Daily report

Natural disasters on 4 October 2026

On 4 October 2026, this site recorded 3,156 natural disaster events worldwide, of which 1,046 were severe storm events. That is about the daily average for the surrounding fortnight (2,781). The largest earthquake was magnitude 5.5 in Japan.

3,156Events recorded
45 Extreme
501 Severe
10Countries listed

The most serious events

Ranked by severity, then by magnitude — not by what was published last.

EventTypeSeverityWhereTime (UTC)
Very Heavy Rain Risk Area — Kamphaeng Phet Sukhothai, Thailand Heavy Rain Extreme Thailand 22:43
Tornado Warning — Baldwin, AL Tornado Extreme United States 21:20
Tornado Warning — Baldwin, AL Tornado Extreme United States 21:02
Hurricane Nolo — 100 kt sustained winds Hurricane / Cyclone / Typhoon Extreme Eastern Pacific 21:00
Warning, Heavy rain — Asir region - Al Mejardah : The entire governorate, Saudi Arabia Heavy Rain Extreme Saudi Arabia 18:19
Warning, Heavy rain — Asir region - Rijal Al Ma : The entire governorate, Saudi Arabia Heavy Rain Extreme Saudi Arabia 18:19
Warning, Heavy rain — Jazan region - Ahad Al Masarihah : The entire, Saudi Arabia Heavy Rain Extreme Saudi Arabia 18:17
The weather station of Huilai County issued a red rainstorm warning [Level I/extremely serious], China Heavy Rain Extreme China 16:11
Thunderstorm Warning issued at 8:00 p.m. on 4 Oct 2026 has been extended until 11:30 p.m. today., Hong Kong, China Severe Storm Extreme Hong Kong 13:45
Severe Thunderstorms with lightning, gusty wind 50-60 KMPH and with heavy rainfall is most likely to occur at many places over CHINTAPALLE, VANAJANGI, NARASIPATNAM, Chodavaram, Elamanchili and Annava Severe Storm Extreme India 12:41
Thunderstorm Warning was issued at 8:00 p.m. on 4 Oct 2026. It will be valid until 10:00 p.m. today., Hong Kong, China Severe Storm Extreme Hong Kong 12:00
Wind — Kashyr district (Pavlodar Region), Kazakhstan Severe Storm Extreme Kazakhstan 11:47

By hazard type

HazardEvents
Severe Storm1,046
Extreme Weather714
Heavy Rain576
Wildfire417
Flood183
Cold Wave100
Earthquake63
Heatwave23
Landslide20
Storm Surge11
Tornado2
Hurricane / Cyclone / Typhoon1

Countries with the most recorded events

CountryEvents
Spain578
China341
Poland294
United States292
Kazakhstan207
Indonesia124
Portugal118
Finland112
India103
Algeria90

Events at sea, and satellite fire detections with no country resolved, are counted in the total above but cannot appear in this table.

How to read this page

These are events that reached the monitored feeds on this date — USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET and FIRMS, NOAA/NWS, EMSC and ReliefWeb. Recorded is not the same as happened. A flood in a country with no public alerting system may not appear here at all, and a single storm can be published as several records by different agencies.

Counts are also uneven by design of the sources, not of the day: satellite fire detection publishes hundreds of zones where a national weather service publishes one warning for a whole region. That is why the comparison above is against this site's own recent daily average rather than against any absolute idea of a normal day.

Full method on methodology; every feed and its update cadence on data sources.