Editing
Weather of 2022
(section)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== August === [[File:Floods in Han river 20220810 (2).jpg|thumb|The [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]] during flooding event around [[Seoul]]]] In August 2022, the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] documented 36 weather-related fatalities and 36 weather-related injuries in the [[United States]] and [[Territories of the United States]].<ref name="NOAA August 2022">{{cite web |title=Storm Event Database - August 2022 Damage/Injury |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=08&beginDate_dd=01&endDate_yyyy=2022&endDate_mm=08&endDate_dd=31 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> * August 1 – Floods and landslides in the [[Bugisu]] and [[Sebei, Eastern Uganda|Sebei]] sub-regions of [[Eastern Region, Uganda|Eastern Region]], [[Uganda]] kill at least 10 people.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wambede |first1=Fred |last2=Kitunzi |first2=Yahudu |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Floods, landslides kill over 10 people in Eastern Uganda |work=[[Daily Monitor]] |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/floods-landslides-kill-over-10-people-in-eastern-uganda-3898614 |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref> * August 4 - A lightning strike outside the [[White House]] kills three people and injures another.<ref>[https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/accuweather-us-fall-forecast-2022/1223997 Husband and wife among 3 killed by lightning strike near White House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806160234/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/accuweather-us-fall-forecast-2022/1223997 |date=August 6, 2022 }}, AccuWeather, August 4, 2022</ref> * August 5 - Flash floods in [[Death Valley National Park]] resulted in more than 1,000 visitors and park staff stranded. The {{convert|1.46|in|mm}} of rain there was a record for August.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flash flood in Death Valley strands about 1,000 people in national park {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/aug/06/flash-flood-in-death-valley-strands-about-1000-peo/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=www.spokesman.com}}</ref> *August 7 - [[2022 South Korean floods|Flash flooding]] around [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] killed 9 people. Some areas of Seoul received rainfall that hadn't been seen in 80 years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seoul flooding: Record rainfall kills at least 9 in Seoul as water floods buildings, submerges cars |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/09/asia/seoul-south-korea-rain-flooding-intl-hnk/index.html | access-date=August 16, 2022 |website=www.cnn.com|date=August 9, 2022 }}</ref> *August 9 - A thunderstorm knocks down a tree in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], killing 2 people and injuring 3 others.<ref>[https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/2-soldiers-killed-3-injured-in-weather-related-incident-in-fort-benning-georgia/1230062 Army identifies 2 Fort Benning soldiers killed by fallen tree in Georgia mountains] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811030456/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/2-soldiers-killed-3-injured-in-weather-related-incident-in-fort-benning-georgia/1230062 |date=August 11, 2022 }}, AccuWeather, August 10, 2022</ref> *[[2022 European drought]] *August 28 β September 6 - [[Typhoon Hinnamnor]], known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Henry, kills 12 with 1 missing, and causes $1.21 billion in damage around Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, and North Korea. *August 29 - Three people die in severe storms in the Midwest. Over 700,000 customers in [[Michigan]] lose power. Winds gusted up to {{convert|81|mph|kph}}.<ref>https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/deadly-storms-unleash-gusty-winds-mass-outages-across-midwest/1238857 {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref> *August 31 - A hailstorm in [[Spain]] resulted in one death and 50 injuries.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/spain-hail-stone-girl-killed-storm-b2156471.html One-year-old girl killed by huge four-inch hailstones during storm in Spain], Independent, August 31, 2022</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Kiiw may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Kiiw:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Page
Discussion
English
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Special pages
Page information