Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for July 23, 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
An earthquake struck Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey. It killed 5,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Irpinia, Italy. It killed 1,430 people, destroyed 3,188 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy. It killed 600 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Jogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. It killed 213 people, injured 2,096 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Tao Yuen Chan, Gansu Province, China. It killed 360 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Eaton, Ingham, Jackson counties, Michigan and tracked 14 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Eaton Rapids to S Leslie, MI.
Wildfires
Large wildfires developed across Northern California at the end of July during a period of high temperatures, low humidity and unusually dry fuels. A powerful fire whirl developed with the Carr Fire, creating significant wind damage to western Redding and rapid fire growth.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Maca, Chivay, Yanque, Peru. It killed 92 people and injured 30.
Heat and drought
A persistent strong ridge of high pressure over the region led to well above normal temperatures for the end of July. Afternoon highs during this time exceeded 110 degrees each day in Phoenix with the 25th recording a high of 119 degrees.
Billion-dollar disasters
A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $1.8 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from July 23, 2008 to July 25, 2008.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Fulton County, Illinois and tracked 14 miles, 2,630 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 69.
Wildfires
The Carr Fire was a large wildfire in 2018 in Northern California's Shasta and Trinity counties. The fire ignited on July 23 and burned 229,651 acres before it was fully contained on August 30.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Eaton, Ingham, Jackson counties, Michigan and tracked 14 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Eaton Rapids to S Leslie, MI.
An F1 tornado touched down in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Concord, NH.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kosciusko County, Indiana and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hughes County, South Dakota and tracked 2.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fulton County, Illinois and tracked 14 miles, 2,630 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 69.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fulton County, Illinois and tracked 11.1 miles, 2,630 yards wide at its widest.
The Canton, Illinois Tornadoes of 1975 were destructive tornadoes which occurred as part of a significant severe thunderstorm outbreak concentrated from eastern Iowa across northern and central Illinois on the afternoon and evening of July 23, 1975.
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An F1 tornado touched down in Clarion County, Pennsylvania and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 24.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hennepin County, Minnesota and tracked 5 miles, 170 yards wide at its widest.
Evening thunderstorms in western and central Oklahoma produced nickel-size hail four miles northwest of Reydon in Roger Mills County and in Shattuck in Ellis County. Severe thunderstorm winds were estimated at 70 mph in Carnegie in Caddo County.
Strong thunderstorms moving across southeastern New York caused a variety of severe weather. Lightning, winds and heavy rains caused significant problems across the region. The severe thunderstorms also spawned a couple of tornadoes over Long Island.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lexington County, South Carolina and tracked 3.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
An F2 tornado touched down in Renville County, North Dakota and tracked 0.2 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
Electric Company reports powerlines down, blown transormers, and power outages.
The remnants of Hurricane Danny moved out of northeast Georgia and across the Upstate from the late afternoon on the 23rd through the early morning of the 24th. Two weak, short-lived tornadoes were spawned. One in Abbeville county downed trees and power lines.
The Dawson county Emergency Management Director, amateur radio operators, the Dawson News and Advertiser, and the public all reported extensive amounts of trees and power lines down across the county.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across much of the Bay State during the afternoon and early evening, producing widespread wind damage.
Hurricane Dolly made landfall approximately 80 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas on Wednesday July 23, 2008 between 1 PM and 2 PM, along the unpopulated shoreline of Cameron and Willacy County.
A frontal system moved through southern New England with the warm front moving through first and increasing low level moisture. Then the cold front moved through providing a lifting mechanism for showers and thunderstorms to develop.
Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds, and brief tornadoes in southeast South Dakota during the evening of July 23rd. The storms moved east and affected the area mainly near and south of Interstate 90.
A very unstable airmass was in place over Iowa ahead of an approaching cold front and short wave. The cold front itself was over South Dakota, and set off a line of severe thunderstorms in front of it.
A warm front lifted north into northeast Pennsylvania during the afternoon, putting the area into the warm and moist air mass of the warm sector, with temperatures in the mid 80s and dew points in the 70s.
During the afternoon of July 23rd, an upper level disturbance moved east toward central New York from southern Ontario, Canada. Daytime heating and instability combined with favorable wind parameters in the atmosphere to produce severe thunderstorms.
Severe thunderstorms developed over central Kansas during the late afternoon of the 23rd. These storms moved southeast during the evening and into eastern Oklahoma during the late evening and overnight hours.
A disturbance interacting with a frontal system produced an area of severe thunderstorms with numerous damaging winds, some flash flooding and a few isolated, brief tornadoes.
A deep southerly flow of tropical moisture was in place over southeast MA with precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches on the south coast.
Two rounds of storms moved across southeast Minnesota on July 23rd. The first occurred in the afternoon and produced two tornadoes, wind damage and large hail. A brief EF0 tornado occurred south of Fremont (Winona County) that produced mainly tree damage.
A line of storms moved across northeast Iowa during the evening of July 23rd. These storms produced an EF1 tornado west of Waukon (Allamakee County) that damaged a farm and trees.
Thunderstorms associated with an upper level disturbance moved east across the region during the late morning hours.
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Hurricane Anna crossed the coast near Iriona, Colon Department, Honduras as a category 1 hurricane, 70 kt (80 mph), central pressure 992 mb. Hurricane Anna impacted Central America and the Windward Islands in July 1961. The first tropical cyclone and first hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Anna developed on July 20 from an easterly wave located in the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over the Windward Islands.
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Hurricane Emily reached its peak of 120 kt (140 mph), a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Ignacio reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph), a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Hernan reached its peak of 135 kt (155 mph) with a central pressure of 929 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Dolly, the first storm since Bret (1999) to make landfall along the Deep South Texas barrier islands, left a trail of widespread minor to moderate structural and natural damage across much of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on July 23rd, and dumped…
Hurricane Dolly crossed the coast near South Padre Island, TX as a category 1 hurricane, 75 kt (85 mph), central pressure 967 mb. Hurricane Dolly was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Deep South Texas in July 2008. Dolly was the fourth tropical cyclone and second hurricane to form during the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Hurricane Vicente reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 937 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Hanna was the first of a record-tying six Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall in the United States in a single season. The eighth named storm and first of fourteen hurricanes of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Hanna developed from a tropical wave originating near Hispaniola.
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Intense thunderstorms dumped copious amounts of rainfall over the western parts of Oklahoma on July 23, 1979. Rainfall amounts were quite impressive, including reports of up to seven inches just north of Arapaho, in Custer County. Four inches of rain fell in just one hour east of Arapaho and two inches of rain fell in only 30 minutes in Clinton. Many creeks and rivers were quickly forced out of their banks by the heavy rainfall. Floods covered the Arapaho-Weatherford Road with as much as four feet of water. More than five inches of rain fell in the Taloga area of Dewey County, causing Highway 183 to be inundated by one to two feet of flood water.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A cluster of thunderstorms producing very heavy rain sank south in the Charlotte metro area shortly before midnight of the 23rd and continued to redevelop over the area through mid-morning. Severe flash flooding resulted as nearly 10 inches of rain fell in some spots.
Flood waters from swollen creeks washed across six roads, including interstate 70, resulting in closures of varying periods. A man driving a pickup tried to cross one of the flooded roads and was swept away to his death.
Devils Lake reached an elevation of 1442.8 feet MSL, continuing its record high levels. High water continued to close portions of Highways 57 and 20 south of the city of Devils Lake.
Streams and creeks flooded from Saxapahaw to Graham and Burlington due to 4 to 5 inches of rain in three hours.
A slow moving and persistent low pressure system, west of the mouth of Tampa Bay, produced coastal flooding, very heavy rain, sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph with occasional higher gusts of up to 50 mph, from Tampa south to Ft. Myers, along the West coast of Florida.
The Towns county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines were down.
For the third day in a row, thunderstorms dumped heavy rains on the western southern tier. More flash flooding occurred on area creeks and streams. Roads were washed out or undermined. Several bridges were washed out or damaged.
Power lines were downed onto Main Street in St. Croix Falls. Trees and power lines were downed onto 51st Avenue, County Road M one mile south of County Road K, just north of 5th Avenue on 170th Street, and on Highway 65 near 40th Avenue in Alden Township.
Four to 5 inch limbs were downed.
A stationary front extending from southern New England through the Delmarva region pulled eastward as low pressure developed along the boundary. As moisture pulled northward, heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developed, producing severe weather and flooding.
A developing low pressure system along a nearly stationary boundary intensified as it tracked northeast from western Pennsylvania into central New York from Wednesday morning on July 23rd, through Thursday morning on July 24th.
Strong to severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the afternoon and evening hours of July 23rd producing strong winds.
Heavy rains during the fourth week of July resulted in the Maquoketa River at Manchester going above the moderate flood stage level of 17 feet on July 23 around 1130 am CDT.
Heavy rains during the fourth week of July caused both major rivers running through Jones County to crest well above flood stage. Although not guaged in Jones County, the Maquoketa River reached record levels both upstream in Manchester and downstream in Maquoketa.
Just 10 days after a record flood impacted the Fortymile River and its tributaries another flood impacted the area. Water levels returned to pre-flood levels, however, occasional showers and saturated soils resulted in more significant rises than would normally be observed.
A very unstable atmosphere was in place over Iowa with CAPE values around 2000 J/kg and lifted indices in the -8 to -10 C range. Precipitable water increased to around 2.25 inches along a boundary that extended from northeast into west central Iowa.
Thunderstorms developed along a cold front and brought very heavy rain to parts of southwest Wisconsin on July 23rd and 24th. This heavy rain created flooding problems that likely caused around a million dollars of damage in Grant County alone.
From late in the afternoon of July 23rd until late that night, extremely powerful severe thunderstorms went on a rampage from Central to South-Central Kansas.
A deep trough of low pressure dropped down the Washington Coastline then swung inland into the Inland Northwest during the afternoon of July 23rd. The wave took on a strong negative tilt and moved into a moist and very unstable air mass.
A cold front triggered numerous thunderstorms in Arkansas during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 23rd. There were dozens of reports of severe weather, mostly in the form of damaging winds. Tens of thousands of electric customers lost power.
A cold pool aloft coupled with a large area of instability and a mid level disturbance moving through the area resulted in showers and thunderstorms across much of southern New England. The stronger of these storms produced hail and wind damage.
A stationary front poised in the vicinity of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania was the focus for very warm and moist atmospheric conditions across the region.
A stationary front poised in the vicinity of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania was the focus for very warm and moist atmospheric conditions across the region.
Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved west across southeast Arizona from the predawn hours through early afternoon. Some storms produced heavy rain and flash flooding in and around the Tucson Metro area, including the Bighorn Fire burn scar area.
Deep monsoon moisture over northern Arizona and an area of low pressure moving over the area from the east brought more thunderstorms with heavy rain, flooding, and at least one funnel cloud.
Several rounds of severe thunderstorms tracked along a warm front over southern WI from the afternoon of July 23rd into the early morning hours of July 24th. Numerous reports of wind damage were received. Destructive, large hail and flash flooding also occurred.
A series of training thunderstorms brought flash flooding to portions of Houghton and Ontonagon Counties between 0300 and 0730EST on July 23. Four-hour rainfall totals ranged from two to four inches in the area.
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A thunderstorm produced hail up to two inches in diameter and three inches of rain.
A line of severe thunderstorms packing winds to 60 mph and golf ball-sized hail rumbled through northeast Wisconsin downing many trees and power lines. In Bellevue (Brown County) $100,000 in wind damage took place to a garage and convenience store.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
damage to almost every roof in town...windows broken...30 to 50 percent of the crops lost
An isolated early afternoon thunderstorm produced dime size hail in Acton in Middlesex County. Then, severe thunderstorms moved eastward across Massachusetts from Hampden County to Worcester, Middlesex, and Norfolk Counties during the afternoon.
This was a hot and extremely humid day in southeast Michigan. Temperatures approached 90 degrees during the afternoon, with dew points as high as 80. This resulted in a very unstable airmass across the area.
Trees down in Walden near Lake Conroe.
A strong thunderstorm moved from the southwest to the northeast across southwestern Butte County. This storm exhibited very subtle bowing, but otherwise there was little to note about it's structure.
Tree down on trailor home.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon.
An approaching cold front that ended a week long heat wave also triggered severe thunderstorms across New Jersey during the afternoon and early evening on the 23rd. A power outage caused significant delays and over a one hour shut down (from 430 p.m. EDT until 545 p.m.
Severe thunderstorms moved across Yuma and Kit Carson counties in extreme eastern Colorado producing hail and strong winds. The corn crop in Yuma county suffered heavy damage from wind-driven hail.
During the early afternoon hours of July 23rd, a complex of showers and thunderstorms moved southeast into Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas, after originally developing early that morning across portions of Nebraska and central Kansas.
A deep trough of low pressure dropped down the Washington Coastline then swung inland into the Inland Northwest during the afternoon of July 23rd. The wave took on a strong negative tilt and moved into a moist and very unstable air mass.
A frontal boundary moved into western North Dakota with a very moist air-mass noted ahead of it. A broad area of convection developed by late afternoon, and moved east into the evening.
A significant cold front and strong mid-level disturbance caused numerous thunderstorms to develop in Quebec province Canada by late morning then travel and intensify across VT during the afternoon. Significant and widespread damage occurred with more than 20,000 utility outages.
Severe thunderstorms bringing wind gusts in the 60 to 72 mph range brought down several trees, tree limbs and power lines across portions of southern and south central lower Michigan.
Mainly between 3:30-6:30 p.m. CDT on this Saturday afternoon, a relatively narrow, southwest-northeast swath of South Central Nebraska experienced severe thunderstorms featuring several reports of damaging winds up to around 70 MPH and hail up to ping pong ball size.
There was a cluster of strong storms over southern Lake Michigan early morning that organized further as they tracked into northwest Indiana/southwest Michigan.
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A prolonged period of excessive heat occurred in central, southwest, and south central Missouri. Afternoon high temperatures during this period averaged 95 degrees or higher with heat index values of 105 to 115 degrees.
A protracted run of days with consecutive high temperatures of 90 degrees or higher began on July 23rd in Southeast Pennsylvania. It lasted as long as 16 days near the Maryland border through August 7th.
Over one week of hot and very humid conditions across northeast Wisconsin resulted in numerous heat related illnesses and 3 deaths due to excessive heat.
A massive upper ridge over the central and eastern U.S. enabled heat to build into Minnesota. Heat indices ranged from 95 to 110 the afternoon of the 23rd, 90 to 105 on the 24th, and climaxed at 95 to 116 on the 25th before a cold front moved in.
Excessive heat claimed the life of a man in Pine Bluff. He was found dead in his home.
An elderly woman died while walking outside her home. Probable cause was cardiac arythmia caused by heat stress. Temperatures were well into the 90s with high humidity.
A protracted run of days with consecutive high temperatures of 90 degrees or higher started along the Eastern Shore on July 23rd. It lasted as long as 16 days in some areas through August 7th.
A 2-year-old boy died of heat stroke. He had a temperature of 108 degrees when he reached the hospital. He was left on the floor of a sunroom and his mother had fallen asleep. He had cerebral palsy and epilepsy and was mentally retarded.
A young girl, left inside a van, died from heat stroke. Outside air tempertures reached 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hot temperatures along with high heat indices caused the death of an 86 year old woman in the town of Harrah.
A five day "heat wave" occurred across most of the region between July 23rd and 27th. A combination of the actual air temperature and relative humidity values combined to produce heat indice values near 110 degrees each day.
Heat related deaths occurred after consecutive days of high temperatures over 100 degrees and low temperatures over 77 degrees as recorded at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
The last heat wave in July culminated with some of the highest heat indices of the summer on the 24th and numerous high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s in Berks County and southeastern Pennsylvania.
A strong subtropical upper ridge persisted across the south central and southeast U.S. for several days from July 20th through July 28th.
A 5 year old boy died of hyperthermia, after he climbed into an unlocked car. The outside temperatures was only in the lower 70s.
With high pressure in place, heat indices ranged from 98 to 107 degrees between the 23rd and the 31st. The Emergency Medical Services Authority reported 59 calls for heat related injuries over this period. This heat event continued into August through the 5th.
Very hot temperatures occurred in the valleys of southeast Arizona from July 23rd through July 25th. Several record high temperatures were observed. While no fatalities occurred, several reports of heat-related illnesses were noted.
Very strong high pressure aloft developed across the lower deserts of Arizona during a 3 day period ending on Wednesday July 25th; the exceedingly warm upper atmospheric conditions resulted in very hot temperatures over the lower deserts including the greater Phoenix…
A persistent strong ridge of high pressure over the region led to well above normal temperatures for the end of July. Afternoon highs during this time exceeded 110 degrees each day in Phoenix with the 25th recording a high of 119 degrees.
Hot temperatures 4 to 9 degrees degrees above normal were experienced across portions of southeast Arizona resulting in moderate to major Heat Risk.
An upper-level ridge of high pressure over the Midwest brought a period of hot and very humid weather to central Illinois in mid to late July.
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Vivian recorded 1.938 pounds, South Dakota’s hail: weight, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Vivian recorded 18.625 inches, South Dakota’s hail: circumference, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Vivian recorded 8 inches, South Dakota’s hail: diameter, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Goose Crk Fire was discovered on July 23, 1994, in Nevada, and burned 16,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The SwetCreek Fire was discovered on July 23, 1996, in Idaho, and burned 38,710 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on July 23, 1999, in Nevada, and burned 15,584 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Canyon Ferry Complex - includes Broadwater County, 38570 acres burned, 13 residences destroyed, 37 outbuildings destroyed, unknown cause, continued past July 31.
The Canyon Ferry Complex (Cave Gulch) Fire was discovered on July 23, 2000, in Montana, and burned 30,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Snake Crk Fire was discovered on July 23, 2000, in Nebraska, and burned 16,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Canyon Ferry Complex (Bucksnort) Fire was discovered on July 23, 2000, in Montana, and burned 15,000 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The White River Fire was discovered on July 23, 2002, in Wasco County, Oregon, and burned 28,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kocacho 2 Fire was discovered on July 23, 2002, in Alaska, and burned 25,186 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Pepper Fire was discovered on July 23, 2002, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, and burned 13,200 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sheldon Ridge Fire was discovered on July 23, 2002, in Wasco County, Oregon, and burned 12,681 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Basin Fire was fought by Sequoia National Forest and burned 1002 acres. Its cause was unknown but there were no fatalities. One primary structure was lost in the fire.
The Robert Fire was discovered on July 23, 2003, in Montana, and burned 57,273 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Lightning sparked several wildfires in southwest Sisikiyou County on 07/23/06. Some of these fires became known collectively as the Uncles Complex. As of 08/08/06, the blaze burned 10,250 acres and 4.9 million dollars were spent on the fire fighting efforts.
Lightning sparked several wildfires in southwest Sisikiyou County on 07/23/06. Some of these fires became known collectively as the Happy Camp Complex. As of 08/08/06, the blaze burned 3757 acres and 4.5 million dollars were spent on the fire fighting efforts.
The Foster Gulch Fire was discovered on July 23, 2006, in Baker County, Oregon, and burned 53,547 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hambly Fire was discovered on July 23, 2006, in Lincoln County, Nevada, and burned 23,649 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Horse Fire was discovered on July 23, 2006, in San Diego County, California, and burned 16,677 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Skyland Fire was discovered on July 23, 2007, in Flathead County, Montana, and burned 44,176 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Panther Fire was discovered on July 23, 2008, in Siskiyou County, California, and burned 44,452 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Paddle Fire was discovered on July 23, 2009, in Alaska, and burned 41,743 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Norton Point Fire was discovered on July 23, 2011, in Wyoming, and burned 24,237 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Reading Fire was discovered on July 23, 2012, in California, and burned 28,079 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lava Fire was discovered on July 23, 2012, in Lake County, Oregon, and burned 21,546 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Kitten Complex was reported on July 23, 2014, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 22,700 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Alkali Fire was reported on July 23, 2014, in Moffat County, Colorado, and burned 19,569 acres.
The Salmon River Fire was reported on July 23, 2015, in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska, and burned 15,563 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Diamond Creek Fire was reported on July 23, 2017, in Okanogan County, Washington, and burned 128,272 acres.
Large wildfires developed across Northern California at the end of July during a period of high temperatures, low humidity and unusually dry fuels. A powerful fire whirl developed with the Carr Fire, creating significant wind damage to western Redding and rapid fire growth.
The Carr Fire was a large wildfire in 2018 in Northern California's Shasta and Trinity counties. The fire ignited on July 23 and burned 229,651 acres before it was fully contained on August 30.
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The Carr Fire was reported on July 23, 2018, in Shasta County, California, and burned 229,651 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Taixtsalda Hill Fire was reported on July 23, 2018, in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska, and burned 27,194 acres.
The Harris Mtn Fire was reported on July 23, 2021, in Cascade County, Montana, and burned 31,603 acres.
The Badland Complex was reported on July 23, 2024, in Baker County, Oregon, and burned 54,617 acres.
The Retreat Fire was reported on July 23, 2024, in Yakima County, Washington, and burned 45,601 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Stockade Canyon Fire was reported on July 23, 2024, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 18,169 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
S. state of Oregon, east of Mt.
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S. states of Idaho and Oregon.
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The Big Grass Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 578,637 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Grasshopper Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Wasco County, Oregon, and burned 93,971 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fox Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Baker County, Oregon, and burned 78,903 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bald Mountain Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Harney County, Oregon, and burned 76,443 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Shingle Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Wheeler County, Oregon, and burned 73,183 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bench Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Jefferson County, Oregon, and burned 67,071 acres.
The Mouse Meadow Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Nye County, Nevada, and burned 52,000 acres.
The Duncan Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 16,362 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Stubble Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Harney County, Oregon, and burned 15,673 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Beachcomb Fire was reported on July 23, 2026, in Jefferson County, Oregon, and burned 13,648 acres.
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An earthquake struck Tao Yuen Chan, Gansu Province, China. It killed 360 people.
An earthquake struck Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy. It killed 600 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Erzurum,erzincan, Turkey. It killed 5,000 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Molyvos (Lesbos), Greece. It killed few people (about 1 to 50).
An earthquake struck Dapitan, NE Mindanao, Philippines.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Concepcion, Chile. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 6 people.
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Mongolia.
An earthquake struck Cochabamba, Bolivia. It killed 15 people.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Iceland.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Irpinia, Italy. It killed 1,430 people, destroyed 3,188 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Jogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. It killed 213 people, injured 2,096 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Karaburun, Chios, Oenoussae, Turkey, Greece. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 7 people, injured 435, destroyed 534 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Taiwan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Urumiyeh, Iran. It killed 10 people.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ibaraki, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Maca, Chivay, Yanque, Peru. It killed 92 people and injured 30.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Tokyo, Honshu, Japan. It injured 27 and destroyed 1 house.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck N, Honshu, Japan. It killed 1 person and injured 200.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Moro Gulf, Celebes Sea, Philippines.
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Colo, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4.
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A tsunami struck Genoa, Italy.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Central Chile. It killed 6 people.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece, with a maximum water height of 2 meters. It killed 7 people, injured 435, destroyed 534 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.9 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Taiwan, with a maximum water height of 0.05 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Ibaraki, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.4 meters.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began July 23, 1974, reached Kp 7 and lasted 42 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 82; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
On July 23, 2012 at 02:08 UTC, a solar storm involving an unusually large and strong coronal mass ejection occurred. It missed Earth by a margin of roughly nine days, as the Sun's equator rotates around its own axis once over a period of about 27 days.
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A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $1.8 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 3, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from July 23, 2008 to July 25, 2008.
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Three men were working in a landfill when lightning struck where they were standing. One man was killed instantly when he was directly struck. Two other men standing nearby sustained only minor injuries.
Three girls were playing in knee-deep surf near Beach 17th street on Rockaway Beach around 9 am EDT, when they were swept away by rip currents. The inlet between Rockaway and Atlantic Beach was dredged to accommodate boat travel.
A man and woman visiting from New York were caught in a rip current near 172nd Street. The man drowned and the woman was hospitalized.
A 38 year old Virginia man drown while caught in a rip current in Emerald Isle.
A man and his stepson were trying to retrieve their beach belongings during a thunderstorm along the Gulf Shores beach. They were both struck and killed by a lightning bolt. They were on a weekend outing at the beach.
Two people drowned from rip currents at Myrtle Beach. One drowned near 11th Ave. , and the other near 17th Ave.
A 31-year-old male swimming at a Treasure Island beach was pulled under by a rip current and was found 300 feet offshore.
A man drowned in the strong surf at Pamana City Beach.
Scattered strong thunderstorms developed over southeast Texas during the afternoon hours. One storm moving across Sabine Pass produced a lightning strike that injured 7 people and killed one person.
A 13 year old boy drowned in a rip current at Garden City.
Thunderstorms developed over North Central and Northeast Lower Michigan, thanks to a humid and unstable airmass.
An upper low brought thunderstorms to eastern California for much of the 23rd.
Lightning struck three people at LeFavre Scenic Overlook along Highway 89 about eight miles north of Jacobs Lake. Two people died and the third person sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
A thunderstorm developed during the afternoon over Elmore County.
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