World weather, 29 Oct: Kazakhstan, China and Kazakhstan
10/29/2026
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World weather, 29 Oct: Kazakhstan, China and Kazakhstan

In the past 12 hours, global weather alerts have decreased to 1,323, down from 1,529, with Kazakhstan remaining a critical hotspot, now reporting 16 maximum severity alerts primarily for fire and wind hazards.

10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Roundups
_12-hour round-up, 12:05 UK (12:05 UTC) on 29 Oct 2026_
In the past 12 hours, global weather alerts have decreased to 1,323, down from 1,529, with Kazakhstan remaining a critical hotspot, now reporting 16 maximum severity alerts primarily for fire and wind hazards. Colombia has also emerged as a significant area of concern, facing multiple alerts for flooding, thunderstorms, and volcanic activity, particularly in the Andes region where thunderstorms are on the rise. The North Atlantic continues to grapple with severe weather, particularly in the UK, where flood warnings are increasing, while conditions in Morocco and Algeria remain calmer.
Seismic activity has seen a decrease, with 18 earthquakes reported, including a notable 6.4 magnitude quake southeast of Easter Island. The Caribbean region is experiencing a gradual improvement in weather conditions, with storms clearing and temperatures remaining warm, contrasting with the ongoing extreme heat and fire warnings in Brazil. Residents in affected areas are advised to stay alert and prepared as weather patterns shift globally.

At a glance

  • 1,323 active warnings, 243 severe or extreme
  • 2 tropical cyclones under warning
  • 18 earthquakes, strongest M6.4
  • 37 active volcanoes, 30 erupting

Where it's happening

  • Kazakhstan: fire, wind (16 events, up to extreme)
  • China: fire, fog, snow-ice, wind (14 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (12 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: cold, fire (9 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, wind (7 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: flood, thunderstorm, volcano (7 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: landslide, other (5 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: fire, thunderstorm, volcano (4 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to extreme)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, fog (3 events, up to extreme)
  • India: cyclone (1 event, up to extreme)
  • 36°S, 98°W: earthquake (1 event, up to extreme)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: thunderstorm, wind (70 events, up to severe)
  • United Kingdom: flood, wind (43 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: fire, fog, rain, wind (18 events, up to severe)
  • United Kingdom: flood, marine (17 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: cold, fire, fog, wind (17 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: coastal, flood, marine (15 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: drought, fire, fog, other, thunderstorm, wind (15 events, up to severe)
  • 52°N, 172°W: marine (14 events, up to severe)
  • North America (62°N, 148°W): marine, snow-ice, wind (13 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, fog (13 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: coastal, flood, marine (13 events, up to severe)
  • Australia: flood (12 events, up to severe)
  • North America (59°N, 152°W): earthquake, flood, marine (12 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire, rain, snow-ice, wind (10 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog, wind (9 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: cold, earthquake, flood, marine (9 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: fire (8 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: snow-ice, volcano, wind (8 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog, wind (7 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: drought, snow-ice (7 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog, other, snow-ice, wind (6 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: other, wind (5 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: other, wind (5 events, up to severe)
  • 53°N, 176°W: marine, volcano (5 events, up to severe)
  • Australia & Oceania (16°S, 168°E): earthquake, volcano (5 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: marine (4 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (4 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice (4 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (4 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog, wind (4 events, up to severe)
  • Panama: other, wind (4 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: drought, snow-ice (4 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, fog (4 events, up to severe)
  • Brazil: fire (4 events, up to severe)
  • Israel: coastal, flood (3 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood, fog (3 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire (3 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (3 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire, rain (3 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice (3 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire (3 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (3 events, up to severe)
  • Madagascar: rain (3 events, up to severe)
  • United Kingdom: flood (3 events, up to severe)
  • Jordan: flood, fog, thunderstorm (3 events, up to severe)
  • Papua New Guinea: earthquake, fire (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)
  • China: fog (2 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (2 events, up to severe)
  • Australia: fire, heat (2 events, up to severe)
  • Australia: fire, heat (2 events, up to severe)
  • Europe (38°N, 14°E): thunderstorm, volcano (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)
  • North America (60°N, 145°W): marine (1 event, up to severe)
  • North America (67°N, 152°W): snow-ice (1 event, up to severe)
  • North America (68°N, 160°W): snow-ice (1 event, up to severe)
  • North America (20°N, 157°W): flood (1 event, up to severe)
  • 1°S, 91°W: thunderstorm (1 event, up to severe)
  • Syria: coastal (1 event, up to severe)
  • Niue: drought (1 event, up to severe)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (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)
  • North America (19°N, 155°W): 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)
  • Poland: fog (57 events, up to moderate)
  • Croatia: cold, fog, wind (38 events, up to moderate)
  • Algeria: rain, thunderstorm (32 events, up to moderate)
  • China: rain, snow-ice, wind (27 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: fog, thunderstorm, wind (21 events, up to moderate)
  • Germany: fog (20 events, up to moderate)
  • Algeria: rain, thunderstorm (20 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: cold, fog (20 events, up to moderate)
  • Algeria: rain, thunderstorm (18 events, up to moderate)
  • Algeria: rain, thunderstorm (16 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, rain, snow-ice, wind (13 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: coastal, flood, fog, marine, other (12 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (54°N, 167°W): marine (12 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (57°N, 163°W): marine (12 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (63°N, 167°W): flood, marine (11 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog, wind (11 events, up to moderate)
  • Georgia: fire, fog, wind (10 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog, other, snow-ice, wind (10 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: coastal, flood, marine (9 events, up to moderate)
  • Belarus: fog (8 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • China: snow-ice, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • 63°N, 171°W: marine (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, other, snow-ice (6 events, up to moderate)
  • East Asia (15°N, 146°E): coastal, flood, marine (5 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (57°N, 169°W): marine (5 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (54°N, 163°W): marine, volcano (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fire, fog, rain, wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • New Zealand: snow-ice (5 events, up to moderate)
  • China: snow-ice, wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: flood (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Guam: coastal, earthquake, marine (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Latvia: fog, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Mozambique: fire (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Italy: thunderstorm (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: fire (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: fog, marine (4 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (59°N, 148°W): marine (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia & Oceania (43°S, 148°E): wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fire (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Greece: other, rain, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: other (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: marine (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: fog (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: coastal (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Greece: other, rain (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Kenya: rain, wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Zambia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Central African Republic: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Malawi: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Malawi: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: flood (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Cameroon: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Botswana: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (55°N, 159°W): marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (61°N, 0°E): marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • 58°N, 175°W: marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: marine, other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (18°N, 68°W): coastal, flood (2 events, up to moderate)
  • 78°N, 5°E: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • New Zealand: snow-ice, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: snow-ice (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: 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)
  • Russia: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (70°N, 162°W): marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: flood (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Colombia: landslide (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia & Oceania (38°S, 176°E): volcano (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Mozambique: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Malawi: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Italy: thunderstorm (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: flood (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: flood (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Afghanistan: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Mozambique: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: flood (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Austria: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Laos: flood (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Guyana: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Mali: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Chad: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Burkina Faso: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Burkina Faso: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 16°N, 153°E: cyclone (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Cameroon: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Lithuania: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: thunderstorm (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 79°N, 5°W: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 81°N, 6°E: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Libya: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Cyprus: thunderstorm (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)
  • 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)
  • Japan: volcano (1 event, up to moderate)
  • North America (57°N, 158°W): marine (12 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (8 events, up to minor)
  • North America (67°N, 166°W): marine (8 events, up to minor)
  • China: wind (7 events, up to minor)
  • North America (66°N, 163°W): flood, marine (6 events, up to minor)
  • China: wind (6 events, up to minor)
  • China: wind (6 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (6 events, up to minor)
  • Argentina: snow-ice, thunderstorm, wind (6 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (5 events, up to minor)
  • North America (60°N, 143°W): marine (4 events, up to minor)
  • North America (64°N, 163°W): flood, marine (4 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (3 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (3 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • Mexico: flood (2 events, up to minor)
  • North America (70°N, 144°W): marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • North America (71°N, 149°W): marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • United States of America: cold, flood (2 events, up to minor)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (2 events, up to minor)
  • East Asia (14°N, 145°E): marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • Mexico: flood (1 event, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (61°N, 151°W): marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • United States of America: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • China: wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • China: wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • United States of America: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • Australia & Oceania (40°S, 176°E): wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (72°N, 156°W): marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • South America (55°S, 69°W): rain (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (18°N, 65°W): earthquake (1 event, up to minor)

Notable events

  • lluvia tormenta eléctrica _(Extreme)_
  • lluvia tormenta eléctrica _(Extreme)_
  • M6.4 — southeast of Easter Island
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
  • Forestfire _(Extreme)_
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