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Catastrophe Review

US Disaster Activity: September 2026

2026-09-01 through 2026-09-30 · All data from federal sources

12631
Total Events
11
Peril Types
53
States Affected
Activity by Peril
Severe Weather
5211max 9.0 · avg 4.8
Wildfires
3256max 9.0 · avg 2.7
Floods
1485max 8.0 · avg 7.4
Earthquakes
1441max 7.0 · avg 3.8
tropical_alert
371max 7.0 · avg 5.9
hail
309max 8.0 · avg 5.6
tornado
220max 9.0 · avg 6.9
fire_weather
206max 5.0 · avg 4.8
high_wind
88max 6.5 · avg 6.2
extreme_heat
34max 4.0 · avg 4.0
Hurricanes
10max 7.0 · avg 2.0
Significant Events (severity 3.0+)
Active Fire — 48 detectionsUS · Sep 11
9.0
Active Fire — 27 detectionsUS · Sep 26
9.0
Active Fire — 34 detectionsUS · Sep 10
9.0
Active Fire — 14 detectionsUS · Sep 16
9.0
Active Fire — 33 detectionsUS · Sep 25
9.0
Tornado Warning issued September 30 at 3:50PM CDT until September 30 at 4:30PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KSUS-KS · Sep 30
9.0
Tornado Warning issued September 2 at 7:12PM EDT until September 2 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Buffalo NYUS-NY · Sep 2
9.0
Tornado Warning issued September 6 at 7:20PM CDT until September 6 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Bismarck NDUS-ND · Sep 7
9.0
Tornado Warning issued September 29 at 7:35PM CDT until September 29 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KSUS-KS · Sep 30
9.0
Tornado Warning issued September 30 at 6:40PM CDT until September 30 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KSUS-KS · Sep 30
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.