Natural disasters in November 2026 so far
So far in November 2026 (1–2 November 2026), this site counted 708 natural hazard events from official feeds, 574 of them rated severe or extreme (satellite fire detections and routine regional warnings are not counted). The most common were severe storm events (197). The United States had the most recorded events (170). The largest earthquake was magnitude 6.0 in Vanuatu on 1 November.
This month is not over. The figures cover 1–2 November 2026 and change as new events are recorded. The full month is fixed once it ends.
By hazard and severity
Severity is the level the issuing agency or feed gave each event.
| Hazard | Extreme | Severe | Moderate | Minor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe Storm | 14 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 197 |
| Earthquake | 0 | 1 | 9 | 121 | 131 |
| Wildfire | 44 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Heavy Rain | 21 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Flood | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Hurricane / Cyclone / Typhoon | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Cold Wave | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Heatwave | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Volcanic Activity | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Storm Surge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Landslide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All hazards | 93 | 481 | 13 | 121 | 708 |
The most serious events
Ranked by severity, then magnitude. At most 2 from one hazard in one country, so one storm warned region by region does not fill the list.
Countries with the most recorded events
A count of events, not of harm: a country with a dense warning network records more than one without.
| Country | Events |
|---|---|
| United States | 170 |
| Kazakhstan | 118 |
| Italy | 66 |
| India | 56 |
| Greece | 47 |
| Argentina | 25 |
| Spain | 23 |
| Croatia | 15 |
| China | 14 |
| Algeria | 11 |
53 events, mostly at sea, have no country and are counted only in the totals.
Earthquakes by magnitude
Earthquakes this site recorded. Very small ones are not collected, so the lowest band is not a full count.
| Magnitude | Earthquakes |
|---|---|
| 7.0 and above | 0 |
| 6.0 to 6.9 | 1 |
| 5.0 to 5.9 | 9 |
| 4.0 to 4.9 | 78 |
| below 4.0 | 43 |
Largest: M6.0 Earthquake — Vanuatu, 1 November 2026, 11:47 UTC.
Compared with other months
Too early in the month to compare: fewer than 7 days are covered.
Daily reports for November 2026
What is counted
Events this site stored from official feeds whose event time falls in 1–2 November 2026 (UTC). Not counted: NASA FIRMS satellite fire detections (grid cells, not named fires), US National Weather Service county warnings, tornado and marine warnings, and national weather warnings below "severe". Those are hundreds a day and would measure how busy each agency is rather than what happened. The daily reports count every stored record, so their totals are larger.
Recorded is not the same as happened. A flood in a country with no public alerting may not appear at all, and one storm can arrive as several records. These are events, not casualties. Full method on methodology.
Sources this month
- WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) · 466 — Warnings courtesy of the issuing national meteorological service, via the WMO Alert Hub.
- MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) · 105 — MeteoAlarm. Data provided by EUMETNET members.
- EMSC — European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre · 74 — Earthquake data courtesy of EMSC
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program · 57 — Earthquake data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
- USGS Volcano Hazards Program · 3 — Volcano alert levels courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program
- NASA EONET — Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker · 2 — Natural event data courtesy of NASA EONET
- GDACS — Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System · 1 — Alert data from GDACS (European Commission Joint Research Centre & United Nations OCHA)
Each feed's terms and update cadence: data sources.