Catastrophe Review
US Disaster Activity: October 2026
2026-10-01 through 2026-10-31 · All data from federal sources
111
Total Events
7
Peril Types
8
States Affected
Activity by Peril
Floods
61max 8.0 · avg 7.1
Severe Weather
15max 4.5 · avg 4.4
tornado
14max 9.0 · avg 7.4
hail
12max 6.0 · avg 5.3
Earthquakes
4max 5.2 · avg 4.4
extreme_heat
4max 5.0 · avg 5.0
tropical_alert
1max 6.5 · avg 6.5
Significant Events (severity 3.0+)
Tornado Warning issued September 30 at 7:01PM CDT until September 30 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Wichita KSUS-KS · Oct 1
9.0Tornado Warning issued September 30 at 7:09PM CDT until September 30 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Wichita KSUS-KS · Oct 1
9.0Flash Flood Warning issued September 30 at 7:45PM CDT until September 30 at 10:45PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TXUS-TX · Oct 1
8.0Flash Flood Warning issued September 30 at 8:41PM CDT until September 30 at 11:45PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NEUS-NE · Oct 1
8.0Flash Flood Warning issued September 30 at 8:26PM CDT until September 30 at 11:30PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TXUS-TX · Oct 1
8.0Flash Flood Warning issued September 30 at 9:10PM CDT until October 1 at 12:15AM CDT by NWS San Angelo TXUS-TX · Oct 1
8.0Flash Flood Warning issued September 30 at 7:48PM CDT until September 30 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TXUS-TX · Oct 1
8.0Tornado Warning issued September 30 at 7:26PM CDT until September 30 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Wichita KSUS-KS · Oct 1
7.5Data 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.