Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for July 28, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Earthquakes
6 earthquake hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 03:42:55 on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli scale.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck SE, Kerman, Iran. It killed 3,000 people, injured 1,000 and did $1 billion in damage.
Earthquakes
7. 1 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
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Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy. It killed 2,313 people, injured 374, destroyed 2,278 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Acapulco,mexico City. It killed 65 people and did $25 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck S. Mexico, with a maximum water height of 1.3 meters. It killed 65 people and did $25 million in damage.
Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Valtellina, Italy, with a maximum water height of 95 meters. It killed 27 people and did $495 million in damage.
Earthquakes
9 mi). At least 38 people were killed and more than 368 were injured.
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Heat and drought
An intense heat wave began in the Chicago metropolitan area July 28th and continued through the morning of July 31st. High temperatures on the 28th were in the lower to middle 90s with heat indices 100 to 105.
Earthquakes
The 1889 Kumamoto earthquake occurred at 23:40 JST on 28 July in the western part of Kumamoto, Japan. 3.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan. It killed 38 people, injured 364, destroyed 3,539 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 2, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from July 28, 2023 to July 29, 2023.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Shelby County, Ohio and tracked 0.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 22.
An F3 tornado touched down in Randolph, Darke counties, Indiana and tracked 20.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Madison County, Illinois and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Dixon, Dakota, Woodbury counties, Nebraska and tracked 52.5 miles, 73 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
A tornado touched down on the Hill Top area of northwest Tucson. The tornado travelled in a west-northwest direction, and its width varied from about a yard to 50 yards. The 7700 blocks of Soledad and Redwing Circle were particularly hit hard.
Many trees and large limbs downed.
A weak cold front moved into a warm and humid airmass over southeast Michigan during the afternoon. A passing upper level disturbance added fuel to the fire.
The tornado touched down briefly in the hamlet of Mottville which is in the town of Skaneateles. The tornado's path length was approximately 100 yards and its width was approximately 50 yards. A trailer home was destroyed in the center of Mottville.
The 2005 Birmingham tornado was an IF3 tornado which occurred on the afternoon of 28 July 2005, causing significant damage to the southern and eastern suburbs of Birmingham, and becoming the costliest tornado ever recorded in Great Britain. Several organisations have rated the tornado with varying degrees of intensity; most recently, the ESSL rated the tornado IF3 on the International Fujita scale.
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A mesoscale convective complex formed across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas during the predawn hours of July 28th and spread southeast towards the Interstate 20 corridor of northeast Texas into northwest Louisiana during the day.
An upper level low developed in the eastern Great Lakes, providing enough lift and energy for showers and thunderstorms to develop across southern New England.
Severe thunderstorms broke out across Central and South-Central Kansas in the afternoon and continued well into the evening. Hardest hit was South-Central Kansas, where hail reached the size of tennis balls and winds roared as high as 80 to 85 mph.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Converse County, Wyoming and tracked 4.44 miles, 350 yards wide at its widest.
Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds and a couple tornadoes over portions of Converse and Platte counties.
Several severe storms developed in a highly sheared environment. Instability was adequate enough to cause a few of the storms to become tornadic near Silver Lake, and around Forest Lake, and Scandia during the afternoon of Sunday, July 28th.
A round of severe storms tracked into southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours on July 28th.
During the early evening of Wednesday, July 28th, scattered thunderstorms developed along a slowly moving frontal boundary across Northern Wisconsin.
A tornado touched down in Wyoming County at approximately 10:40AM|EDT in the town of Java just southwest of the intersection of NY Route|78 and Chaffee Rd.
Northern Ohio remained in a very humid air mass and along the northwestern flank of the Bermuda-Azores subtropical surface high pressure ridge during the late morning of the 28th into the 29th before a cold front swept southeastward across the region during the late morning…
July 28th saw two rounds of severe storms move across the Chicago metro, one during the predawn hours of the morning and another during the evening.
Multiple periods of thunderstorms came through southern Wisconsin due to the passage of low pressure. Mainly widespread wind damage was noted from the multiple rounds of storms, but some significant hail was observed and one tornado.
A cold front sank south across Iowa during the afternoon and evening of July 28th. The environment was primed for severe storms with warm moist air in place; as temperatures climbed into the 90s and dewpoints into the 70s.
Two distinct supercell clusters developed across central South Dakota during the late afternoon of July 28 within a highly unstable environment (MUCAPE up to 5000 J/kg) ahead of an eastward advancing surface front.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast near Edgewater, FL as a category 2 hurricane, 90 kt (105 mph), central pressure 967 mb. The Great Nassau hurricane, also called the second San Liborio hurricane, was a powerful Atlantic hurricane that caused catastrophic damage and tremendous casualties in the Lucayan Archipelago, particularly in and near the Bahamian capital Nassau, as well as additional fatalities and damages from the Greater Antilles to the Southeastern United States. The first named storm and hurricane of the busy 1926 Atlantic hurricane season, it developed a short distance east of the Lesser Antilles on…
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Hurricane Steve reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 950 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Cesar crossed the coast near Bluefields, South Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua as a category 1 hurricane, 75 kt (85 mph), central pressure 985 mb. Hurricane Cesar–Douglas was one of the few tropical cyclones to survive the crossover from the Atlantic to east Pacific basin, and was the last to receive a new storm name upon doing so. Hurricane Cesar was the third named storm and second hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Heavy rain and large hail fell on parts of central Oklahoma on July 28, 1988. Rainfall amounts of five to six inches, sometimes accompanied by golf ball-size hail, fell near Coyle and Langston, both in Logan County. The resulting flash flooding covered some roads up to three feet deep, and damaged a bridge south of Langston.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A flash flood killed 5 women and injured 40 others when a 10-15 foot wall of water surged through 2 mobile home parks.
On July 28th, thunderstorms produced a macroburst which blew across portions of Western Pennsylvania. the macroburst started at around 9 AM EST and marched across the region through the late morning hours.
An upper level low pressure system was entrenched in the western Great Lakes, maintaining cool air aloft across the region.
Olney had 5 inches of rain with flash flooding in and around the city.
Beginning on July 28, 2004, heavy rain produced flash flooding across western north Texas and south-central Oklahoma. After 48 hours, up to 8 inches of rain had been measured in Archer and Knox Counties, with nearly 5 inches across Wichita and Clay Counties. Runoff caused several rivers to spill their banks, including the South Wichita River, which eventually crested nearly 5 feet above flood stage near Benjamin, the 3rd highest crest on record for that site. Ardmore received nearly 5 inches of rain as well, along with flash flooding at the Chickasaw National Recreation Center.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
On the night of the 27th a frontal system moved from the Gulf of Alaska northwest over the southern interior to near Fairbanks on the evening of the 28th, then moved slowly back to the southeast before dissipating on the 29th.
Yet another heavy rain event affected much of central and south central Iowa on the night of the 27th with Guthrie Center reporting 6.73 inches of rain. A few unofficial reports were as high as 7 inches that fell in the Stuart area of southeast Guthrie County.
A mesoscale convective complex formed across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas during the predawn hours of July 28th and spread southeast towards the Interstate 20 corridor of northeast Texas into northwest Louisiana during the day.
A slow moving cold front coupled with a deep southerly flow of very moist air caused slow moving and in some instances back building thunderstorms to occur during the afternoon and evening of the 28th.
A slow moving cold front coupled with a deep southerly flow of very moist air caused slow moving and in some instances back building thunderstorms to occur during the afternoon and evening of the 28th.
Stationary thunderstorms developed in the early evening of July 28 over south central Windsor County Vermont in the headwaters of the Williams River. Rainfall totals were two to three inches in a little over an hour.
A boundary was pushing through the state with ongoing convection through central Iowa through the day. As the boundary neared the area, the convection intensified and impacted central and southern Iowa in the evening to early morning hours.
A mesoscale convective system moved southwestward across western Kentucky. The slow movement of the thunderstorm complex resulted in isolated flash flooding.
Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.
A cold front, with a low pressure system moving along it, crossed the middle Ohio River Valley on the 28th. A mid level disturbance also crossed during the afternoon.
Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.
A quasi-stationary front, bisecting central NC, provided a focus point for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Thanks to a moist and unstable airmass, a few of these storms breached the severe limit, resulting in isolated wind damage, and localized flash flooding.
After over 6,500 people died in flooding in 2020, monsoon floods hit South Asia again in 2021.
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Substantial monsoon moisture remained over the area as high pressure drifted east over the Plains. As a result, widespread showers and thunderstorms developed with many storms producing heavy rain.
The stormy period which began on the 24th continued to bring severe weather and flash flooding through the end of the month.
The stormy period which began on the 24th continued to bring severe weather and flash flooding through the end of the month.
The combination of near record moisture content (PWATs 1.8-2.0 inches), moderate to strong instability (SBCAPE 2000 J/KG), very slow steering flow and an upper-level disturbance resulted in a very conducive environment for the generation of thunderstorms producing very heavy…
Scattered thunderstorms developed during the evening hours in a warm and humid airmass. The thunderstorms persisted into the overnight hours.
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Thunderstorms producing large hail resulted in over 1,000 claims of damage to vehicles and homes in the Plattsmouth area.
Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous large tree limbs across U. S. Road 411, closing it for several hours. Many of the tree limbs fell onto power lines, knocking out power for more than 3 hours.
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Afternoon highs in the 90s and very moist and unstable air combined to produce scattered thunderstorms across the northern portion of Virginia. Several of these storms produced winds in excess of 55 MPH, heavy downpours between 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM EDT.
A line of severe thunderstorms produced one fatality and numerous reports of wind damage and 1 report of large hail during the afternoon hours of July 28th. Law enforcement reported numerous trees down across Barry County at 11:30 a.m. EST.
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread structural, tree, and power line damage in and near Sinai.
Wind driven hail broke windows at a farm north of Esbon. A swath of extensive crop damage was reported from 7 miles northwest of Esbon to 4 miles northeast of Esbon. The crops 6 miles north of town were completely wiped out.
Large hail broke windows, and heavily damaged vehicles and boats. Holes were punched by the hail in some of the boats. Two boaters on Lake Thompson were injured by the hail.
The Newnan Times-Herald reported that a large white oak tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds onto a car being driven on Lower Fayetteville Road. The two occupants were not injured.
Severe thunderstorms produced high winds that downed many trees and power lines throughout Putnam County, about 5 miles northeast of Jamaica, Queens, in Tottenville on Staten Island, and in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn.
An approaching cold front interacting with an extremely unstable airmass triggered a widespread outbreak of severe weather across west and central Upper Michigan from late afternoon on the 28th to just after sunrise on the 29th.
A complex of storms which originated over the Texas Panhandle swept southward over the northern South Plains during the evening hours of the 28th and resulted in significant wind and hail damages.
Strong high pressure was in place across the region, limiting moisture, but allowing for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms along seabreeze boundaries. Some thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts and some large hail.
Pulse type severe thunderstorms caused scattered wind damage in New Jersey on the afternoon and evening of the 28th. Over 43,000 homes and businesses lost power in the state.
An unseasonably deep low pressure system moved from southeast Saskatchewan across Manitoba as a cold front swept through the Northern Plains. The tight pressure gradient with combined with strong atmospheric mixing resulted in very gusty winds.
A severe storm produced wind gusts up to 88 mph at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island late on this Saturday evening. Around 5 PM CST, a small thunderstorm formed southwest of O'Neill.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved across parts of northeast Illinois during the early morning of July 28th producing localized wind damage.
An upper ridge was over most of the southern half of the country. A weak upper level disturbance was moving across northern Nebraska. A weak surface low pressure was across parts of south central Nebraska during the afternoon hours.
A subtle remnant disturbance from prior day's convection over the Midwest amplified a pre-existing lee pressure trough, igniting numerous thunderstorms.
An upper ridge was over most of the southern half of the country. A weak upper level disturbance was moving across northern Nebraska. A weak surface low pressure was across far north central Kansas during the afternoon hours.
Two areas of strong to severe storms shifted southeast and east through central Minnesota and northeast Iowa, respectively, during the late afternoon into the early evening of July 28th.
A subtle remnant disturbance from prior day's convection over the Midwest amplified a pre-existing lee pressure trough, igniting numerous thunderstorms.
After a period of quiet weather, several days of strong to severe thunderstorms occurred during the latter part of July. Chinook was struck the hardest with up to baseball size hail resulting in significant vehicle and structural damage.
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From July 26th to July 27th, temperatures were in the middle or upper 90s (with heat indices over 100 degrees) and caused a heat-related death of an elderly man in his home.
A 56 YEAR OLD MALE COLLAPSED WHILE WORKING ON THE ROOF OF LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHICH OFFICIALS BELIEVE WAS CAUSED BY THE SWELTERING HEAT. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 90S WITH HEAT INDICES EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES
An intense heat wave began in the Chicago metropolitan area July 28th and continued through the morning of July 31st. High temperatures on the 28th were in the lower to middle 90s with heat indices 100 to 105.
The heat returned to Central Illinois after a two day break. Temperatures rose into the lower to middle 90s again with heat index values in the 105 to 110 degree range. One heat related death occurred during this time.
Oppressive heat and humidity affected the area once again with highs in the middle 90s to 100. La Crosse (La Crosse County) established new record highs when the temperature reached 98 and 100 on the 29th and 30th respectively. Heat indices both days topped out around 120.
Excessive heat and humidity affected southeast Minnesota once again with afternoon highs reaching the middle 90s to 100. Heat indices ranged from 105 to as high as 120.
Excessive heat occurred ..with heat indices above 120 degrees. Several cattle were lost, and a 68 year old woman died in an uncooled apartment in South Sioux City.
Excessive heat claimed the life of a woman in the England area. She was found unconscious in her home and died the next morning.
A heat wave of which lasted over 1 week affected much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa from late July into early August. The heat was finally broken by a cold front that pushed afternoon temperatures down into the 80s on 8/09/01.
A large area of high pressure sat off the Mid-Atlantic coast during the last week of July. This caused a warm and moist south wind to blow into the region for several days, resulting in another heat wave.
Another hot and very humid air mass moved into Eastern Pennsylvania on the 28th. In most areas this hot spell produced some of the highest heat indices of the summer as they reached near 105F and between 105F and 110F in Philadelphia during the afternoon of the 29th.
Another hot and very humid air mass moved into the Maryland Eastern Shore on the 28th. In most areas this hot spell produced some of the highest heat indices of the summer as they reached between 105F and 110F during the afternoon of the 29th.
A gentleman was working outside in Athens and died a short time later. The death was attributed to the heat.
The second heat wave of the summer developed during the end of July and continued into early August. High temperatures at Northerly Island in downtown Chicago reached 88 on July 28th, 93 on July 29th, 90 on July 30th and 98 on July 31st.
A hot and humid day claimed the life of an 85-year-old woman in Philadelphia. The high temperature at Philadelphia International Airport was 94 degrees.
A heat wave produced temperatures above 100 degrees on July 29th and July 30th with upper 90 degree temperatures on July 27th, 28th, and 31st. The temperatures combined with high humidity produced heat index values of over 100 degrees during this time frame as well.
Extremely hot temperatures and high humidity combined to produce dangerously hot weather conditions across much of eastern Oklahoma.
An upper ridge of high pressure moved over the Mid-South during the late July time frame. The ridge brought above normal temperatures to the area.
Hot and humid conditions with high temperatures in the mid 90s and heat index values between 105 and 109 degrees resulted in a death in Chowan county in northeast North Carolina.
Hot temperatures and humid conditions resulted in 17 heat incidents during the PGA tournament in Springfield NJ.
Five people died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
An area of high pressure centered over the Desert Southwest led to dangerous heat across the region. A total of 15 fatalities (9 direct and 6 indirect) were reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.
One person died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
Rainfall of 25 to 50 percent of normal during July, following 50 to 75 percent of normal during June led to the development of severe short-term drought conditions over much of northwest Iowa.
The prevailing upper-level pattern for the end of July featured a trough over the Pacific Northwest, favoring southwesterly flow over the central Great Plains. Two troughs ejected out into the north-central CONUS during this episode.
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Greensburg recorded 114°F, Kentucky’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Orofino recorded 118°F, Idaho’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Powerhouse Fire started on July 28, 1989, in California, and burned 11,533 acres.
The Monument Rock Fire started on July 28, 1989, in Oregon, and burned 11,387 acres.
The Summit/Strip Fire started on July 28, 1989, in Oregon, and burned 9,927 acres.
The Meadow Fire was discovered on July 28, 1993, in Nevada, and burned 21,686 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Rabbit Creek #1 Fire was discovered on July 28, 1994, in Idaho, and burned 146,400 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Twin Butte Fire was discovered on July 28, 1995, in Idaho, and burned 30,237 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Indian Fort Fire was discovered on July 28, 1995, in Oregon, and burned 15,210 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Point Fire was discovered on July 28, 1995, in Idaho, and burned 11,622 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Elkmeadow Fire was discovered on July 28, 1998, in Washington, and burned 6,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Naf Fire was discovered on July 28, 2000, in Cassia County, Idaho, and burned 6,835 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Port Kelly Fire was discovered on July 28, 2001, in Washington, and burned 9,929 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Hawkins Fire was discovered on July 28, 2004, in Utah, and burned 10,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Snake One Fire was discovered on July 28, 2005, in Washington County, Idaho, and burned 25,280 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hughes Creek Fire was discovered on July 28, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 22,435 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Double Mountain Fire was discovered on July 28, 2005, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 22,095 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Red Eagle Fire was discovered on July 28, 2006, in Montana, and burned 34,203 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Dawes County Complex was discovered on July 28, 2006, in Dawes County, Nebraska, and burned 17,899 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lightning Complex was discovered on July 28, 2006, in South Dakota, and burned 8,060 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hatch Grade Fire was discovered on July 28, 2006, in Washington, and burned 8,000 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Mile Marker 124 Fire was discovered on July 28, 2007, in Missoula County, Montana, and burned 6,241 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Williams Creek Fire was discovered on July 28, 2009, in Douglas County, Oregon, and burned 8,395 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
A grass fire that started in the 11000 block of East Dawn Drive in far north Fort Worth, spread quickly and consumed 5 mobile homes. At least one shed and a car were also engulfed in the flames. Power poles also caught fire causing the power lines to fall.
The Fern Fire was discovered on July 28, 2012, in Idaho County, Idaho, and burned 25,873 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Pettibone Fire was discovered on July 28, 2012, in Idaho County, Idaho, and burned 15,569 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Ditch Fire was discovered on July 28, 2012, in Idaho County, Idaho, and burned 12,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fir Grove Fire was discovered on July 28, 2013, in Camas County, Idaho, and burned 7,143 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Can Creek Fire was discovered on July 28, 2013, in Alaska, and burned 6,590 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The French Fire was reported on July 28, 2014, in Madera County, California, and burned 13,838 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Highline Fire was reported on July 28, 2017, in Idaho County, Idaho, and burned 89,366 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cougar Creek Fire was reported on July 28, 2018, in Chelan County, Washington, and burned 42,712 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The China Jim Fire was reported on July 28, 2018, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 20,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Laney Rim Fire was reported on July 28, 2018, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, and burned 13,198 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cougar Fire was reported on July 28, 2018, in Bonner County, Idaho, and burned 7,871 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Tucker Fire was reported on July 28, 2019, in Modoc County, California, and burned 14,217 acres.
The Red Salmon Complex was reported on July 28, 2020, in Humboldt County, California, and burned 144,698 acres.
The / Meers Fire was reported on July 28, 2022, in Comanche County, Oklahoma, and burned 7,542 acres.
The York Fire was a large wildfire in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California, and in Clark County, Nevada. The fire burned 93,078 acres (37,667 ha).
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The York Fire was reported on July 28, 2023, in San Bernardino County, California, and burned 93,078 acres.
The Lost Horse Creek Fire was reported on July 28, 2023, in Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska, and burned 9,316 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Mount Hayes Fire was reported on July 28, 2023, in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska, and burned 6,720 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Willamette Complex was reported on July 28, 2024, in Lane County, Oregon, and burned 29,657 acres.
The Stoner Mesa Fire was reported on July 28, 2025, in Dolores County, Colorado, and burned 10,249 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
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An earthquake struck Croatia, Balkans NW.
An earthquake struck Monte Santo, Lisbon, Portugal.
An earthquake struck Croatia, Balkans NW.
An earthquake struck Croatia, Balkans NW.
An earthquake struck Camerino, Italy. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy. It killed 2,313 people, injured 374, destroyed 2,278 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
The 1883 Casamicciola earthquake, also known as the Ischia earthquake occurred on 28 July at 20:25 local time on the island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples in Italy. 5, considered moderate in size, it caused intense ground shaking that was assigned XI (Extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
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The 1889 Kumamoto earthquake occurred at 23:40 JST on 28 July in the western part of Kumamoto, Japan. 3.
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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan. It killed 20 people, injured 74 and destroyed 239 houses.
An earthquake struck Southern, California, United States. It destroyed 1 house.
An earthquake struck Northern Italy.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Arequipa, Peru. It caused a tsunami.
The 1943 Puerto Rico earthquake struck off the northwestern coast of the island of Puerto Rico at approximately 23:02 AST on July 28, 1943. 7 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) by the United States Geological Service (USGS), struck in or near the eastern slope of the Mona Canyon along the Puerto Rico Trench, approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of Aguadilla and 57 kilometres (35 mi) northwest of Arecibo.
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A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Acapulco,mexico City. It killed 65 people and did $25 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
The 1957 Guerrero earthquake occurred on 28 July at 08:40 UTC. 6 Mw and a maximum perceived intensity of VII on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
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6 earthquake hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 03:42:55 on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli scale.
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Tangshan, NE, China. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck SE, Kerman, Iran. It killed 3,000 people, injured 1,000 and did $1 billion in damage.
7. 1 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Lombok Island, Indonesia. It killed 17 people, injured 355, destroyed 5,448 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
9 mi). At least 38 people were killed and more than 368 were injured.
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan. It killed 38 people, injured 364, destroyed 3,539 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
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Niigata-Yakeyama, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 3 people.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck Ligurian Sea, Italy.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck S. Peru.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck S. Mexico, with a maximum water height of 1.3 meters. It killed 65 people and did $25 million in damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Valtellina, Italy, with a maximum water height of 95 meters. It killed 27 people and did $495 million in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Bali Sea, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 2.5 meters. It killed 17 people, injured 355, destroyed 5,448 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began July 28, 1987, reached Kp 7 and lasted 27 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 52; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began July 28, 1990, reached Kp 8- and lasted 33 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 102; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A severe storm disaster that cost $1.9 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from July 28, 2016 to July 30, 2016.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 2, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from July 28, 2023 to July 29, 2023.
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The Val Pola landslide happened in Valtellina, Lombardy, Northern Italian Alps, on 28 July 1987 and resulted in the Valtellina disaster with a total cost of 400 million euros. The calamity affected the province of Sondrio, but also other Alpine valleys in the provinces of Brescia, Bergamo, Lecco, and Como.
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Two men drowned in separate rip currents along unguarded sections of Miami Beach. Dozens of other people were rescued by the beach patrol after being caught in rip currents throughout the afternoon.
A vistor to Navarre Beach drowned in a strong rip current while swimming in the gulf on Navarre Beach.
Lightning struck HCl tank at Dow Chemical causing it to rupture. 11 people treated for contact of the HCl.
Lightning struck and killed a forty-three year old woman from Amarillo during the evening as she went outside to get something from her pickup truck.
Rip currents were prevalent along the east facing beaches of Eastern North Carolina on this day.
Lightning struck a group of camping Boy Scouts at the 10,700 foot elevation of Sandy Meadow 4 miles west of Mt. Whitney on the John Muir Trail on the 28th.
As a cold front approached the area, a long fetch of south winds, which were brisk developed. Strong rip currents caused the death of a 42 year old man that swam at a beach near Dune Road and Dolphin Beach Road in East Quogue.
A shepherd and a mule were killed by lightning at the headwaters of Oso Creek near the Continental Divide.
Strong to severe thunderstorms moved across parts of northern Illinois during the afternoon of July 28th.
High seas, swells, and surf, produced by the difference between relatively strong high pressure centered over Alabama and Mississippi and low pressure in the lee of the Sierra Madre Oriental of northern Mexico increased along shore currents at South Padre Island, along with rip…
A woman was pulled out to sea due to a rip current and drowned in Garden City, SC.
Scattered thunderstorms went through northern Illinois during the afternoon and evening. Heavy rain brought some minor flooding, and there were some reports of funnel clouds.
A thunderstorm developed along the sea breeze near the southern Brevard County coast. As the storm moved offshore it produced a lightning strike which struck two beachgoers, killing one of them.
A seven year-old boy drowned in Misery Bay near the boat launch on the afternoon of the 28th.
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