Incidents on 23 October 2026
Friday, 23 October 2026 — the complete worldwide record for this day, still updating as new events are detected.
400
Recorded
20
Severe or extreme
23
Countries
4
Categories
Storm · 332 All storms →
Severe storm warning — Mapa 1 - Naranja, Paraguay
Severe
Orange warning for wind — East Flanders
Severe
Orange warning for wind — Hainaut
Severe
Orange warning for wind — West Flanders
Severe
Orange warning for wind — Coastal zone
Severe
Violent storm gusts — Kreis Harz - Bergland (Oberharz)
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Suroeste de A Coruña
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Bizkaia litoral
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Gipuzkoa litoral
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Litoral cántabro
Severe
Amber wind warning — South West England
Severe
Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Catron, NM
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Litoral occidental asturiano
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Miño de Pontevedra
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Rias Baixas
Severe
Severe coastal event warning — Costa - Litoral oriental asturiano
Severe
Yellow wind warning — North Dalmatia region
Moderate
Yellow wind warning — Velebit channel region
Moderate
Yellow wind warning — Ličko-senjska
Moderate
Yellow wind warning — Primorsko-goranska
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Gipuzkoa litoral
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Litoral cántabro
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Bizkaia litoral
Moderate
Moderate wind warning — Noord-Holland
Moderate
Wind Level 1 — Lake Peipus
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Diepholz
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Cuxhaven - Binnenland
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Wesermarsch - Binnenland
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Oldenburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Hansestadt Bremen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Vechta
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Osterholz
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Wittmund - Binnenland
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Nienburg (Weser)
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Delmenhorst
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Friesland - Binnenland
Moderate
Yellow wind warning — Istarska
Moderate
Near gale 14-17 m/s — Western Baltic
Moderate
Yellow thunderstorm warning — Istarska
Moderate
Yellow wind warning — Kvarner i Kvarneric region
Moderate
Moderate Thunderstorms Warning — Slovenia / Sea
Moderate
Moderate Wind Warning — Slovenia / Sea
Moderate
Moderate Thunderstorms Warning — Slovenia / South-West
Moderate
Moderate Wind Warning — Slovenia / South-West
Moderate
Yellow Thunderstorm Warning — Emilia e Romagna
Moderate
Yellow Thunderstorm Warning — Veneto
Moderate
Yellow Thunderstorm Warning — Friuli Venezia Giulia
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Grafschaft Bentheim
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Emsland
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Aurich - Binnenland
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Osnabrück
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Cloppenburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Ammerland
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Leer (ohne Borkum)
Moderate
Moderate wind warning — Prelitoral sur de Tarragona
Moderate
Moderate wind warning — Zuid-Holland
Moderate
Moderate wind warning — Zeeland
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Oeste de A Coruña
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - A Mariña
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Litoral oriental asturiano
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Litoral occidental asturiano
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Noroeste de A Coruña
Moderate
Yellow wind warning — West Istrian coast region
Moderate
Dangerous wind — South Eastern Baltic, Curonian Lagoon
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Paderborn
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Gütersloh
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Lippe
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Herford
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Recklinghausen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Borken
Moderate
Moderate wind warning — Limburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Steinfurt
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Coesfeld
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Warendorf
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Dortmund
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Bielefeld
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Münster
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Hamm
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Unna
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Soest
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Oberhausen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Düsseldorf
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Mettmann
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Wesel
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Krefeld
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Herne
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Essen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Bottrop
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Bochum
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Wuppertal
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Waldeck-Frankenberg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Duisburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Gelsenkirchen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Olpe
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Hochsauerlandkreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Hagen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Märkischer Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Köln
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Koblenz
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Westerwaldkreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Main-Taunus-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Oberbergischer Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Neuwied
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Miltenberg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Marburg-Biedenkopf
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Wiesbaden
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Leverkusen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Gießen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Darmstadt-Dieburg und Stadt Darmstadt
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Wetteraukreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Bonn
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rhein-Neckar-Kreis und Stadt Heidelberg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Solingen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Limburg-Weilburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Offenbach
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Odenwaldkreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Bad Kissingen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Hochtaunuskreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Aschaffenburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Remscheid
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Fulda
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Vogelsbergkreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Bergstraße
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Moderate
Storm-force gusts — Ortenaukreis
Moderate
Storm-force gusts — Kreis Freudenstadt
Moderate
Yellow Thunderstorm Warning — Liguria
Moderate
Strong wind advisory — Suomenlahden itäosa
Moderate
Yellow Thunderstorm Warning — Toscana
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Suroeste de A Coruña
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Miño de Pontevedra
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Rias Baixas
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rems-Murr-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Stuttgart
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Karlsruhe
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Böblingen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Ludwigsburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Heinsberg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Kleve
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Viersen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Mönchengladbach
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis St. Wendel
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Cochem-Zell
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Neunkirchen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Saarlouis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Donnersbergkreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Kaiserslautern
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Bad Kreuznach
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Regionalverband Saarbrücken
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Zweibrücken
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Kusel
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Merzig-Wadern
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Alzey-Worms
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Südwestpfalz und Stadt Pirmasens
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Birkenfeld
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Landau in der Pfalz
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Südliche Weinstraße
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Trier-Saarburg und Stadt Trier
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Mainz-Bingen und Stadt Mainz
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Saarpfalz-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Bad Dürkheim
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Namur
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Luxembourg
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Liège
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Hainaut
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Limburg
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Brabant
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — East Flanders
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — West Flanders
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Antwerp
Moderate
Yellow warning for wind — Coastal zone
Moderate
No text — Luxembourg-North
Moderate
No text — Luxembourg-South
Moderate
Moderate coastal event warning — Costa - Ampurdán
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Sigmaringen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Zollernalbkreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Waldshut
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald und Stadt Freiburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Rottweil
Moderate
Gale force wind — Zofingen-Triengen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Ortenaukreis
Moderate
Gale force wind — Frick-Leibstadt
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Freudenstadt
Moderate
Gale force wind — Appenzell
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Göppingen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Entlebuch
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Tübingen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Wohlen-Albis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Lörrach
Moderate
Gale force wind — Obertoggenburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Emmendingen
Moderate
Gale force wind — St.Gallen-Rorschach
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Rastatt
Moderate
Gale force wind — Hulftegg-Untertoggenburg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Ostalbkreis
Moderate
Gale force wind — Thun-Belp
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Esslingen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Langenthal
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Reutlingen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Goldau-Ägeri
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Tuttlingen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Thal
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Baden-Baden
Moderate
Gale force wind — Fürstenland
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Calw
Moderate
Gale force wind — Wädenswil-Rüti
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Alb-Donau-Kreis und Stadt Ulm
Moderate
Gale force wind — Bern-Sense
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Heidenheim
Moderate
Gale force wind — Sumiswald-Worb
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Enzkreis und Stadt Pforzheim
Moderate
Gale force wind — Zug-Knonau
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Moderate
Gale force wind — Einsiedeln-Wägital
Moderate
Gale force wind — Thalwil-Wetzikon
Moderate
Gale force wind — Aarau-Lenzburg
Moderate
Gale force wind — Steckborn-Müllheim
Moderate
Gale force wind — Laufental
Moderate
Gale force wind — Schangnau-Sigriswil
Moderate
Gale force wind — Langnau-Eggiwil
Moderate
Gale force wind — Pfungen-Hettlingen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Sarnen-Lungern
Moderate
Gale force wind — Schaffhausen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Turbenthal-Sirnach
Moderate
Gale force wind — Lyss-Grenchen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Rheinfelden
Moderate
Gale force wind — Olten-Gösgen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Luzern-Alpnach
Moderate
Gale force wind — Burgdorf-Limpachtal
Moderate
Gale force wind — Basel
Moderate
Gale force wind — Zurzach-Bülach
Moderate
Gale force wind — Marthalen-Stammheim
Moderate
Gale force wind — Effretikon
Moderate
Gale force wind — Limmattal
Moderate
Gale force wind — Oberes Baselbiet
Moderate
Gale force wind — Huttwil-Willisau
Moderate
Gale force wind — Linthebene-Gaster
Moderate
Gale force wind — Amriswil
Moderate
Gale force wind — Wahlern-Plaffeien
Moderate
Gale force wind — Emmen-Hochdorf
Moderate
Gale force wind — Solothurn-Rothrist
Moderate
Gale force wind — La Chaux-de-Fonds - Le Locle
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Düren
Moderate
Gale force wind — Plaine de l'Orbe
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — StädteRegion Aachen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Basse-Gruyère
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Euskirchen
Moderate
Gale force wind — Val de Travers
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Moderate
Gale force wind — Nidau - Ins
Moderate
Gale force wind — Glâne
Moderate
Gale force wind — Broye
Moderate
Gale force wind — Yverdon - Bevaix
Moderate
Gale force wind — Murten - Kerzers
Moderate
Gale force wind — Franches-Montagnes
Moderate
Gale force wind — Gros-de-Vaud
Moderate
Gale force wind — Pays-d'Enhaut
Moderate
Gale force wind — Fribourg
Moderate
Gale force wind — Morges - Cossonay
Moderate
Gale force wind — Lausanne - Lavaux
Moderate
Yellow Coastal Event Warning — Leiria
Moderate
Yellow Coastal Event Warning — Aveiro
Moderate
Yellow Coastal Event Warning — Coimbra
Moderate
Yellow Coastal Event Warning — Porto
Moderate
Yellow Coastal Event Warning — Braga
Moderate
Yellow Coastal Event Warning — Viana do Castelo
Moderate
Yellow wind warning — East Midlands | East of England | London & South East England | North West England | South West England | Wales | West Midlands | Yorkshire & Humber
Moderate
EXTREME HIGH TEMP — Northern Arava
Moderate
EXTREME HIGH TEMP — South Judea Desert Dead Sea
Moderate
EXTREME HIGH TEMP — Gush Dan
Moderate
EXTREME HIGH TEMP — Northern Sharon
Moderate
EXTREME HIGH TEMP — Kinarot Valley
Moderate
EXTREME HIGH TEMP — Bet Shean Valley
Moderate
Gale force wind — Vallon de Saint-Imier
Moderate
Gale force wind — Saint-Cergue
Moderate
Gale force wind — Vallée de Joux
Moderate
Gale force wind — Genève
Moderate
Gale force wind — Préalpes vaudoises
Moderate
Gale force wind — Delémont - Bellelay
Moderate
Gale force wind — Moutier - Tavannes
Moderate
Gale force wind — Ajoie
Moderate
Gale force wind — Vouvry
Moderate
Gale force wind — Bienne - Neuchâtel
Moderate
Gale force wind — Jogne - Haute-Gruyere
Moderate
Gale force wind — Val de Ruz - Colombier
Moderate
Gale force wind — Nyon - Terre Sainte
Moderate
Gale force wind — Estavayer - Cudrefin
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Vulkaneifel
Moderate
Gale force wind — Aigle - Leysin
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Ahrweiler
Moderate
Gale force wind — Oron – Haute-Broye
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Mayen-Koblenz
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Ilm-Kreis
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Stadt Suhl
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Gotha
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Bayreuth
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Tirschenreuth
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Sonneberg
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis und Stadt Hof
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Hildburghausen
Moderate
Gale-force gusts — Kreis Rhön-Grabfeld
Moderate
Storm-force gusts — Kreis Waldshut
Moderate
Storm-force gusts — Kreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald und Stadt Freiburg
Moderate
Storm-force gusts — Kreis Lörrach
Moderate
Storm-force gusts — Kreis Emmendingen
Moderate
Storm-force gusts — Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Moderate
Moderate Thunderstorm warning — North East Aegean Islands
Moderate
Moderate Thunderstorm warning — East Makedonia
Moderate
Moderate Thunderstorm warning — Thraki
Moderate
Moderate storm warning — Mapa 1 - Amarillo, Paraguay
Moderate
Flood · 56 All floods →
Orange Rain — Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow
Severe
Flash Flood Warning — Cibola, NM
Severe
DOM: Pluvial flood / flood - 10-2026 - Trough over the national territory
Severe
Moderate Rain Warning — Slovenia / South-West
Moderate
Moderate Rain Warning — Slovenia / South-East
Moderate
Rain Yellow Warning — Sarajevo
Moderate
Rain Yellow Warning — Mostar
Moderate
Yellow rain warning — Primorsko-goranska
Moderate
Rain — Comrat
Moderate
Rain — Ialoveni
Moderate
Rain — Cantemir
Moderate
Rain — Nisporeni
Moderate
Rain — Orhei
Moderate
Rain — Falesti
Moderate
Rain — Soroca
Moderate
Rain — Leova
Moderate
Rain — Sangerei
Moderate
Rain — Telenesti
Moderate
Rain — Hancesti
Moderate
Rain — Soldanesti
Moderate
Rain — Cahul
Moderate
Rain — Rabnita
Moderate
Rain — mun. Chisinau
Moderate
Rain — Dubasari RM
Moderate
Rain — Stefan Voda
Moderate
Rain — Grigoropol
Moderate
Rain — mun. Balti
Moderate
Rain — Vulcanesti
Moderate
Rain — mun. Tighina
Moderate
Rain — Basarabeasca
Moderate
Rain — Anenii Noi
Moderate
Rain — Straseni
Moderate
Rain — Camenca
Moderate
Rain — Taraclia
Moderate
Rain — Causeni
Moderate
Rain — Ungheni
Moderate
Rain — Dubasari Transnistria
Moderate
Rain — Cimislia
Moderate
Rain — Calarasi
Moderate
Rain — Rezina
Moderate
Rain — Floresti
Moderate
Rain — Criuleni
Moderate
Rain — Slobozia
Moderate
Yellow rain warning — Central, Tayside & Fife | Grampian | Strathclyde | SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
Moderate
Moderate Rain warning — North East Aegean Islands
Moderate
Moderate Rain warning — East Makedonia
Moderate
Moderate Rain warning — Thraki
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — Liège
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — Luxembourg
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — Namur
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — Hainaut
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — Brabant
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — Antwerp
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — East Flanders
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — Limburg
Moderate
Yellow warning for rain — West Flanders
Moderate
Wildfire · 11 All wildfires →
FOREST FIRE — Judea Mountains
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Northern Sharon
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Kinarot Valley
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Hula Valley
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Western Lower Galilee
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Eastern Lower Galilee
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Western Upper Galilee
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Eastern Upper Galilee
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Plain of Manasseh
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Carmel Mt.
Moderate
FOREST FIRE — Carmel Coast
Moderate
Tornado · 1 All tornadoes →
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The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.
A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.
A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314.
Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French Army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured.
Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.
The Imatra Cinema is destroyed in a fire in Tampere, Finland, during showing the 1924 film Wages of Virtue; 21 people die in the fire and almost 30 are injured.
The most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the Fujita scale or T8 on the TORRO scale, strikes the county of Lincolnshire, with winds of more than 213 miles per hour (343 km/h).
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