May 22, 2026

Natural Events

This Week's Natural Event Images

The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.

Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.

The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.

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