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US Disaster Activity: August 2026

2026-08-01 through 2026-08-31 · All data from federal sources

19015
Total Events
5
Peril Types
54
States Affected
Activity by Peril
Severe Weather
10909max 9.5 · avg 4.9
Wildfires
4688max 9.0 · avg 3.2
Floods
1800max 8.0 · avg 7.6
Earthquakes
1608max 7.7 · avg 3.8
Hurricanes
10max 2.0 · avg 1.5
Significant Events (severity 3.0+)
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 3:07PM MDT until August 11 at 4:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SDUS-SD · Aug 11
9.5
Tornado Warning issued August 20 at 6:11PM EDT until August 20 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJUS-DE · Aug 20
9.0
Active Fire — 11 detectionsUS · Aug 5
9.0
Active Fire — 40 detectionsUS · Aug 6
9.0
Active Fire — 13 detectionsUS · Aug 5
9.0
Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:38PM CDT until August 11 at 4:15PM CDT by NWS Lincoln ILUS-IL · Aug 11
9.0
Active Fire — 36 detectionsUS · Aug 9
9.0
Active Fire — 12 detectionsUS · Aug 5
9.0
Active Fire — 15 detectionsUS · Aug 10
9.0
Active Fire — 79 detectionsUS · Aug 9
9.0
Data Sources

Event data sourced from USGS (earthquakes), NOAA NHC (hurricanes), NWS flood alerts (floods), NOAA SPC (severe weather), NIFC (wildfires), and NASA FIRMS (fire hotspots). All data is ingested directly from federal agency APIs with full provenance tracking.

Decision-support intelligence — not a primary alerting or dispatch system. Verify against official sources.