Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for August 6, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy. It killed 10,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Floods
Typhoon Morakot, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kiko, was the wettest and deadliest typhoon to impact Taiwan in recorded history. 3 billion) in damages.
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Volcanoes
Awu, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 953 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin counties, Minnesota and tracked 32.3 miles, 833 yards wide at its widest, killing 12 and injuring 70.
Floods
Floods occurred on 6 August 2010 across a large part of Ladakh, then part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 71 towns and villages were damaged, including the main town in the area, Leh.
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Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Lesbos, Greece. It killed 500 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in City of Petersburg, Prince George, Dinwiddie counties, Virginia and tracked 1 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 246.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Winnebago, Worth counties, Iowa and tracked 12.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Lake Mills to Hanlontown, IA.
Other weather
On 6 August 2020, 66 people died in Pettimudi, Idukki in the South Indian state of Kerala due to a landslide. The bodies of 4 people, who are believed to be trapped underground have not yet been found.
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Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Earl crossed the coast near Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico as a tropical storm, 50 kt, central pressure 999 mb. It killed 65 people in all. Hurricane Earl was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane to impact Mexico since Stan in 2005. The fifth named storm and second hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August 2.
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Tornadoes
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Kansas and tracked 11 miles, 667 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
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On Wednesday, August 6, 1879, an intense tornado, later determined to have an F3 rating, struck the town of Bouctouche, New Brunswick. While weaker tornadoes and waterspouts have been known to form on or adjacent to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the tornado is the strongest tornado ever to touch down in the Maritime Provinces and the easternmost strong (F2-F3) tornado ever to occur on the continent of North America as well.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Winnebago, Worth counties, Iowa and tracked 12.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Lake Mills to Hanlontown, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Bennett, counties, South Dakota and tracked 28.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Jackson County, Kansas and tracked 11 miles, 667 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Douglas County, Kansas and tracked 4.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin counties, Minnesota and tracked 32.3 miles, 833 yards wide at its widest, killing 12 and injuring 70.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Louis, Lake counties, Minnesota and tracked 17.2 miles, 117 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Aitkin County, Minnesota and tracked 12.5 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Louis County, Minnesota and tracked 18.4 miles, 2,933 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Louis County, Minnesota and tracked 10 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 9.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cass County, Minnesota and tracked 17.3 miles, 167 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Louis County, Minnesota and tracked 7.2 miles, 220 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Louis County, Minnesota and tracked 3.8 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sangamon County, Illinois and tracked 4.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in City of Petersburg, Prince George, Dinwiddie counties, Virginia and tracked 1 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 246.
The tornado first touched down 1 mile northeast of Kenbridge in Lunenburg County at 1243 EDT, where roofs were blown off of a briquet plant and a furniture company building. Damage estimates in Lunenburg County were $300,000.
An F3 tornado touched down in Middlesex County, Virginia and tracked 2.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
Damage occurred to six houses, the roof of a school, four hangars at a local airport, several barns, and numerous trees.
A tornado heavily damaged a farm. The house and adjacent garage and some contents were damaged, a hay barn and dog kennel were destroyed, and damage occurred to other farm buildings and to trees.
10 head of cattle were killed by lightning
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Waterville and Toledo.
A line of severe thunderstorms, known as a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS), produced six tornadoes and widespread damaging winds across east-central Wisconsin during the late night hours of August 6-7.
Monsoon moisture and some instability from an easterly wave resulted in scattered thunderstorms over the mountains and lower deserts. Most notable of these was a severe thunderstorm that occurred near Mecca in the southern Coachella Valley during the evening.
A short wave trough moved across north Alabama triggered numerous showers and thunderstorms along the I-20 corridor.
The afternoon of Thursday, August 6th, severe thunderstorms began to develop across northeast South Dakota and move east into west central Minnesota.
In the early-morning hours of August 6, 2017, an unexpected damaging wind and tornado event impacted the Tulsa, Oklahoma metropolitan area as a result of a line of storms that abruptly intensified into an intense bow echo with embedded low-level rotations. The line spawned four tornadoes with the first one being a strong EF2 tornado that inflicted major damage to a shopping and office area in southeastern Tulsa, injuring 30 people.
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This Monday evening got somewhat more active than anticipated, as a pair of supercell storms affected mainly the northeast quadrant of South Central Nebraska, resulting in several reports of large hail (up to 2 diameter), damaging winds (up to around 75 MPH), and even one EF-1…
A very unstable atmosphere was in place across south central and southeast South Dakota with around 2000 J/kg MLCAPE.
A slow-moving warm front sparked multiple rounds of isolated severe thunderstorms across the Middle Atlantic on Thursday, August 6th, 2020. The first moved through the greater DC metro area during the early morning hours.
A vigorous short-wave trough interacted with an approaching low pressure system and associated warm frontal boundary to trigger clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the late afternoon of August 6th.
A shortwave trough over the Great Lakes interacting with a quasi-stationary boundary over eastern Ohio and western PA spawned severe weather from mid afternoon through late evening.
Between about daybreak and nightfall on August 6th, a wavy surface cold front drifted generally southward from northern OH and near the NY/PA line to southern OH and the northern Mid-Atlantic states.
In the morning of August 6, a supercell developed and tracked east-southeast through southern Michigan, far northeast Indiana and far northwest Ohio. This storm produced an EF2 tornado in northwest St. Joseph county from Lewis Lake to the north side of Three Rivers.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast as a category 3 hurricane, 105 kt (120 mph), central pressure 955 mb.
Hurricane Trix reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 935 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Ida reached its peak of 135 kt (155 mph) with a central pressure of 925 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Janis reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 950 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Felicia reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 935 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Earl crossed the coast near Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico as a tropical storm, 50 kt, central pressure 999 mb. It killed 65 people in all. Hurricane Earl was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane to impact Mexico since Stan in 2005. The fifth named storm and second hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August 2.
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Hurricane Hector reached its peak of 135 kt (155 mph) with a central pressure of 936 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Dora reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph) with a central pressure of 939 mb, a category 4 storm.
Typhoon Podul, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gorio, was a relatively compact but moderately strong tropical cyclone that impacted Taiwan and South China in mid-August 2025. The eleventh named storm and third typhoon of 2025 Pacific typhoon season, Podul originated from an area of convection approximately 230 nautical miles (430 km) northeast of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Heavy rain caused small stream and urban flooding in the Canon City area. Two young boys playing in an irrigation ditch were swept to their deaths shortly after 1:00 p.m. MST.
A monumental flash flood event ravaged adjacent portions of Milwaukee and Waukesha counties during the afternoon and evening hours.
A devastating, record flash flood hit the area from Sheboygan Falls to the city of Sheboygan during the early morning hours, with Sheboygan having the worst of the flooding.
A warm front, oriented west to east, was located just south of Michigan during the early morning hours. A series of showers and thunderstorms developed just north of the front. These storms moved east, parallel to the warm front, in a typical train-echo pattern.
Large hail reported at Top of The World, along US 60. Up to 1.10 inches of rain in just 20 minutes. Several tree limbs broken off.
Very heavy rain, Blair received 8 inches, fell over much of Washington county from Friday afternoon into early Saturday morning 8/7/99. Street flooding was reported in Arlington, Blair and Herman, especially along Bell Creek.
During the morning and afternoon hours of the 6th, strong thunderstorms produced between 2 and 4 inches of rain across Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland Counties.
Torrential thunderstorm rains falling onto nearly saturated ground in Fayette County during the afternoon hours of the 6th produced widespread flash flooding.
Runoff from up to 11 inches of rain in much of central and northern Leon County flowed downstream into the southern part of the county, and caused extensive flooding of the Cascade Lakes, Liberty Ridge and Lake Bradford subdivisions, as well as the Munson Slough basin.
Between eight and 11 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period as spiral bands trained over northern and central portions of Leon County from Tropical Storm Barry. Nearly 100 roads and intersections were closed to high waters and fallen debris.
The United States Post Office in Calhoun reported that several roads in the city were flooded with around one foot of water on them. Mail couriers in the area were having difficulty navagating the flooded roadways.
Slow moving severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds, hail, and flash flooding to Cheshire County. Westmoreland was the hardest hit area, where most of the town's roads were blocked off because of flooding, downed trees, and power lines.
Several trees were blown down.
Flash flooding occurred in White Haven. Between 4 and 6 feet of flood waters were covering roads in the city. 26 homes and 1 business had minor flooding. 16 cars were damaged as a result of this flood. A state of emergency was declared in White Haven.
Flash flooding occurred in Honesdale from very heavy thunderstorm rains that occurred in the afternoon. Up to 10 businesses 40 homes, and numerous roads were flooded. Streams overflowed their banks.
A couple of rounds of thunderstorms impacted south central Nebraska on this day. The first was in the morning hours. A severe thunderstorm rolled east across the Wolbach area. High winds dropped power lines and large trees in town.
A very unstable airmass remained in place across Iowa on the evening of the 6th with an east-west boundary lying across the mid section of the state.
A strong trough of low pressure moved across central New York into Vermont during the morning and early afternoon of August 6th.
Typhoon Morakot, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kiko, was the wettest and deadliest typhoon to impact Taiwan in recorded history. 3 billion) in damages.
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Floods occurred on 6 August 2010 across a large part of Ladakh, then part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 71 towns and villages were damaged, including the main town in the area, Leh.
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Thunderstorms with very heavy rain resulted in flash flood conditions over portions of Foster County in east central North Dakota. The flooding damaged rail tracks over the James River, causing a train derailment. No injuries were reported with this accident.
Nocturnal showers and thunderstorms formed in northern Ohio south into northwestern West Virginia during the late evening hours, along the leading edge of a dry intrusion aloft. The line reached it peak intensity over Harrison County.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain over western Upstate South Carolina, triggering areas of flash flooding. One fatality resulted from a car being swept into a flooded stream.
A slow moving cold front along with a moderately strong upper-level low combined to produce severe thunderstorms with numerous reports of damaging thunderstorm winds across North and Central Georgia during the afternoon and evening.
In August 2016, several rainstorms hit the western and northwestern parts of the Republic of Macedonia. On 6 August, a storm with strong winds and flooding hit Skopje and the western parts of the country, leaving at least 21 people dead and dozens injured or missing.
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A stalled front lingered across the ArkLaMiss region, which allowed for several upper level disturbances to move through. This, combined with a rather moist airmass, led to several days of flash flooding across the area. The most significant flash flooding occurred on August 9th.
A weak upper-level trough remained overhead and there was also a surface trough around the area. A light southerly flow ahead of the boundary caused dewpoints to reach the 70s.
Within cool northeasterly surface flow, several upper-level disturbances tracked across central North Carolina from a persistent weak trough of low pressure over the Ohio Valley region. Copious amounts of moisture remained from the 5th of August.
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Soon after midnight on August 6, 1961, a severe thunderstorm brought 70 to 100 mph winds to Lake Texoma. The winds caused extensive damage to piers and either damaged or sank more than 100 boats. One person drowned when their boat capsized during the storm.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A severe thunderstorm moved across uptown Lamar. Winds blew roof off a building, knocked down several light poles, and knocked out glass in several cars.
Severe thunderstorms rolled across portions of Northeast Colorado, dropping hail up to golfball-size. The hail caused considerable damage to crops and buildings across Phillips and Yuma Counties.
Marble- to golfball-size hail stripped leaves from corn plants and destroyed soybeans. Hail was still in the ditches near noon the next day. Over 2.75 inches of rain also occurred.
Thunderstorm winds blew a large cottonwood tree on a pickup 2 miles west and 21/2 miles north of Elgin. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Hail damaged crops with the heaviest damage occurring in a strip 2 miles wide and 6 miles long southeast of Wagner. Several crops were affected with soybeans and sunflowers judged to have suffered the most damage.
A squall line moved across central Indiana producing numerous reports of downed trees. In addition, a semi was blown off the road near Greenwood and a mobile home was blown off it's foundation near Rushville.
Metal roofing was blown onto a transmitter, resulting in a power failure for several hours. The roofing was blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
A retired NWS employee reported baseball size hail.
An upper level ridge moved east of Montana during the day bringing southwest flow aloft across eastern Montana. Dewpoints started off low, however a boundary of higher moisture at the surface moved across northeast Montana which became the focus of the intensified convection.
Upper level energy embedded in northwestern flow over the Ozarks interacted with a very unstable airmass over the region. Strong to severe storms produced hail up to quarter size and scattered wind damage.
A cold front moved into Iowa from the northwest. The airmass was quite unstable with CAPE values in the 4000-5000 J/kg range and lifted indices around -8 C. Afternoon highs reached the upper 80s to low 90s, with dewpoints in the low to mid 70s ahead of the cold front.
While the majority of severe weather within the region on this late Saturday afternoon and evening focused to the east of South Central Nebraska, the very first supercell storm of the day resulted in several reports of hail from 1 to 2 inches in diameter across northeast…
On this date in 2013, high-based supercell thunderstorms rolled into northwest Oklahoma from the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. Before weakening during the evening hours, these storms produced hail up the size of golf balls and wind gusts of 65 mph in and near Laverne, Buffalo, and Woodward. No injuries or significant damage were reported.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
An instability axis stretching from northeast Montana through western North Dakota was the focus for evening thunderstorms as a mid level short wave pushed across the western Dakotas.
An unstable airmass was in place over central Iowa ahead of an approaching cold front. CAPE increased to 2000 to 3000 J/kg with downdraft CAPE around 1200 J/kg. The available CAPE in the -10 to -30 C layer of the atmosphere was in the 400 to 600 J/kg range.
Another severe hail event(with hail up to the size of softballs or 4 inches in diameter) battered El Paso county and sections of northern Pueblo county during the afternoon hours of Monday, August 6th, 2018.
Severe thunderstorms formed along and ahead of a slowly advancing cold frontal boundary in central North Dakota. Most of the storms that developed were supercells that produced large hail, though some damaging wind gusts also developed.
A mesoscale convective vortex, originating from the Plains, moved into the Mid-South. This feature re-ignited convection during the afternoon hours across northeast Mississippi as the airmass destabilized due to surface heating.
A complex of strong to severe thunderstorms raced west to east at 50-65 mph across north Alabama. Numerous reports of trees and power lines being knocked down were received, knocking at power to tens of thousands in north central Alabama.
A weak shortwave trough moving through the Ohio Valley coincided with peak diurnal heating, ample atmospheric moisture, minor shear, and moderate downdraft potential. Scattered thunderstorms developed across Northwest Georgia and the Atlanta Metro, causing wind damage.
Thunderstorms initiated near a surface low over southeast Saskatchewan before developing into a line of severe storms which moved southeast into northwest and north central North Dakota where elevated instability and strong deep layer shear were present.
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Heat related death (no a/c).
On August 6-7, heat and humidity returned to the Kansas City area, with temperatures reaching the 90s, and heat indices topping 100. On August 6, the heat took the life of a 59-year old Kansas City man.
A ridge of high pressure both surface and aloft that was broiling the central part of the country moved east and covered Eastern Pennsylvania during the work week of August 6th. This brought a very oppressive hot spell to the region and peaked on the 9th.
The high temperature climbed to 92 degrees at Ohare Airport on August 6th with a maximum heat index of 93 degrees. Heat indices arond the Chicago metro area were in the middle 90s.
This excessive heat episode was the third, and longest, of the 2001 summer in south-central and southeast Wisconsin. Daytime heat indices reached 105 to 110, and stayed above 80 at night. Maximum air temperatures were in the lower to mid 90s, while dewpoints were in the mid 70s.
A large high pressure ridge settled across the Great Lakes region during the first week of August. With this ridge in place, high temperatures soared well into the 90s across southeast Michigan. During this period, Flint broke 3 record highs, including a high of 98 on the 8th.
High pressure brought ample sunshine and warm southerly winds to the region between the 6th and 10th. Afternoon temperatures soared into the 90s and dew points in the 60s pushed heat indices to between 98 and 112 degrees.
A ridge of high pressure both surface and aloft that was broiling the central part of the country moved east and covered New Jersey during the work week of August 6th. This brought a very oppressive hot spell to the region that peaked on the 9th.
A ridge of high pressure both surface and aloft that was broiling the central part of the country moved east and covered the Delmarva Peninsula during the work week of August 6th. This brought the most oppressive hot spell since July of 1999 to the region and peaked on the 9th.
Female died of heat exposure in her car.
A strong ridge of high pressure developed over the south central United States early in the month. Few clouds under this ridge resulted in abundant sunshine and hot temperatures. The humidity was also high as a result of the spring rains that continued well into the summer.
An upper level ridge of high pressure, persisted across the area from August 6th through August 17th. The combination of heat and humidity, produced heat index readings in the 105 to 115 degree range.
Excessive heat pushing heat indicies over 100 degrees cause a fatality.
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.
The month of July offered some relief from the exceptional drought which occurred during the first part of summer. However, hot and dry conditions returned in August and caused a small section of Eastern Mississippi to reach severe drought conditions once again.
High temperatures in the Las Vegas area contributed to the deaths of two people. One death occurred on the 6th, when the high temperature was 104 degrees, and temperatures had been 100 degrees or higher for 17 out of 20 days.
Brutal triple digit daytime temperatures and warm overnight lows continued to occur across north Texas through the month of August. Only 3 scattered days provided relief from the record-setting heat.
Temperatures in the middle to upper 90s with heat indices from 105 to 110 returned to Central and Eastern MO.
A toddler died after being left inside a parked vehicle for over eight hours. Ambient air temperatures were in the lower to mid 90s.
Two people died of heat stress on a day with a high temperature of 104 degrees.
A four month old boy died after being left in a car on a hot day in Austin. The temperature at the time was 97 degrees and the heat index was 104.
Six people died of heat related causes in the Las Vegas Valley.
Temperatures reached Excessive Heat Warning criteria in Las Vegas. During and immediately after the excessive heat event, ten people died of heat related causes.
Ridging at the surface and aloft led to hot and humid conditions.
Hot temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees in the San Pedro River Valley of Cochise County were experienced on August 6. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for one male found in the desert.
A ridge of high pressure centered over the Southwest led to slightly above normal temperatures with highs in Phoenix during this time peaking at 108 degrees on the 6th. Morning temperatures provided limited relief from the heat with lows in the mid to upper 80s.
The combination of above average temperatures and above average dewpoints resulted in high heat index values in excess of 113 over a large portion of northwest Florida during the August 6-9 time period.
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were near 6 to 13 degrees above normal with Major to Extreme HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was a factor in the cause of death for 9 individuals.
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Princeton recorded 10.5 inches, Indiana’s all-time greatest 24-hour precipitation, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Cumberland recorded 109°F, Maryland’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
Keedysville recorded 109°F, Maryland’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
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The Fire 531047 started on August 6, 1985, in Alaska, and burned 78,940 acres.
The Ibex Bu Fire started on August 6, 1985, in Oregon, and burned 5,836 acres.
The Whitebutte Fire started on August 6, 1985, in South Dakota, and burned 5,690 acres.
The Rose Creek Fire started on August 6, 1987, in Nevada, and burned 14,334 acres.
The Campbell Fire started on August 6, 1990, in California, and burned 128,188 acres.
The Pine Springs Basin Fire started on August 6, 1990, in Oregon, and burned 71,241 acres.
The Buck Springs Fire started on August 6, 1990, in Oregon, and burned 20,977 acres.
The Sheep Mountain Fire started on August 6, 1990, in Oregon, and burned 9,986 acres.
The Eppers Fire was discovered on August 6, 1994, in New Mexico, and burned 5,847 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Battle Creek Fire was discovered on August 6, 1995, in Nevada, and burned 11,034 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
Named the "Choke Fire" it burned more than 3900 acres in the high country of the Southern Sierra Nevada in the Sequoia National Forest. It was a lightning caused fire from thunderstorms associated with monsoonal moisture.
The Rose Fire was discovered on August 6, 1999, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 48,479 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Corridor Complex (Lone Butte) Fire was discovered on August 6, 1999, in Humboldt County, Nevada, and burned 31,625 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Anaconda Fire was discovered on August 6, 1999, in Montana, and burned 10,812 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Dun Glenn Complex (Eugene) Fire was discovered on August 6, 1999, in Humboldt County, Nevada, and burned 7,224 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Ryan Gulch Fire was discovered on August 6, 2000, in Granite County, Montana, and burned 17,118 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Buffalo Lake Fire was discovered on August 6, 2000, in Washington, and burned 9,286 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The 10 Mile Pass Fire was discovered on August 6, 2000, in Utah County, Utah, and burned 5,867 acres; the cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
An intentionally set fire burned 420 acres of sugar cane on the property of the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on the island of Maui. Smoke from the blaze forced the police to close a portion of Haleakala Highway from 1420 to 1800, causing a major traffic tie-up.
Hobble FireCause: Lightning StrikeBegin Date: August 6, 2003End Date: August 24, 2003Acres Burned: 40,000Structural Loss: 15Cost: 1M
The Little Salmon Creek Wildland Fire Complex (Mid) Fire was discovered on August 6, 2003, in Montana, and burned 11,213 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Granite Complex was discovered on August 6, 2005, in Idaho, and burned 36,800 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bootlegger Fire was discovered on August 6, 2006, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 6,685 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Combine Fire was discovered on August 6, 2007, in Power County, Idaho, and burned 7,654 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Big Pole Fire was discovered on August 6, 2009, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 44,345 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The White Rocks 1 Fire was discovered on August 6, 2009, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 7,981 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Eureka Fire was discovered on August 6, 2010, in Walla Walla County, Washington, and burned 21,620 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Big Draw Fire was discovered on August 6, 2010, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 12,389 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bear Trap Fire was discovered on August 6, 2010, in Blaine County, Idaho, and burned 7,261 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Last Chance Fire was discovered on August 6, 2011, in Pershing County, Nevada, and burned 21,565 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Clarks Butte Fire was discovered on August 6, 2011, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 13,299 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Barry Point Fire was discovered on August 6, 2012, in Lake County, Oregon, and burned 92,977 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Waterfalls 2 Fire was discovered on August 6, 2012, in Oregon, and burned 12,246 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Johnson Fire was reported on August 6, 2015, in Trinity County, California, and burned 34,006 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lassics Fire was reported on August 6, 2015, in Humboldt County, California, and burned 18,198 acres.
The Blake Fire was reported on August 6, 2015, in Humboldt County, California, and burned 7,124 acres.
The Lone Pine Fire was reported on August 6, 2016, in Bingham County, Idaho, and burned 9,212 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Holy Fire was a wildfire that burned in the Cleveland National Forest in Orange and Riverside Counties, California. The wildfire started on August 6, 2018, at around 1:15 PM PDT, in the vicinity of Trabuco Canyon.
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The Holy Fire started around 2:15 PM PST on August 6th and spread rapidly through the Santa Ana Mountains. Hot temperatures and dry conditions helped exasperate the fire even further.
The Holy Fire was reported on August 6, 2018, in Orange County, California, and burned 23,025 acres.
The Monument Fire was reported on August 6, 2018, in Madison County, Montana, and burned 6,614 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Pot Hole Fire was reported on August 6, 2019, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 67,070 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Shelter Pass Fire was reported on August 6, 2019, in Box Elder County, Utah, and burned 8,971 acres.
The East Fire was reported on August 6, 2019, in Crockett County, Texas, and burned 6,983 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
S. state of Arizona from August 6 to August 19.
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The Nellie Fire was reported on August 6, 2024, in Boise County, Idaho, and burned 50,073 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
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An earthquake struck Campania, Italy.
An earthquake struck Lesbos, Greece. It killed 500 people.
An earthquake struck Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy. It killed 10,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 8 earthquake struck Alaska Peninsula, United States. With the tsunami it caused, it killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
An earthquake struck Crete, Greece, Croatia. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Durres, Albania.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Caraveli, Chuquibamba, Ocona, Atico, Peru. It killed some people (about 51 to 100) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
9 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. The epicenter was located off the southern coast of Guatemala, and it was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded there.
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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Near S Coast, Guatemala.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Algeria. It killed 3 people.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Tonga Islands.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Jinotega, Gulf of Fonseca, Nicaragua. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
7 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII. The shock occurred on the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Ruteng, Flores Islands, Indonesia.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Aegean Sea, Greece. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck Ziarat, Pakistan. It destroyed 25 houses.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Nobeoka, Kyushu, Japan. It killed 20 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal, Myanmar (Burma), India. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 5 people, left 30 missing and injured 42.
5. At least five people were killed, more than 30 were injured, and another 30 were missing as a result.
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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck New South Wales, Australia. It injured 5 and did $30 million in damage.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck Huntington, Utah, United States. It killed 9 people.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Sigi, Sulawesi, Indonesia. It injured 1 and destroyed 14 houses.
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Awu, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 953 people.
Karangetang, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 4 people and injured 5.
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A tsunami struck Inchon, Chemulpo Bay, Yellow Sea, South Korea.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8 earthquake struck Shumagin Islands, AK, United States, with a maximum water height of 88 meters. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Adriatic Sea, Croatia.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck S. Peru. It killed some people (about 51 to 100) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami struck Rockaway Beach, NY, United States. It killed 2 people.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck North Aegean Sea, Greece.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Kyushu, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.2 meters. It injured 9.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Lysefjoren, Western Norway.
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A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began August 6, 1982, reached Kp 8- and lasted 24 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 107; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began August 6, 1998, reached Kp 7+ and lasted 24 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 64; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 48 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.4 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 6, 2013 to August 7, 2013.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.3 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 6, 2018 to August 7, 2018.
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Three people working at a construction site at Perdido Key were struck by lightning. One of the persons died. The three were huddled underneath a makeshift lean-to. One of the men had a rake in his hand when the bolt hit.
A 12-year-old girl died near Gunflint Lake after being struck by lightning. She and her family were walking back to their cabin and were about 20 yards from the building when the strike occurred. The girl's mother was knocked unconscious and did not have a pulse.
A 50-year-old man drowned after getting caught in a rip current at a beach near 4050 N. Ocean Drive in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The man, a tourist from Iowa, was swimming at an unguarded beach.
A 36-year-old resident of Pompano Beach drowned after getting caught in a rip current off John U. Lloyd State Park in Hollywood.The beach did not have a lifeguard present, but signs were posted at the park entrance warning of rip currents.
A 58 year old man was swept away by high surf while fishing on rocks at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, RI.
On August 6, 2018, around 2 PM the US Coast Guard noticed a vessel had capsized while crossing the bar at the mouth of the Siuslaw River, killing one person. There was weak high pressure over the area at the time, with winds out of the north gusting to 10 kt.
On 6 August 2020, 66 people died in Pettimudi, Idukki in the South Indian state of Kerala due to a landslide. The bodies of 4 people, who are believed to be trapped underground have not yet been found.
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A 17 year old boy from Minnesota went missing on the afternoon of the 6th while swimming in Lake Michigan near Beverly Shores. He was unable to be recovered. Three others were rescued from the water and transported to a local hospital.
In early August, a storm far south of American Samoa generated long-period swell that reached the territory's southern shores on August 5th and 6th. The PacIOOS buoy located east of Aunu'u measured sea heights over 11 feet and peak wave periods exceeding 16 seconds.
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