Weather of 2018

[1][2][3] Several records due to the cold are broken as a result, and the January 2018 North American blizzard is fueled.

[10] In mid-November, a winter storm across the United States caused 11 deaths,[11] one of the worst traffic jams in New York City,[12] and 555 car crashes in New Jersey.

This became the first tornado related death in the United States in 284 days, ending a record long streak.

An EF3 tornado struck Jacksonville State University, causing $42 million[23] and forcing 9,000 people to go without power.

[34][35] It also fuels the Table Rock Lake duck boat accident, which kills 17 and injures 7 in Missouri.

[36] On August 3, an EF4 touched down in Manitoba, becoming North America's only violent tornado of the year, and killing one person.

[50] As the year began, a tropical depression was moving across the Philippines,[51] and Cyclone Ava was developing northeast of Madagascar.

[52] Ava caused at least 51 deaths and US$195 million in damage, and was followed by 13 additional tropical cyclones in the south-west Indian Ocean.

The strongest typhoons were Kong-rey and Yutu, which both had 10 minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph) and a minimum pressure of 900 mbar (27 inHg).

[60] In July, Tropical Storm Son-Tinh killed more than 200 people when it moved through the Philippines, China, and Vietnam, mostly related to a dam collapse in Laos.

[61] In December, Tropical Depression Usman moved through the Philippines, killing 156 people and leaving ₱5.41 billion (US$103 million) in damage.

[70] The north-east Pacific Ocean was active, with three Category 5 hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson scale – Lane, Walaka, and Willa.

[71] Lane in August was the wettest on record in Hawaii, with peak rainfall accumulations of 58 inches (1,473 mm) causing US$250 million in damage.

[72][73] In October, Walaka affected the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands,[74] and Willa struck southwestern Mexico, causing nine deaths and US$825 million in damage.

[80] In September, Hurricane Florence caused widespread flooding after setting state precipitation records in North and South Carolina, resulting in US$24 billion in damage and 52 fatalities.