World weather, 15 Nov: China, Colombia and Saudi Arabia
11/15/2026
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World weather, 15 Nov: China, Colombia and Saudi Arabia

In the past 24 hours, global weather alerts have surged to 2,412, up from 1,966, with China remaining a critical hotspot due to ongoing dense fog alerts at a maximum severity of 4.

11/15/2026

Updated: 11/15/2026

Roundups
Daily round-up, 00:04 UK (00:04 UTC) on 15 Nov 2026
In the past 24 hours, global weather alerts have surged to 2,412, up from 1,966, with China remaining a critical hotspot due to ongoing dense fog alerts at a maximum severity of 4. Colombia is also facing severe conditions, with 15 alerts related to fires, landslides, and heavy rain, particularly impacting the Andes region. Saudi Arabia is grappling with significant rain alerts, affecting multiple areas, while Spain has seen a notable increase in severe weather warnings, particularly for coastal regions.
Seismic activity has also intensified, with 48 earthquakes recorded, including a maximum magnitude of 5.5. The Andes region continues to experience severe thunderstorms, while the Caribbean sees persistent rain in the Dominican Republic. The US Northeast is transitioning to colder temperatures, with diminishing coastal flood threats, and the Arctic and Antarctic regions remain under extreme cold and high winds, posing travel hazards. Meanwhile, the Amazonia region is experiencing heavy rain alerts, particularly in Colombia and Ecuador, while Brazil remains hot and dry.

At a glance

  • 2,412 active warnings, 413 severe or extreme
  • 48 earthquakes, strongest M5.5
  • 45 active volcanoes, 38 erupting

Where it's happening

  • China: fog, marine (67 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: fire, landslide, volcano (15 events, up to extreme)
  • Saudi Arabia: rain (15 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: fire, landslide (11 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: fire (10 events, up to extreme)
  • Saudi Arabia: rain (6 events, up to extreme)
  • Colombia: thunderstorm, volcano (6 events, up to extreme)
  • North America (71°N, 149°W): marine, other, snow-ice (4 events, up to extreme)
  • China: fog, other (4 events, up to extreme)
  • North America (71°N, 156°W): other, snow-ice (3 events, up to extreme)
  • 1°S, 91°W: thunderstorm (2 events, up to extreme)
  • Spain: coastal, other, rain, wind (127 events, up to severe)
  • Norway: coastal, wind (62 events, up to severe)
  • China: cold, fog, other, snow-ice, wind (38 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog (32 events, up to severe)
  • Canada: coastal, earthquake, flood, marine, rain, wind (32 events, up to severe)
  • Italy: rain, thunderstorm, wind (32 events, up to severe)
  • Germany: cold, fog, other, snow-ice, wind (26 events, up to severe)
  • Italy: fog, rain, thunderstorm, wind (25 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: coastal, flood, marine, snow-ice (24 events, up to severe)
  • Germany: cold, fog, snow-ice, wind (21 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog (16 events, up to severe)
  • France: flood (14 events, up to severe)
  • Italy: rain, thunderstorm, wind (14 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: cold, marine (13 events, up to severe)
  • Georgia: avalanche, fire, fog, other, rain, snow-ice, wind (13 events, up to severe)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (12 events, up to severe)
  • Italy: rain, thunderstorm, volcano, wind (12 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: cold (11 events, up to severe)
  • Germany: avalanche, cold, fog, snow-ice, wind (11 events, up to severe)
  • 52°N, 173°W: marine, wind (11 events, up to severe)
  • Canada: coastal, marine, wind (10 events, up to severe)
  • Mexico: coastal, earthquake, flood, marine, wind (10 events, up to severe)
  • Australia: fire, heat (10 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog, wind (9 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, rain, snow-ice, wind (9 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire, fog, rain, snow-ice, wind (9 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: fog, other, snow-ice, wind (9 events, up to severe)
  • Colombia: fire, thunderstorm (8 events, up to severe)
  • China: fire, fog, wind (8 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog (7 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: drought, other, snow-ice, wind (7 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, rain, snow-ice, wind (7 events, up to severe)
  • Canada: earthquake, marine (6 events, up to severe)
  • Kazakhstan: fire, fog (6 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: coastal, rain, thunderstorm (5 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (4 events, up to severe)
  • 53°N, 176°W: marine, volcano (4 events, up to severe)
  • China: fog, wind (3 events, up to severe)
  • China: snow-ice, wind (3 events, up to severe)
  • Canada: marine, rain (3 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: cold (3 events, up to severe)
  • Saudi Arabia: rain (3 events, up to severe)
  • North America (71°N, 163°W): other (3 events, up to severe)
  • North America (70°N, 144°W): marine, other (3 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: volcano, wind (3 events, up to severe)
  • North America (19°N, 155°W): earthquake, marine, volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (8°S, 121°E): earthquake, volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (2°N, 127°E): volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • East Asia (13°N, 123°E): volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: volcano (3 events, up to severe)
  • United States of America: cold (2 events, up to severe)
  • North America (57°N, 170°W): marine, wind (2 events, up to severe)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (2 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (4°N, 98°E): flood, volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Argentina: other, volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Russia: earthquake, volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • China: volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (8°S, 112°E): volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Guatemala: volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Nicaragua: volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Australia & Oceania (16°S, 168°E): volcano (2 events, up to severe)
  • Thailand: rain (1 event, up to severe)
  • Russia: wind (1 event, up to severe)
  • China: fog (1 event, up to severe)
  • South America (4°N, 82°W): other (1 event, up to severe)
  • United States of America: flood (1 event, up to severe)
  • Guinea: heat (1 event, up to severe)
  • 30°N, 43°W: earthquake (1 event, up to severe)
  • East Asia (10°N, 147°E): earthquake (1 event, up to severe)
  • 3°N, 93°E: earthquake (1 event, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (6°S, 105°E): volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Europe (38°N, 15°E): volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Brazil: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Papua New Guinea: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Southeast Asia (0°S, 100°E): volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • China: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Mexico: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Papua New Guinea: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Russia: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Costa Rica: volcano (1 event, up to severe)
  • Poland: fog, wind (115 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: other, snow-ice (60 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: marine (36 events, up to moderate)
  • Austria: flood, fog, wind (36 events, up to moderate)
  • Estonia: other, wind (31 events, up to moderate)
  • Austria: cold, flood, fog, other, rain, snow-ice, wind (28 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (28 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: marine, wind (28 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, other, rain, snow-ice, wind (24 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, snow-ice, wind (22 events, up to moderate)
  • China: other, snow-ice (21 events, up to moderate)
  • Slovakia: wind (19 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (58°N, 152°W): earthquake, marine, other, snow-ice (19 events, up to moderate)
  • Central African Republic: fire (18 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (17 events, up to moderate)
  • France: wind (16 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (16 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (61°N, 148°W): fog, marine, snow-ice (15 events, up to moderate)
  • China: cold, other, snow-ice (15 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, rain, snow-ice, wind (15 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (14 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: snow-ice, wind (14 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: coastal, earthquake, marine (14 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, landslide, wind (14 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: other, snow-ice, wind (13 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia & Oceania (42°S, 146°E): cold, other, wind (13 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (12 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (12 events, up to moderate)
  • France: thunderstorm, wind (12 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: snow-ice, wind (12 events, up to moderate)
  • Poland: fog (12 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fire, fog, wind (12 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: wind (11 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (11 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (11 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (59°N, 148°W): earthquake, marine (11 events, up to moderate)
  • Greece: other, rain, thunderstorm (11 events, up to moderate)
  • New Zealand: rain, wind (10 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: rain, wind (10 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, landslide (10 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (9 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (59°N, 141°W): marine (9 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: rain, wind (9 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (8 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog, other (8 events, up to moderate)
  • Republic of Serbia: rain (8 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: rain, wind (8 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: cold, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • China: cold, other (7 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: fog, rain, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • China: other, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (53°N, 167°W): earthquake, marine (7 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice, wind (7 events, up to moderate)
  • South Sudan: fire (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Norway: wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (68°N, 3°W): wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (62°N, 4°E): marine, wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Mexico: marine, wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (57°N, 158°W): marine (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: wind (6 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (6 events, up to moderate)
  • China: other (6 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Central African Republic: fire (5 events, up to moderate)
  • 72°N, 27°E: wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice, wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice, wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, snow-ice, wind (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, other (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Dominican Republic: flood (5 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (19°N, 68°W): earthquake, flood (5 events, up to moderate)
  • Botswana: fire (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: thunderstorm (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (72°N, 5°E): wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • 77°N, 25°E: wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Iran: marine, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: snow-ice, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, other, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Algeria: rain, thunderstorm (4 events, up to moderate)
  • United Kingdom: marine (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: snow-ice, wind (4 events, up to moderate)
  • Finland: snow-ice, wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Central African Republic: fire (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Mexico: earthquake, fog (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (62°N, 151°W): earthquake, snow-ice (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Europe (71°N, 13°E): wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia & Oceania (41°S, 176°E): earthquake, rain, wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • New Zealand: rain (3 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: snow-ice (3 events, up to moderate)
  • China: other (3 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Belarus: wind (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog, other (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: earthquake, heat (3 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (55°N, 163°W): marine, volcano (3 events, up to moderate)
  • Bolivia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Argentina: earthquake, fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (2 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Greece: rain, thunderstorm (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Canada: earthquake, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • North America (68°N, 152°W): snow-ice (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Mexico: marine (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: cold (2 events, up to moderate)
  • United States of America: snow-ice (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Iran: dust, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Algeria: rain, thunderstorm (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: snow-ice, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Belarus: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • South Africa: thunderstorm (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: other, wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Turkmenistan: landslide (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (2 events, up to moderate)
  • United Republic of Tanzania: other, rain (2 events, up to moderate)
  • East Asia (7°N, 126°E): earthquake (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia & Oceania (38°S, 176°E): volcano (2 events, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Burkina Faso: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Brazil: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Central African Republic: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Mozambique: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Cameroon: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Botswana: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • South Sudan: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Australia: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Central African Republic: fire (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: snow-ice (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Canada: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 74°N, 15°E: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 76°N, 15°E: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • North America (66°N, 147°W): snow-ice (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Saudi Arabia: dust (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: fog (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 13°N, 72°W: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • United Kingdom: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 58°N, 175°W: marine (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Europe (60°N, 5°E): wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: other (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Kazakhstan: wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: snow-ice (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Panama: thunderstorm (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Europe (67°N, 0°E): wind (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: snow-ice (1 event, up to moderate)
  • Russia: wind (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)
  • 4°N, 99°W: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 33°S, 178°W: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • East Asia (30°N, 137°E): earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 15°S, 173°W: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 36°S, 98°W: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • China: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 50°S, 140°E: earthquake (1 event, up to moderate)
  • 20°S, 178°W: 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, 163°W): marine (7 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (4 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (4 events, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • United States of America: coastal, marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • United States of America: marine (3 events, up to minor)
  • Argentina: wind (3 events, up to minor)
  • North America (60°N, 145°W): marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • United States of America: marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • Russia: marine (2 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (2 events, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (2 events, up to minor)
  • East Asia (10°N, 138°E): coastal (1 event, up to minor)
  • Canada: marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • Argentina: wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • Botswana: rain (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (21°N, 158°W): marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (55°N, 159°W): marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (61°N, 167°W): marine (1 event, up to minor)
  • South Africa: thunderstorm (1 event, up to minor)
  • South Africa: wind (1 event, up to minor)
  • United States of America: earthquake (1 event, up to minor)
  • Canada: earthquake (1 event, up to minor)
  • North America (63°N, 164°W): earthquake (1 event, up to minor)
  • Australia: flood (1 event)

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