Editing Weather of 2022 (section)

===February===
In February 2022, the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] documented 19 weather-related fatalities and 28 weather-related injuries in the [[United States]] and [[Territories of the United States]].<ref name="NOAA February 2022">{{cite web |title=Storm Event Database - February 2022 |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DI&statefips=-999%2CALL&eventType=%28Z%29+Astronomical+Low+Tide&eventType=%28Z%29+Avalanche&eventType=%28Z%29+Blizzard&eventType=%28Z%29+Coastal+Flood&eventType=%28Z%29+Cold%2FWind+Chill&eventType=%28Z%29+Debris+Flow&eventType=%28Z%29+Dense+Fog&eventType=%28Z%29+Dense+Smoke&eventType=%28Z%29+Drought&eventType=%28C%29+Dust+Devil&eventType=%28Z%29+Dust+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Excessive+Heat&eventType=%28Z%29+Extreme+Cold%2FWind+Chill&eventType=%28C%29+Flash+Flood&eventType=%28Z%29+Flood&eventType=%28Z%29+Freezing+Fog&eventType=%28Z%29+Frost%2FFreeze&eventType=%28C%29+Funnel+Cloud&eventType=%28C%29+Hail&eventType=%28Z%29+Heat&eventType=%28C%29+Heavy+Rain&eventType=%28Z%29+Heavy+Snow&eventType=%28Z%29+High+Surf&eventType=%28Z%29+High+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Hurricane+%28Typhoon%29&eventType=%28Z%29+Ice+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Lake-Effect+Snow&eventType=%28Z%29+Lakeshore+Flood&eventType=%28C%29+Lightning&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+Hail&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+High+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+Strong+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+Thunderstorm+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Rip+Current&eventType=%28Z%29+Seiche&eventType=%28Z%29+Sleet&eventType=%28Z%29+Sneakerwave&eventType=%28Z%29+Storm+Surge%2FTide&eventType=%28Z%29+Strong+Wind&eventType=%28C%29+Thunderstorm+Wind&eventType=%28C%29+Tornado&eventType=%28Z%29+Tropical+Depression&eventType=%28Z%29+Tropical+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Tsunami&eventType=%28Z%29+Volcanic+Ash&eventType=%28Z%29+Waterspout&eventType=%28Z%29+Wildfire&eventType=%28Z%29+Winter+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Winter+Weather&beginDate_yyyy=2022&beginDate_mm=02&beginDate_dd=01&endDate_yyyy=2022&endDate_mm=02&endDate_dd=28 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>
[[File:18 02 2022 Sobrevoo e reunião de trabalho sobre medidas emergenciais do Governo Federal para a cidade de Petrópolis (51888295177).jpg|thumb|Aftermath of [[2022 Petrópolis floods|devastating floods]] in [[Petrópolis]] on February 15.]]
*February 1 &ndash; A landslide in [[Mozambique]] killed five people and injured two others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mozambique - Landslide (INAM, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4410 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
*February 1–9 &ndash; A [[February 2022 North American winter storm|winter storm and ice storm]], unofficially named ''Winter Storm Landon'' and ''Groundhog Snowstorm'', killed eight people (7 winter storms and 1 tornadic), caused over 375,000 power outages, and caused damage across the [[Central United States|Central]] and [[Midwestern United States]] and [[Northern Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/news/news/2022-02-03-winter-storm-landon-live-updates-thursday|title=Winter Storm Landon Live Updates: 1 Dead in New Mexico; Ohio State Cancels In-Person Classes|work=The Weather Channel|date=February 3, 2022|access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>  Multiple states declared a [[state of emergency]] in preparation for the [[winter storm]].
**February 3 &ndash; The storm system also produced [[February 2022 North American winter storm#Alabama|five tornadoes including three EF2 tornadoes]]. The second EF2 tornado, which prompted the [[National Weather Service]] to issue a [[particularly dangerous situation]] tornado warning,<ref>{{cite web |title=Tornado Warning continues for Sawyerville AL until 2:45 PM CST |url=https://twitter.com/NWStornado/status/1489328205798412288 |website=[[Twitter]] |publisher=[[National Weather Service]] |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> killed one person and caused damage in [[Sawyerville, Alabama]].
**February 3 &ndash; [[Wichita Falls, Texas]] recorded a new daily record snowfall of 1.0 inches, breaking the previous daily snowfall record from 1956.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wichita Falls has broken a snowfall record for this date. The previous record was 0.4 inches set back in 1956. So far today, 1.0 inch of snow has fallen at Sheppard AFB where observations are taken. #texomawx |url=https://twitter.com/NWSNorman/status/1489413556449730561 |website=[[Twitter]] |publisher=[[National Weather Service]] |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref>
*February 2 &ndash; A [[power cable]] collapse in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] killed at least 26 people.  The cause is unknown, but [[lightning]] is the suspected cause.<ref>{{cite news |title=DR Congo: Power cable collapse at Kinshasa market kills 26 |work=BBC News |date=February 2, 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60228996 |access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
*February 2 &ndash; Twelve people died from [[hypothermia]] in [[Turkey]], during a [[January 2022 Greek cold wave|cold wave]].<ref>{{cite web |title=12 people found frozen to death, sparking diplomatic row between Turkey and Greece |url=https://www.kvoa.com/townnews/politics/12-people-found-frozen-to-death-sparking-diplomatic-row-between-turkey-and-greece/article_66dce631-480f-5423-bbd2-c40fb008a956.html |website=[[KVOA]] |date=February 2, 2022 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>
*February 3 &ndash; A [[geomagnetic storm]] impacted the areas around the [[Arctic Ocean]] and disrupted up to 40 new [[SpaceX]] [[Starlink]] [[satellite]]s that were launched earlier in the day.<ref>{{cite web |title=GEOMAGNETIC STORM AND RECENTLY DEPLOYED STARLINK SATELLITES |url=https://www.spacex.com/updates/ |publisher=[[SpaceX]] |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>  The storm also caused the [[Space Weather Prediction Center]] (SWPC) to issue a G1 geomagnetic storm warning.<ref>{{cite web |title=A G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm warning is in effect until 3/0900 UTC. |url=https://twitter.com/NWSSWPC/status/1489135079410573315 |publisher=[[Space Weather Prediction Center]] |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>
*February 4 &ndash; A series of [[avalanche]]s killed eight people in [[Austria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Five killed in avalanche in Spiss |date=February 4, 2022 |url=https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3141739/ |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)]] |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Two more avalanche deaths in Tyrol |url=https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3141812/ |website=tirol.orf.at |date=February 5, 2022 |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)]] |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Next avalanche accident: Freerider (43) killed on steep slope - He still released the airbag |url=https://www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de/oesterreich/lawine-vorarlberg-mann-tot-43-j%C3%A4hriger-freerider-st |publisher=Allgäuer Zeitung |access-date=February 5, 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*February 5 &ndash; An [[avalanche]] killed one person and injured four others in [[Austria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Weiterer Lawinentoter und Verschüttete |url=https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3141854/ |website=tirol.orf.at |date=February 5, 2022 |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)]] |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref>
*February 5 &ndash; An [[avalanche]] killed one person in [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Avalanche in Livigno, a 23-year-old snowboarder died |url=https://tg24.sky.it/milano/2022/02/05/valanga-livigno |publisher=[[Sky TG24]] |access-date=February 6, 2022|last1=Tg24 |first1=Sky }}</ref>
*February 7 &ndash; An [[avalanche]] killed two people in [[France]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Savoie: two dead in an avalanche in an off-piste sector in Saint-Colomban-des-Villards |date=February 7, 2022 |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/savoie-deux-morts-dans-une-avalanche-dans-un-secteur-hors-piste-a-saint-colomban-des-villards-1644249873 |publisher=[[France Bleu]] |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>
*February 7 &ndash; An [[avalanche]] killed 19 people in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Afghanistan - Snow avalanche (AMD, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4417 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>
*February 7 &ndash; A [[landslide]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] killed three people and injured one other.<ref>{{cite web |title=Democratic Republic of the Congo - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4417 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>
*February 8 &ndash; A [[2022 Colombia landslides|landslide]] in [[Colombia]] killed 14 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colombia - Landslide (UNGRD, IDEAM) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4418 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>
*February 8–13 &ndash; Multiple cities in central and southern California, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego experienced a record-breaking heat wave. San Francisco recorded 78&nbsp;°F on February 10, an all-time record for the city for meteorological winter.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Travis|first=Courtney|date=February 11, 2022|title=Winter heat wave sets all-time February record highs in California cities|work=AccuWeather|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/winter-heat-wave-sets-all-time-february-record-highs-in-san-francisco/1140956|access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref>
*February 10–18 &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Dumako]] killed 14 people and caused over $1 million (2022 [[United States Dollar|USD]]) in damage across [[Madagascar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-braces-next-cyclone-least-14-killed-by-storm-2022-02-19/|title=Madagascar braces for next cyclone as at least 14 killed by storm|newspaper=Reuters|date=February 19, 2022|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
*February 13–14 &ndash; A series of [[flood]]s in [[Oman]] killed one person.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oman - Floods (MET Oman, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4423 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>
*February 13–15 &ndash; A series of [[flood]]s in [[Indonesia]] killed one person and affected over 10,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesia - Floods, update (BMKG, ADINet) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4423 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>
*February 14–19 &ndash; [[Storm Dudley|European Windstorm Dudley]] killed nine people (7 extratropical cyclonic + 2 tornadic), injured five others, caused 225,000 power outages, and caused damage across [[Europe]].  Storm Dudley also spawned a [[tornado outbreak]] consisting of 24 tornadoes, with 23 in Poland and Germany and one in Italy.  One of the tornadoes in Poland killed two people.<ref name="Archived copy"/>
*February 14–19 &ndash; [[Storm Eunice|European Windstorm Eunice]], also known as ''Storm Zeynep'' in Germany and ''Storm Nora'' in Denmark, killed 17 people, caused over 2.4 million power outages, and caused over €1.3 billion (2021 [[Euro|EUR]]) in damage across [[Belgium]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Lithuania]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], and the [[United Kingdom]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
*February 15 &ndash; Harsh [[weather]] over the [[Atlantic Ocean]] killed 21 people, with 11 missing, after [[Spanish fishing boat capsizing|capsizing a Spanish fishing boat]].<ref>{{cite web |title=10 killed, 11 missing after Spanish fishing boat sinks off Newfoundland coast |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/spanish-fishing-vessel-1.6352082 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>
*February 15 &ndash; A [[2022 Petrópolis floods|series of floods]] in [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] killed at least 231 people with five missing.<ref name="Band-20220228">{{Cite web |last1=de Moura |first1=Felipe |title=Petrópolis: Tragédia já tem 231 mortos; 5 ainda estão desaparecidos |trans-title=Petrópolis: Tragedy already has 231 dead; 5 are still missing |url=https://www.band.uol.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/noticias/petropolis-tragedia-ja-tem-231-mortos-5-ainda-estao-desaparecidos-16481321 |date=February 28, 2022 |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=Band Rio |language=pt-br |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228220549/https://www.band.uol.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/noticias/petropolis-tragedia-ja-tem-231-mortos-5-ainda-estao-desaparecidos-16481321 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*February 15–26 &ndash; [[Cyclone Emnati]] killed 15 people and caused over $1 million (2022 [[United States Dollar|USD]]) in damage across [[Madagascar]], [[Mauritius]] and [[Réunion]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 25, 2022|title=Cyclone #Emnati initial updates (likely to change)|url=https://twitter.com/UNOCHA_ROSEA/status/1497215953133834244|website=Twitter}}</ref>
*February 18 &ndash; [[Flood]]s in [[South Africa]] killed one person.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa - Floods (Weather South Africa, FloodList, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4430 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref>
*February 20–22 &ndash; [[2021–22 European windstorm season#Storm Franklin|European Windstorm Franklin]] killed two people and caused damage across the [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]], [[France]], and the [[Netherlands]].
*February 20–22 &ndash; A [[winter storm]] in [[Japan]] killed one person and injured eight others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan - Severe weather (JMA, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4431 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>
*February 20–24 &ndash; A series of [[flood]]s and [[landslide]]s in [[Bolivia]] killed 35 people and left 25 missing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bolivia - Floods and landslides |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4433 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>
*February 22 &ndash; [[2022 Bukavu floods|Heavy rain caused mass floods]] that killed many people and hundreds of homes in [[Bukavu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DR Congo – Deadly Floods in South Kivu Province – FloodList |url=https://floodlist.com/africa/dr-congo-floods-south-kivu-march-2022 |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=floodlist.com}}</ref>
*February 22 &ndash; A [[winter storm]] in [[Minnesota]], [[United States]], killed one person.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trucker dies after crashing into jackknifed semi trailer on I-35 near Albert Lea – The crash happened on an icy stretch of I-35 in southern Minnesota. |url=https://bringmethenews.com/.amp/minnesota-news/trucker-dies-after-crashing-into-jackknifed-semi-trailer-on-i-35-near-albert-lea |publisher=[[Media in Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Bring Me The News]] |access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>
*February 23 &ndash; A [[landslide]] in [[Colombia]] killed three people and injured four others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colombia - Landslide (UNGRD, IDEAM, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4433 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>
*February 23- April 7 &ndash; A series of major [[flood]]s in [[South East Queensland]], and [[Northern Rivers|Northern Rivers, New South Wales]] in [[Australia]] killed 22 people and caused over $2.2 Billion in Damages to infrastructure and homes in the state of [[Queensland]] alone. [[Brisbane]] city recorded a record 678.8mm of rain over three days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=677 mm in three days breaks Brisbane rainfall record |url=https://weatherzone.com.au/news/677-mm-in-three-days-breaks-brisbane-rainfall-record/536318 |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=weatherzone.com.au |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227214906/https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/677-mm-in-three-days-breaks-brisbane-rainfall-record/536318 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cramsie |first=Elizabeth |date=March 7, 2022 |title=South-east Queensland flood damage bill revised to cost up to $2.5b but return to surplus remains on track, Treasurer says |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-07/south-east-queensland-flood-disaster-damage-bill-budget/100888958#:~:text=South%2Deast%20Queensland's%20flood%20crisis,billion%2C%20Treasurer%20Cameron%20Dick%20says. |access-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref> This became the most expensive natural disaster in Australian history, with $3.5 billion worth of claims paid out by insurers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Australia's record-breaking year of rain — and the end is now in sight |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-31/australian-weather-rain-2022-records-broken-flooding/101789262 |access-date=January 21, 2023}}</ref>
*February 24 &ndash; A [[2021–22 North American winter#Late February winter storm|winter storm]] in the [[Southeastern United States]] killed seven people.<ref name="WREG-TV"/><ref name="The weather Channel"/>
*February 27 &ndash; A [[landslide]] in [[Colombia]] killed one person.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colombia - Landslide (IDEAM, Government of Huila, media) |url=https://erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/Echo-Flash#/daily-flash-archive/4434 |publisher=[[Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations]] |access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>