winter. Heavy autumn snow paralysed roads in Russia's Far East on the 8th, while Chilean ski resorts tallied up to 5 feet of late snow in a single week. Great Falls, Montana, was buried under 16 inches on the 13th, and early snow in China's Xinjiang topped 2 feet deep by the 22nd. Central Greece's highlands took 7.8 inches on the 28th, and winter reached Japan ahead of November, with up to 7.4 inches on the 29th.

The ground kept moving: Panama took the month's hardest seismic blow. First measured at M8.0 before being revised to M7.7, the quake struck the Azuero Peninsula on the 9th at a depth of 12.6 km, the largest to hit Panama since 1882. It killed at least three people, injured 27, damaged 13,985 homes and destroyed 3,390 more, and was followed by more than 80 aftershocks, the largest an M6.6. Tsunami warnings went out for coasts from Mexico to Peru before the threat was called off.

Two weeks later, an M7.0 quake struck near Nagqu in northern Tibet late on the 22nd, killing at least 16 people, injuring 76 and collapsing or damaging the homes of 339 households. It was the strongest earthquake to hit China since January 2024. By month's end, Vanuatu had been rattled by its eighth M6-class quake in 13 days.

Fireballs crossed the sky all month: over Libya on the 5th, with a loud boom and a small earthquake reported, and over Algeria the same day; a bright green fireball over Arizona on the 6th; an enormous fireball explosion over Lake Superior on the 11th; large green fireballs reported across Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington on the night of the 14th; over northwestern Russia on the 21st; and over upstate New York on the 25th.

All this and more in our SOTT Earth Changes Summary for October 2026

To understand why these events fit a coherent pattern of solar-driven, cyclic catastrophe rather than the official anthropogenic narrative, check out our book Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection. Previous installments in this series, translated into multiple languages, are available on our channel. "