Earthquakes and volcanic activity were observed in various regions of the world over the past week. A deep-focus magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Italy with a focal depth of 259 km, a series of tremors on the Greek island of Evia, and a destructive magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines followed by a tsunami — these events allow researchers to study how processes within the Earth’s interior may be linked to changes detected in the ocean, atmosphere, and Earth’s crust. Over the past week, the Sakurajima volcano in Japan and the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka showed increased activity: ash plumes reached up to 12 km, and “ash rain” covered urban areas of Kagoshima.

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Last week saw a surge in seismic and volcanic activity, even in regions where such processes are usually not expected. The submarine eruption of Titan Ridge volcano in the Bismarck Sea continues to form floating pumice islands. According to specialists, such intense submarine eruptions in this area are considered extremely rare and occur once every several hundred or even thousand years.

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The planet is demonstrating an unprecedented level of climatic synchrony: while in India a thunderstorm with winds of up to 130 km/h claimed the lives of 117 people, landslide activity is increasing in Bulgaria. Heavy rains since the beginning of May have already triggered more than 2,200 landslides in the country. Extreme downpours in South Africa have isolated entire cities, while in Japan sudden convective cells with hail have destroyed the peach harvest — a symbol of Fukushima Prefecture.

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The tragedy in Indonesia became the most widely reported event of the past week: the eruption of Mount Dukono claimed the lives of tourists, despite the area being officially designated as a restricted danger zone. The event clearly demonstrated how quickly familiar tourist routes can turn into traps amid growing global climate and environmental instability.

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Extreme heat in India was followed by a thunderstorm with large hail in Bengaluru, while at the same time Brazil experienced record frosts and abnormal precipitation. Dust storms and deadly lightning in Pakistan and rockfalls in China added to the picture of global instability, while in Europe an Arctic front brought snow to Bulgaria and triggered a landslide in the Rhodope Mountains.

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Atmospheric instability has gripped the planet: while an EF4 tornado with winds exceeding 280 km/h raged in the United States, Ukraine was hit by a cold front bringing dust storms and April snowfall. At the same time, Thailand was suffocating from smog caused by large-scale wildfires, while in Russia freezing rain paralyzed infrastructure and a highway collapsed in Siberia. Meanwhile, Japan experienced a magnitude 7.4 earthquake, and in Iwate Prefecture the situation with wildfires spiraled out of control, affecting more than 1,600 hectares.

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Synchronous strikes of extreme weather across different continents: Saudi Arabia faced historic hailstorms that turned deserts into “ice rivers,” while Vietnam experienced destructive storms with hailstones up to 7 cm in size. Against this backdrop, Super Typhoon “Sinlaku” showed a record rate of intensification — from a tropical depression to Category 5 in just 72 hours. The central United States was hit by a tornado outbreak, with more than 70 vortices in a week, while unprecedented flooding began in the Great Lakes region.

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The largest landslide in Europe, hurricane-force winds in Russia and China, April snowfall and floods in Turkey, extreme precipitation in Azerbaijan, tornadoes in Portugal, and destructive landslides in India and Pakistan — this edition brings together the most powerful and anomalous climate events of the week from April 6 to 12, 2026.

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Simultaneous natural disasters across different continents: while Russia and Afghanistan were battling extreme floods, winter returned to Europe in April, bringing three-meter snowdrifts to Italy. The Greek island of Crete was hit by a powerful dust storm from the Sahara. Argentina and the United States experienced hailstorms with ice chunks the size of a palm, while regions of China were covered by an abnormal amount of hail.

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Extreme storms in the deserts of the Middle East and a return of winter to Europe in the middle of spring became the main highlights of the week. While rescue services in Qatar and the UAE were pumping out record volumes of water after the rains, residents of Saudi Arabia marveled at the unseasonal snowfall in the mountains. At the same time, Cyclone Deborah swept across the Apennines, the Balkans, and the Carpathians, bringing hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 216 km/h, hail, and anomalous snowfall.

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Powerful cyclones raged simultaneously across different ocean basins, triggering a chain reaction of climate anomalies. While tourists in the Canary Islands were shocked by unusual March snowfall, Hawaii faced its worst flooding in 20 years, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia experienced storms of a severity unseen since 1899. The energy systems of Pakistan and Malawi could not withstand the strain, while Brazil was trapped under a stationary storm for five days.

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Global monitoring of climatic and geophysical events for the week of March 8–15, 2026, shows unusually high natural activity. In Australia, floodwaters reached a 28-year record level, leading to crocodiles appearing on city streets. In the United States, EF3 tornadoes formed, accompanied by anomalous hailstones measuring 15 centimeters in diameter. Volcanic activity also increased worldwide: lava fountains at Kīlauea reached 400 meters, and the lava flow from Piton de la Fournaise crossed the RN2 national highway for the first time in nearly twenty years before reaching the ocean. In Italy, a deep-focus earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck at a depth of 410 kilometers. Seismic events were also recorded in Chile, Turkey, and the Black Sea region. These phenomena reflect the dynamic processes occurring within the Earth’s interior and their impact on the surface.

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A rare M4.9 earthquake in California, a deadly gust in Indonesia claiming workers’ lives, an EF3 tornado in Michigan, and record winds comparable to a typhoon in Malaysia — the climate disasters of March 2026 affected all continents simultaneously.

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A bomb cyclone with record snowfall up to 97 cm hit the United States; floods in Australia brought a year’s worth of rainfall in just two days; catastrophic rains in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, left 65 dead; and flooded Bali — February 2026 climate disasters affected all continents simultaneously. February in Juiz de Fora was the wettest on record, with 589 mm of rainfall compared to the average of 170 mm. In the U.S., the pressure in the storm system dropped by 39 millibars in 12 hours — nearly twice the threshold for a “bomb cyclone.” In Bolivia, an air crash caused by runway icing claimed 22 lives.

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Record wind of 240 km/h in New Zealand, extreme heat with a perceived temperature of +50°C in Paraguay, and abnormal avalanches in the Alps — the climate disasters of February 2026 affected all continents simultaneously.

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Climate catastrophes in 2026 have synchronized: a 130 km-long crack split the ice of Lake Erie in the United States, the 50-year Storm Harry struck Italy twice within 21 days, snow fell in Argentina in the middle of summer, and magma is moving toward the surface beneath Lake Laacher See in Germany. These are no longer anomalies — this is the planet’s new reality.

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Storm Leonardo flooded Portugal and Spain, record snowfalls with drifts up to 183 cm paralyzed Japan, Cuba recorded 0 °C for the first time in history, and in central Russia thermometers dropped to −33.7 °C. These are no longer isolated anomalies — the climate disasters of 2026 have begun occurring simultaneously on all continents, amplifying each other and creating a cascade of destruction. The synchronization of cataclysms has reached a new level of danger, leaving humanity trapped in a continuous climate nightmare.

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Winter storm Fern affected 34 U.S. states, claimed at least 115 lives, and caused $115 billion in damage. Portugal recorded a national wind record of 208.8 km/h. In Sicily, houses are falling from a 20-meter cliff, and in Brazil, lightning struck a crowd at a rally — 89 people were injured, setting a national record. These are no longer isolated anomalies — climate disasters are simultaneously impacting North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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