User:WeatherWriter/Weather of 2022
Timeline
This is a timeline of weather events during 2022.
January
- December 16, 2021–January 19, 2022 – Floods in Malaysia, locally called Banjir Shah Alam, caused by Tropical Depression 29W killed 54 people with two missing and caused over $4.77 billion (2021 USD) in damage across Malaysia.
- December 24, 2021–January 6, 2022 – Tropical Cyclone Seth killed two people and caused damage across Australia.
- December 30, 2021–January 1, 2022 – Grass fires in Boulder County, Colorado killed one person, left one person missing and injured six others. Wind gusts of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) were reported and the fire destroyed 1,084 structures and caused $513 million (2022 USD) in damage.[1]
- January 1–4 – A winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Frida by The Weather Channel, killed three people, caused 428,000 power outages, and caused damage across the United States and Iceland.
- January 1–Present – Severe storms and floods in Rwanda killed 15 people and injured 37 others. Seven of the fatalities and 26 of the injuries occurred due to lightning.
- January 4 – Floods in Indonesia killed nine people.
- January 5–13 – Cyclone Cody killed one person and caused damage across Fiji.
- January 7–8 – A blizzard in Murree, Pakistan killed 23 people.
- January 8 – A rock collapse in Capitólio, Minas Gerais, Brazil, caused by heavy rains, killed ten people and injured 32 others.
- January 10 – Floods in East London, South Africa killed 14 people and left hundreds homeless.
- January 10–14 – European Windstorm Diomedes killed one person, with one missing, and caused damage across Greece.
- January 13–19 – A major winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Izzy by The Weather Channel, killed three people, injured 14 others, caused over 375,000 power outages, and caused damage across Canada and the United States.
- January 16 – The storm system produced six tornadoes in Florida, including an EF2 that caused major damage to three mobile home parks near Fort Meyers and injured three people.
- January 17 – Ottawa, Canada, recorded 48 centimetres (19 in) of snow, which is the second largest snowstorm on record for Ottawa.
- January 17 – Toronto, Canada, recorded 33 cm of snow, which is the third largest snowfall for Toronto since 1937. The storm prompted the Meteorological Service of Canada to issue the first blizzard warning for Toronto since 1978.
- January 14 – Onslow, Western Australia recorded a temperature of 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), which if verified, would be tied as the highest in the Southern Hemisphere.[2]
- January 18 – Floods in Antananarivo, Madagascar, killed 11 people and left 500 people homeless.
- January 19–22 – A winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Jasper by The Weather Channel, killed one person, injured two others, and caused damage across the United States.
- January 20 – Four people die to hypothermia near Emerson, Manitoba, Canada.[3]
- January 20–25 – Tropical Storm Ana killed 77 people and caused damage across Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
- January 21–27 – European Windstorm Elpis becomes a rare snowstorm that killed three people and injured 18 others while affecting Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and Turkey.
- January 26 – A landslide in Colombia killed two people.
Fatalities by country
| Country | Number of deaths | Deaths by weather event |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 59 | 48 (Tropical cyclone), 11 (Floods) |
| Malaysia | 54 | 54 (Floods) |
| Pakistan | 23 | 23 (Winter storm) |
| Mozambique | 18 | 15 (Tropical cyclone) |
| Rwanda | 15 | 8 (Floods), 7 (Lightning) |
| South Africa | 14 | 14 (Floods) |
| Malawi | 11 | 11 (Tropical cyclone) |
| Brazil | 10 | 10 (Rockfall/Landslide) |
| Indonesia | 9 | 9 (Floods) |
| United States | 8 | 7 (Winter storm), 1 (Wildfire) |
| Canada | 4 | 4 (Hypothermia)[nb 1] |
| Israel | 3 | 3 (Extratropical cyclone) |
| Australia | 2 | 2 (Tropical cyclone) |
| Colombia | 2 | 2 (Landslide) |
| Greece | 1 | 1 (Extratropical cyclone) |
| Fiji | 1 | 1 (Tropical cyclone) |
| Totals: | 234 | 96 (Floods), 80 (Tropical cyclone), 30 (Winter storm), 10 (Rockfall/Landslide), 7 (Lightning), 4 (Hypothermia), 4 (Extratropical cyclone), 2 (Landslide), 1 (Wildfire) |
Fatalities by month
| Month | Number of deaths | Deaths by weather event |
|---|---|---|
| January | 234 | 96 (Floods), 80 (Tropical cyclone), 30 (Winter storm), 10 (Rockfall/Landslide), 7 (Lightning), 4 (Hypothermia), 4 (Extratropical cyclone), 2 (Landslide), 1 (Wildfire) |
- ^ "Tens of thousands of residents in Colorado told to evacuate due to wildfires driven by wind gusts as high as 115 mph". CNN. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- ^ Australia hits 123 degrees, tying highest temperature on record in Southern Hemisphere, Washington Post, January 13, 2022
- ^ "'On their own in the middle of a blizzard': Baby among 4 found dead near US, Canada border". USA Today. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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