Global Natural Disasters This Week

🌎 Global Natural Disasters This Week — Overview Global Natural Disasters This Week tracks the most significant earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, floods, tropical cyclones and extreme weather events occurring around the world. This weekly Orbis Weather report brings together the latest major natural hazards and developing disaster situations worldwide. Global Natural Disasters This Week Oct […]

Super El Niño: How It Could Transform Winter Across the United States

Super El Niño: How It Could Transform Winter Across the United States A Super El Niño is an exceptionally strong El Niño event, similar to those in 1982–83, 1997–98, and 2015–16. These events dramatically alter the jet stream over North America, often leading to major weather extremes across the United States. No two events are […]

Strongest Quake in 40 Years Rattles Naples’ Campi Flegrei, Injures Ten

Strongest Quake in 40 Years Rattles Naples’ Campi Flegrei, Injures Ten Magnitude 4.7 tremor strikes volcanic caldera west of Naples as bradyseism unrest intensifies; buildings damaged, transit halted, port closed Orbis Weather — July 31, 2026 A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei volcanic caldera near Pozzuoli, just west of Naples, Italy, at 7:46 […]

Fausto Fizzles to Remnant Low North of Hawaii After Peaking as Category 2 Hurricane

Fausto Fizzles to Remnant Low North of Hawaii After Peaking as Category 2 Hurricane ORBIS WEATHER July 31, 2026 Fausto has run its course. After tracking west across the Pacific for more than a week, the storm weakened steadily as it neared Hawaii and was declared post-tropical by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, with its […]

Event Summary: Tropical Cyclone FAUSTO-26

Event Summary: Tropical Cyclone FAUSTO-26 Tropical Cyclone FAUSTO-26 is assessed as having a low humanitarian impact (GDACS Green Alert). While the system reached Category 2 hurricane strength over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, its trajectory remained far off-shore, steering away from inhabited landmasses and critical coastal infrastructure. Key Data & Parameters Metric Details Event Duration July […]