Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for August 5, in any year, each linked to its full record.
Every event with a place, colored by kind. Tap one to open its record.
By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Tungurahua, Ecuador. It killed 6,000 people and did $7.5 million in damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Lombok Island, Indonesia. It killed 560 people, injured 7,733 and did $509 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Bali Sea, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 2 meters. It killed 560 people, injured 7,733 and did $509 million in damage.
Volcanoes
Asamayama, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 1,491 people.
Earthquakes
9 struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia. 4 earthquake on 29 July.
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Billion-dollar disasters
A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $2.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 17, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 5, 2024 to August 9, 2024.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Debby crossed the coast near Steinhatchee, FL as a category 1 hurricane, 70 kt (80 mph), central pressure 979 mb. It killed 12 people in all, by the National Hurricane Center’s count. Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread and severe flooding across the Eastern United States and portions of Eastern Canada, becoming the costliest natural disaster in the history of the Canadian province of Quebec. The fourth named storm and second hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Debby developed from a tropical wave that was first noted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on July 26.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Warren, Knox counties, Illinois and tracked 15.2 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Alexis/NW Galesburg/Wataga, IL.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.7 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 4, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 5, 2023 to August 8, 2023.
Floods
In August 2002, a week of intense rainfall produced flooding across a large portion of Europe. It reached the Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic and Russia.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Knox, Peoria counties, Illinois and tracked 29.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Knoxville/Truro Twp./Millbrook Twp./Jubilee Twp./Radnor Twp., IL.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Opal reached its peak of 145 kt (165 mph) with a central pressure of 900 mb, a category 5 storm.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Warren, Knox counties, Illinois and tracked 15.2 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Alexis/NW Galesburg/Wataga, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Knox, Peoria counties, Illinois and tracked 29.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Knoxville/Truro Twp./Millbrook Twp./Jubilee Twp./Radnor Twp., IL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Grady County, Oklahoma and tracked 1.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Pocasset, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Mahoning, Trumbull counties, Ohio and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Valley County, Nebraska and tracked 10.3 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ogle County, Illinois and tracked 5.7 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest.
Strong winds from nearby thunderstorms exceeded 50 mph in many areas of the Valley. Homes and businesses sustained damage, trees were uprooted and power lines were downed. Arizona Public Service reported 10,000 customers without power.
Thunderstorms producing hail up to golf ball-size and wind gusts up to 80 mph caused extensive crop damage across the southern portions of Sherman and Howard Counties, northern Buffalo County and western Hall County.
This summer's most powerful downburst wind event to affect south-central and southeast Wisconsin pummeled portions of Dane, Green, and Rock counties with damaging hurricane-force winds, large hail, and urban-flood rains.
An F3 tornado touched down in Roseau County, Minnesota and tracked 4 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest.
The large hail shattered a car windshield.
A surface low pressure system was positioned over southwestern Kansas during the evening of the 5th, with a stationary frontal boundary extending southeast from the low into northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas.
An outflow boundary from earlier day convection focused a gradient of instability and storm development with additional destabilization from heating by early afternoon.
Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.
During the evening hours on August 5th, a line of severe thunderstorms brought strong winds to portions of northeast Iowa. Additionally, an embedded supercell thunderstorm would go on to produce three tornadoes in northeast Iowa.
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Hurricane Opal reached its peak of 145 kt (165 mph) with a central pressure of 900 mb, a category 5 storm.
Hurricane Diana crossed the coast near Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico as a tropical storm, 55 kt, central pressure 994 mb. Hurricane Diana was a deadly tropical cyclone which made landfall in Mexico in August 1990. The fourth named storm and second hurricane of the season, Diana developed from a tropical wave in the southwestern Caribbean on August 4.
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Hurricane Doug reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 930 mb, a category 5 storm.
Hurricane Debby crossed the coast near Steinhatchee, FL as a category 1 hurricane, 70 kt (80 mph), central pressure 979 mb. It killed 12 people in all, by the National Hurricane Center’s count. Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread and severe flooding across the Eastern United States and portions of Eastern Canada, becoming the costliest natural disaster in the history of the Canadian province of Quebec. The fourth named storm and second hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Debby developed from a tropical wave that was first noted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on July 26.
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Hurricane Debby made landfall along the Taylor County coast as a Category 1 Hurricane on the morning of Monday August 5th. In addition to storm surge flooding along the FL Big Bend coast, around 12 inches of rainfall lead to widespread flooding in Madison and Taylor counties.
Hurricane Debby made landfall along the Taylor County coast as a Category 1 Hurricane on the morning of Monday August 5th. In addition to storm surge flooding along the FL Big Bend coast, around 12 inches of rainfall lead to widespread flooding in Madison and Taylor counties.
Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom was an unusual and damaging tropical cyclone that became the first tropical cyclone to make direct landfall in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture since reliable records began in 1951. The twentieth tropical depression and fifteenth named storm of the 2026 Pacific typhoon season, Chan-hom originated from a disturbance near Wake Island in early August.
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A series of thunderstorms, slowly moving northeast at 10 mph, trained through the Janesville to Milton area. This round of an additional 1 to 4 inches brought the day's total to 6 to 10 inches based on WSR-88D Doppler radars.
Synoptic and Mesoscale conditions for August 6th...The same storm system which had plagued parts of eastern Indiana the night before with very heavy rain shifted its focus into northwest Ohio the night of August 5.
In August 2002, a week of intense rainfall produced flooding across a large portion of Europe. It reached the Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic and Russia.
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Thunderstorms during the afternoon hours produced several inches of rain over parts of the southern tier to the Finger Lakes region. The heavy rains fell on already saturated ground from storms over the past several weeks.
A fast-moving line of thunderstorms entered northern Arkansas during the wee hours of the 5th. Initially, mainly hail occurred. However, as the line swept rapidly southward, wind damage became the main severe weather event, especially from central into eastern Arkansas.
A cold front moved across Southern New England into an unstable atmosphere, resulting in showers and thunderstorms forming along the front. Some of these storms became severe producing strong, damaging winds and frequent lightning strikes.
Thunderstorms produced severe weather across northwestern Arkansas during the late afternoon through evening hours.
A cold front moved through the area producing thunderstorms and heavy rain across Southern New England.
A cold front crossed into the area at peak heating of the day creating high instability along with moderate wind shear. Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of the front as well as more organized lines closer to the front, producing downburst winds but very little hail.
A cold front moved into Arkansas from the north on the 5th, triggering scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms became severe and produced locally heavy rain.
Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of August 5th. This round of storms essentially broke the heat wave which started the month.
A slow moving thunderstorm complex affected the western North Carolina piedmont during the late morning and afternoon hours. Rainfall amounts of 4 to 7 inches were reported, resulting in flash flooding in a number of locations.
A boundary across the area triggered thunderstorms on the 5th. A few of the storms produced damaging thunderstorm wind. But the main damage reports were from the flooding.
A stalled frontal boundary led to multiple rounds of thunderstorms which trained over the same areas and produced intense rainfall rates and rainfall totals.
Heavy rain inundated much of South Central Idaho over a two day period from the 5th through the 6th. Three to six inches of rain fell across the area causing significant flooding in Twin Falls and surrounding locations.
The most significant burst of monsoon moisture and instability so far in the 2016 summer season impacted New Mexico on August 5th. Deep atmospheric moisture and strong afternoon heating led to widespread showers and thunderstorms with torrential rainfall.
Deep subtropical moisture and a very unstable air mass led to strong thunderstorms over the eastern Tavaputs Plateau which produced heavy rainfall and some flash flooding.
Two rounds of thunderstorms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 5th. These storms dropped large hail across portions of Buffalo and Jackson Counties.
Slow moving pulse storms created flash flooding conditions across the region. The storms developed in a very moist, buoyant environment where 2000-3000 J/kg SBCAPE and 1.7-1.9 inch PW values, supported very efficient rainfall rates.
Since 2011, Suicide Basin, a side valley that is dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, fills with water from snowmelt and rainfall then drains during the summer as a glacial outburst flood.
Since 2011, Suicide Basin, a side valley that is dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, fills with water from snowmelt and rainfall then drains during the summer as a glacial outburst flood.
The 2025 Uttarakhand flash flood occurred on 5 August 2025 in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. The disaster killed at least five people and left more than 100 others missing.
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Severe thunderstorms disrupted the PGA Championship Golf Tournament near Edmond on August 5, 1988. Winds gusted to 70 mph and heavy rain fell at the Oak Tree Country Club, uprooting trees and blowing down telephone poles. The tournament was delayed several days as the damage was cleaned up. Extensive wind damage also occurred near Luther, just to the east of Edmond.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Thunderstorm winds blew off a tin roof on an out building along Braintree Road, 8 miles northeast of Cordele in Northeast Crisp County. The roof fell onto power lines which resulted in scattered power outages along Braintree Road.
A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 25 MILES LONG AND UP TO 2 MILES WIDE. IT EXTENDED FROM ANGIER...THROUGH BENSON THEN OVER TO BENTONVILLE.
A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A DOWNBURST ALONG A MILE STRETCH OF SR 1640, FROM INEZ TO BETHLEHEM. TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED, 12 OTHER DWELLINGS WERE DAMAGED. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES.
Powerful severe thunderstorms caused widespread damage across the eastern half of Rutherford county and in southern Cleveland county as they moved east southeast. Especially hard hit were the areas near and east of Forest City and near Boiling Springs.
A wet microburst with winds estimated at 120 mph caused heavy damage in and around Mitchell. Apartments and several mobile homes were destroyed, vehicles were overturned, and other damage occurred to buildings and vehicles. Widespread tree and power line damage also occurred.
Occurred 2NW Midway.
Showers and thunderstorms developed in a humid airmass ahead of an approaching cold front during the afternoon across central and eastern Massachusetts. Some of these thunderstorms were severe, producing damaging wind and even microburst damage.
The Pike County 911 Center reported that from six to nine trees were down in the area northwest of Williamson to near the Spalding county line. About six trees were down on Bethany Church Road and one tree was down on Georgia Highway 362 west of Williamson.
A weak cold front was located across central Georgia. An inverted trough was moving west through the eastern Gulf. These combined to result in the typical summertime afternoon and evening thunderstorms, a few of which became strong to severe.
Severe thunderstorms moved from northeastern Wyoming across the northern Black Hills and onto the plains to the east, producing golf ball sized hail and strong wind gusts.
The atmosphere was primed for strong to severe thunderstorm activity on August 5th.
A surface cold front extended across Illinois into central Missouri early in the morning August 5. This moved into southern Indiana and into central Kentucky during the mid morning hours.
Scattered severe thunderstorms well in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
A hot and humid air mass remained over Virginia on the 5th. A series of upper-level disturbances in a zonal flow passed through the Mid-Atlantic during this time. Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front and then moved across Middle Tennessee during the late morning through afternoon hours on Thursday, August 5th, resulting in thunderstorm wind, hail, and lightning damage.
A boundary across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.
Very hot weather continued on the 5th through the 8th, and a weak, nearly stationary front was located across northern Arkansas. A few severe thunderstorms resulted each afternoon and evening.
A series of strong to severe thunderstorms that culminated with a squall late in the afternoon affected Eastern Pennsylvania on the 5th. Lightning caused one death and nine injuries at Pocono Raceway in Monroe County that afternoon.
A 50-year old man died in a paragliding accident in Milam County. Weather was determined to be a factor in his fatal accident as rain and strong winds were occurring in the area.
A cold front moved into Arkansas on the 5th, sparking a number of severe thunderstorms. On the 6th and 7th, the front had weakened but remained in the state, setting off a few more severe storms.
Showers and thunderstorms developed in a warm, moist atmosphere ahead of an approaching cold front. Wind gusts were measured to 60 mph. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines throughout the region. In many areas, downed trees blocked roads and highways.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
During the afternoon and evening, the combination of daytime heating, instability and gulf moisture helped some storms develop over portions of Central Mississippi. Some of these storms were severe with gusty winds being the main hazard.
Isolated cluster of severe storms developed along the South Dakota/Nebraska border and moved southeast across portions of north central Nebraska.
Despite weaker pre-storm deep-layer shear on the order of 25-30 knots and fairly narrow instability profiles of 1000-1500 J/kg, modifications on the storm scale and an increase in the low-level jet improved the environment enough to support several long-lived supercell clusters…
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over southwestern Kansas during the evening of the 4th. These thunderstorms moved east and southeast across northern Oklahoma and into northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 5th.
Widespread thunderstorms brought several instances of large hail and damaging winds to north central Kansas during the evening of August 8th.
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Three days of heat indices above 100 degrees, contributed to 4 deaths in Chicago and one in Elmwood Park. On the 5th the high temperature at O'Hare was 89 and Midway was 90 and the heat index was 100 at both locations.
Heat related death (no a/c).
Excessive heat and drought conditions affected western and central Oklahoma from May through early October with the most intense heat and severe drought conditions occurring from mid-June through early September across central and southern Oklahoma.
Very warm and humid conditions that began in the last part of July continued into August. Temperatures during the day warmed into the 90s, with overnight lows remaining in the 70s. Dew point temperatures held in the mid 70s to low 80s through most of the time.
Female died of heat exposure in her home.
A severe heat wave brought high temperatures near or above the 100 degree mark during most of the month of August. The unusually warm temperatures combined with high dew points produced heat index values of 105 degrees or greater during the heat wave.
During the first half of August, a heat wave took hold of the region and brought some of the warmest temperatures since the summer of 2000. This heat wave began around August 5th and lasted until the 16th.
A severe heat wave brought high temperatures near or above the 100 degree mark during most of the month of August. The unusually warm temperatures combined with high dew points produced heat index values of 105 degrees or greater during the heat wave.
Surface high pressure located over the Deep South remained nearly stationary. A persistent hot and humid southwest wind flow around this high brought an extended period of dangerously high heat indices, ranging from 105 to 110 degrees on several afternoons.
A boy died in a remote corner of Death Valley National Park after being stranded with his mother for four days.
A 2 and a half year old was left in a van and died due to hyperthermia.
Three people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes.
High heat and humidity contributed to heat indices of 110 degrees or better across a large portion of the Midsouth from the late morning through the early evening hours of August 5th.
Very hot and humid conditions persisted throughout the month of August.
Very hot temperatures occurred in the valleys of southeast Arizona from August 5th and 6th. A total of 23 rescues of hikers suffering from heat exhaustion occurred in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. One heat-related death occurred near Sells.
Very hot temperatures were recorded in the Tucson Metro and in the western deserts of southeast Arizona on August 5th. The Tucson International Airport reached a record-setting high temperature of 109 degrees. Two heat-related fatality occurred on the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Hot temperatures about 5 degrees above normal were experienced across the Tucson area on August 5. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for an individual in Tucson on August 5.
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The Mann Gulch fire was a wildfire started on August 5, 1949, in the Gates of the Mountain Wild Area, now named the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, in Helena National Forest, in western Montana. A team of 15 smokejumpers parachuted in that afternoon.
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The Stormy Fire started on August 5, 1990, in California, and burned 23,149 acres.
The Rosebud Creek Fire was discovered on August 5, 1996, in Roosevelt County, Montana, and burned 30,700 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
High temperatures combined with dry conditions to fuel a wildfire in Ventura county...north of Piru. The Hopper Canyon fire started at an oil platform in Hopper Canyon. Over 24,000 acres were burned...but no injuries were reported.
The Hopper Fire was discovered on August 5, 1997, in California, and burned 24,800 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Sadler Complex was discovered on August 5, 1999, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 199,288 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Eureka Complex (Trail Canyon) Fire was discovered on August 5, 1999, in Lander County, Nevada, and burned 95,793 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Chimney Fire was discovered on August 5, 1999, in Humboldt County, Nevada, and burned 33,581 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Dun Glenn Complex (Rodchester) Fire was discovered on August 5, 1999, in Pershing County, Nevada, and burned 13,325 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Grass Fire was discovered on August 5, 2000, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 35,613 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Deep Fire was discovered on August 5, 2003, in Clark County, Idaho, and burned 37,843 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Needles Fire was discovered on August 5, 2003, in Okanogan County, Washington, and burned 21,300 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The School Fire was discovered on August 5, 2005, in Columbia County, Washington, and burned 52,000 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Stone 2 Fire was discovered on August 5, 2006, in Oneida County, Idaho, and burned 31,568 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Purdy Fire was discovered on August 5, 2006, in Teton County, Wyoming, and burned 16,906 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Domke Lake Complex was discovered on August 5, 2007, in Chelan County, Washington, and burned 11,791 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Crowbar Fire was discovered on August 5, 2010, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 29,508 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Rooster Rock Fire was discovered on August 5, 2010, in Power County, Idaho, and burned 12,474 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
Very dry, hot, and breezy conditions, along with extremely dry fuels as a result of the long-term drought the region has experienced, promoted the rapid spread of a wildfire near Gravette and Maysville on the 5th. The fire burned two chicken houses, a barn and a vehicle.
26 km2) of Oregon and California forest land during the summer of 2012. The fire began on 5 August 2012, the result of a lightning strike.
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The Holloway Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Harney County, Nevada, and burned 461,047 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Flat Top 2 Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Lincoln County, Idaho, and burned 140,954 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cave Canyon Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Cassia County, Idaho, and burned 88,909 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lost Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Washoe County, California, and burned 61,298 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Willow Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 42,780 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Gilbert Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Lander County, Nevada, and burned 31,503 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fort Complex was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Siskiyou County, California, and burned 22,283 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Faust Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 22,045 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fraiser Fire was discovered on August 5, 2012, in Eureka County, Nevada, and burned 12,091 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lime Hill Fire was reported on August 5, 2015, in Baker County, Oregon, and burned 12,024 acres.
The Shoestring Fire was reported on August 5, 2017, in Gooding County, Idaho, and burned 35,704 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sheridan Fire was reported on August 5, 2019, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and burned 21,510 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Spur Fire was reported on August 5, 2021, in Okanogan County, Washington, and burned 12,694 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The SRF Lightning Complex was reported on August 5, 2022, in Trinity County, California, and burned 41,600 acres.
Buckskin 2 Wildfire was started on August 5 by unknown causes.
A wildfire began from lightning approximately three miles into the South San Juan Wilderness, 13 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
The Lookout Fire was reported on August 5, 2023, in Lane County, Oregon, and burned 25,754 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Paddock Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Washington County, Idaho, and burned 187,185 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Warner Peak Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Lake County, Oregon, and burned 65,866 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Goat Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Valley County, Idaho, and burned 36,722 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Snag Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Valley County, Idaho, and burned 33,433 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Jump Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 25,721 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Town Gulch Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Baker County, Oregon, and burned 18,393 acres.
The Williams Mine Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Skamania County, Washington, and burned 13,092 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bulldog Fire was reported on August 5, 2024, in Boise County, Idaho, and burned 11,423 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The 2025 Massif des Corbières wildfire was a major wildfire that began on August 5, 2025. It affected sixteen municipalities in the Corbières Massif, southwest of Narbonne, in the department of Aude, France.
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The Wrights Spring Fire was reported on August 5, 2026, in Klamath County, Oregon, and burned 55,134 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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The 1766 Marmara earthquake occurred on 5 August; the second major earthquake to strike the Sea of Marmara region of present-day Turkey that same year. 6.
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An earthquake struck Western, Turkey. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Costa Rica-Panama. With the tsunami it caused, it did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Melbourne, Australia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It injured 60.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Sanriku, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Sanriku, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Liaoning Province, China. It destroyed 1,190 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Gwadar, Pakistan.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Tungurahua, Ecuador. It killed 6,000 people and did $7.5 million in damage.
4 Ms earthquake struck Ecuador's Tungurahua Province southeast of its capital Ambato and killed 5,050 people on August 5, 1949. The nearby villages of Guano, Patate, Pelileo, and Pillaro were destroyed, and the city of Ambato suffered heavy damage.
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ecuador.
An earthquake struck Seikaido-Nankaido, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Huize, Yunnan Province, China. It injured 9 and destroyed 3,700 houses.
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The 2006 Mendoza earthquake was a medium-intensity seismic movement in the province of Mendoza, Argentina. 6 in the Richter scale.
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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mendoza, Argentina.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Sichuan Province, China. It killed 4 people and injured 29.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Orkney, South Africa. It killed 1 person, injured 17, destroyed 13 houses and did $40 million in damage.
The 2014 Orkney earthquake occurred at 12:22:33 SAST on 5 August, with the epicentre near Orkney, a gold mining town in the Klerksdorp district in the North West province of South Africa. 3 on the Richter scale.
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A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Lombok Island, Indonesia. It killed 560 people, injured 7,733 and did $509 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
9 struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia. 4 earthquake on 29 July.
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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Pingyuan, Shangdong Province, China. It injured 24 and destroyed 213 houses.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Sarangani, Philippines. It caused a tsunami.
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Asamayama, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 1,491 people.
Merapi, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 2 people.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Costa Rica-Panama. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami struck Sydney Harbor, Australia.
A tsunami with a source recorded as questionable earthquake struck Melbourne, Australia.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Sanriku, Japan, with a maximum water height of 3.6 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Sanriku, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with a maximum water height of 4.7 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Seikaido-Nankaido, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.03 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Bali Sea, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 2 meters. It killed 560 people, injured 7,733 and did $509 million in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Celebes Sea, Philippines, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began August 5, 1933, reached Kp 7- and lasted 15 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 36; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began August 5, 2011, reached Kp 8- and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 42; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.7 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 4, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 5, 2023 to August 8, 2023.
A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $2.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 17, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 5, 2024 to August 9, 2024.
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Surf whipped up by Hurricane Guillermo pounded beaches in Orange County with waves from 6 to 12 feet high. Hundreds of people were rescued, but rip currents were blamed for three injuries and one death.
Location: Crescent Beach Boat Ramp
A 65 year old male drowned in a rip current at Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel Island.
Boy was struck behind his Pineverde Lane home. Child remained comatose until 08/10/01 when he was pronounced dead.
A 28-year old man working on a roof at the Admiral's Cove subdivision was struck by lightning and mortally injured. He was holding roof flashing and a metal tray when the lightning struck.. He was transported to the hospital where he died 9 days later.
A golfer was struck and killed by lightning on a local golf course.
Department of Public Safety reported a rip current drowning in the ocean adjacent to the 4700 block of South Virginia Dare Trail. The individual was a vacationer from South Carolina.
Widely scattered thunderstorms developed preceding a cold front across the Poconos, Lehigh Valley and Bucks County. One thunderstorm in Northampton County caused a lightning related death.
High waves and rip currents led to the drownings of two swimmers near Presque Isle in Marquette and two swimmers in Grand Marais on the afternoon of the 5th.
Thunderstorms associated with a westward moving tropical wave developed during the day. Two people on Shell Island were struck by lightning, resulting in one death and one injury. There was also some minor street flooding around Tallahassee due to heavy rain.
Strong north to northwest winds across Lake Michigan caused wave heights in excess of 8 feet along the south-eastern parts of the lake shore. Local and Coast Guard officials reported two rip current drownings. The first occurred at Tiscornia Beach in St.
Persistent onshore winds of 10 to 15 knots helped create favorable conditions for rip currents.
A moderate risk of rip currents was in effect due to lingering swells of 2-5 ft and periods of 11-14 seconds.
Lightning caused a fatality on Okaloosa Island.
Two days after Isaias made landfall, lightning caused two deaths.
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