World weather, 30 Oct: Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan
10/30/2026
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World weather, 30 Oct: Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan

In the past 24 hours, global weather alerts have decreased to 1,448, down from 1,529, with severe hotspots remaining in Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia.

10/30/2026

Updated: 10/30/2026

Roundups
_Daily round-up, 00:04 UK (00:04 UTC) on 30 Oct 2026_
In the past 24 hours, global weather alerts have decreased to 1,448, down from 1,529, with severe hotspots remaining in Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia. Kazakhstan continues to face multiple alerts for fire and wind, with maximum severity reaching 4, while Saudi Arabia is grappling with heavy rain alerts that pose flooding risks across various regions. Colombia also remains on high alert due to ongoing thunderstorms and landslide warnings, particularly in the Andes region.
Conditions in the Andes are marked by intensified thunderstorms in Colombia and Ecuador, contrasting with drier weather in Peru and Chile. Meanwhile, the Caribbean is experiencing a shift towards drier conditions, although some coastal flood alerts remain in effect. In Siberia, extreme cold and high winds persist, with ongoing snow and ice hazards impacting several areas, despite slight improvements in temperatures since the last update. Residents in these regions are advised to stay vigilant as weather conditions continue to evolve.

At a glance

  • 1,448 active warnings, 312 severe or extreme
  • 1 tropical cyclone under warning
  • 41 earthquakes, strongest M6.4
  • 37 active volcanoes, 30 erupting

Where it's happening

  • Saudi Arabia: rain (16 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, wind (16 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (12 events, up to extreme)
  • China: fire, snow-ice, wind (9 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, wind (7 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: landslide, other (7 events, up to extreme)
  • Australia & Oceania (16°S, 168°E): earthquake, volcano (7 events, up to extreme)
  • Saudi Arabia: rain (6 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (6 events, up to extreme)
  • Brazil: fire (6 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: thunderstorm, volcano (6 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: fire, thunderstorm, volcano (5 events, up to extreme)
  • Mexico: flood, tornado (3 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to extreme)
  • China: fog (2 events, up to extreme)
  • China: fog (2 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (2 events, up to extreme)
  • 36°S, 98°W: earthquake (1 event, up to extreme)
  • Poland: earthquake, fog (60 events, up to severe)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: thunderstorm, wind (50 events, up to severe)
  • United Kingdom: flood, wind (42 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog (27 events, up to severe)
  • Mexico: flood, thunderstorm (21 events, up to severe)
  • North America (61°N, 148°W): earthquake, marine, snow-ice, wind (21 events, up to severe)
  • United Kingdom: flood, fog, marine (21 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: coastal, flood, marine (16 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: coastal, flood, marine (15 events, up to severe)
  • 52°N, 173°W: marine, wind (15 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: fire, fog, rain, wind (15 events, up to severe)
  • North America (59°N, 142°W): marine (13 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog (13 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, fog, wind (13 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: drought, fire, fog, other, thunderstorm, wind (12 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire, wind (10 events, up to severe)
  • Australia: flood (10 events, up to severe)
  • North America (54°N, 163°W): earthquake, marine, volcano (8 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (7 events, up to severe)
  • Saudi Arabia: rain (7 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire, snow-ice, wind (7 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: snow-ice, volcano, wind (7 events, up to severe)
  • Mexico: flood (6 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, fog (6 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: fire (6 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: drought (6 events, up to severe)
  • Saudi Arabia: rain (5 events, up to severe)
  • China: other, snow-ice, wind (5 events, up to severe)
  • 53°N, 176°W: marine, volcano (5 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog, wind (4 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: marine (4 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog (4 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice (4 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (4 events, up to severe)
  • Panama: earthquake, other (4 events, up to severe)
  • Mexico: flood (3 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog (3 events, up to severe)
  • Canada: cold, marine (3 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice (3 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: drought, snow-ice (3 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: other, wind (3 events, up to severe)
  • Europe (37°N, 14°E): thunderstorm, volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • North America (19°N, 155°W): earthquake, flood, volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • East Asia (8°N, 127°E): earthquake (3 events, up to severe)
  • Nicaragua: earthquake, volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (2°N, 127°E): volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • Israel: coastal, flood (2 events, up to severe)
  • North America (60°N, 145°W): marine (2 events, up to severe)
  • North America (20°N, 156°W): flood (2 events, up to severe)
  • Canada: cold (2 events, up to severe)
  • South America (4°N, 82°W): other, thunderstorm (2 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire (2 events, up to severe)
  • Papua New Guinea: earthquake, fire (2 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (3°N, 99°E): flood, volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • China: volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (8°S, 122°E): volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • East Asia (12°N, 123°E): volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (8°S, 112°E): volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • North America (25°N, 82°W): flood (1 event, up to severe)
  • Thailand: rain (1 event, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (1 event, up to severe)
  • Iran: rain (1 event, up to severe)
  • Guinea Bissau: thunderstorm (1 event, up to severe)
  • Australia: heat (1 event, up to severe)
  • 1°S, 91°W: thunderstorm (1 event, up to severe)
  • Syria: coastal (1 event, up to severe)
  • Iraq: flood (1 event, up to severe)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (1 event, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (4°S, 132°E): earthquake (1 event, up to severe)
  • India: earthquake (1 event, up to severe)
  • 61°S, 161°E: earthquake (1 event, up to severe)
  • 60°S, 28°W: earthquake (1 event, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (6°S, 105°E): volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Brazil: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Papua New Guinea: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Russia: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Mexico: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Argentina: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Russia: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Costa Rica: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Germany: fog (47 events, up to moderate)
  • Germany: fog (40 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: cold, fog, wind (37 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (59°N, 152°W): earthquake, flood, marine (23 events, up to moderate)
  • Poland: fog (20 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: fog, thunderstorm, wind (18 events, up to moderate)
  • China: rain, snow-ice, wind (17 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: cold, fog (16 events, up to moderate)
  • Algeria: rain, thunderstorm (16 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (57°N, 163°W): marine (14 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (54°N, 167°W): marine, wind (14 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (12 events, up to moderate)
  • Poland: fog, wind (12 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: marine (12 events, up to moderate)
  • Botswana: fire (11 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (63°N, 167°W): flood, marine (11 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: marine, other (11 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (59°N, 148°W): marine (10 events, up to moderate)
  • Greece: other, rain, thunderstorm (10 events, up to moderate)
  • Georgia: fire, fog, wind (9 events, up to moderate)
  • China: other, snow-ice, wind (9 events, up to moderate)
  • Mozambique: fire (7 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (67°N, 166°W): marine (7 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: coastal, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia & Oceania (42°S, 147°E): wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: earthquake, flood, marine, snow-ice (7 events, up to moderate)
  • China: snow-ice, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • South Sudan: fire (6 events, up to moderate)
  • United Republic of Tanzania: fire (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Spain: rain, thunderstorm (6 events, up to moderate)
  • 63°N, 171°W: marine (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog, wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • East Asia (15°N, 146°E): coastal, cyclone, flood (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Cameroon: fire (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Malawi: fire (5 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: fog, other (5 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (57°N, 169°W): marine (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Greece: other, rain (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: thunderstorm (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: coastal, fire, fog, rain, wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • China: snow-ice, wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: thunderstorm (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: other, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (19°N, 68°W): earthquake, flood (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Belarus: fog (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Guam: coastal, earthquake (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: fire (3 events, up to moderate)
  • 78°N, 5°E: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (72°N, 17°E): wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia & Oceania (39°S, 176°E): snow-ice, volcano (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Estonia: fog, wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Dominican Republic: flood (3 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: snow-ice (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: fog (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fire (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: earthquake, wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: flood (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Colombia: landslide (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Malawi: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Chad: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • South Sudan: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Mali: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Burkina Faso: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Morocco: rain (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (68°N, 152°W): other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • 58°N, 175°W: marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (61°N, 0°E): marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • 73°N, 5°E: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • 81°N, 6°E: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (55°N, 159°W): marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: snow-ice (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (67°N, 0°E): wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: snow-ice, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • East Asia (40°N, 142°E): earthquake, volcano (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Madagascar: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Mozambique: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Afghanistan: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Central African Republic: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Guyana: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Mali: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Cameroon: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Botswana: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: rain (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 79°N, 15°E: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 74°N, 25°E: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 74°N, 5°W: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Europe (71°N, 13°E): wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 81°N, 21°E: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • New Zealand: snow-ice (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: landslide (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Saudi Arabia: rain (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: flood (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Romania: flood (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: coastal (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: thunderstorm (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 79°N, 5°W: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Libya: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Burundi: rain (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Trinidad and Tobago: heat (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Chad: rain (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Chad: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 6°S, 155°E: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Southeast Asia (8°S, 130°E): earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 38°N, 26°W: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 50°S, 139°E: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • East Asia (20°N, 145°E): volcano (1 event, up to moderate)
  • North America (57°N, 158°W): marine (12 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (7 events, up to minor)
  • China: wind (6 events, up to minor)
  • North America (64°N, 163°W): coastal, marine (5 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (5 events, up to minor)
  • Argentina: snow-ice, wind (4 events, up to minor)
  • United States of America: marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • North America (61°N, 151°W): earthquake, marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • United States of America: flood (3 events, up to minor)
  • North America (66°N, 163°W): flood, marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • North America (71°N, 149°W): marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • North America (72°N, 156°W): marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • North America (70°N, 162°W): marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (2 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (2 events, up to minor)
  • East Asia (14°N, 145°E): marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • United States of America: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • United States of America: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • Mexico: flood (1 event, up to minor)
  • Mexico: flood (1 event, up to minor)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (1 event, up to minor)
  • China: wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • China: wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • China: wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • South America (55°S, 69°W): rain (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (69°N, 147°W): earthquake (1 event, up to minor)
  • Canada: earthquake (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (18°N, 65°W): earthquake (1 event, up to minor)
  • United States of America: flood (2 events)

Notable events

  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Heavy rain _(Extreme)_
  • Tornado Warning issued October 29 at 6:57PM CDT until October 29 at 7:15PM CDT by NWS Austin/San Antonio TX _(Extreme)_
  • M6.2 — 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
  • Dense fog _(Extreme)_
  • Dense fog _(Extreme)_
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