Weather of 2022
[1] The costliest weather event of the year was Hurricane Ian, which caused at least $112 billion in damages in Florida and Cuba.
[2] Another significant weather event was the Pakistan floods, which killed 1,739 people and a total of $14.9 billion in damages.
[18][19] On January 21, a winter storm killed one person in North Carolina when an ambulance slid off the road.
[20] A late January blizzard dumps massive snowfall, especially over Boston, and results in four deaths on Long Island.
[22][23] On March 28, during a record breaking cold snap, a snow squall on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania causes six deaths.
[25] Temperatures reached record-breaking highs when they were reported at 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) in Onslow, Western Australia,[26] 114 °F (46 °C) in Phoenix, Arizona,[27] 116 °F (47 °C) in Sacramento.
[39] Summer in the United States featured a long-lasting heat wave, which led to 117 deaths and $9.3 billion in damage.
The strongest tornado of 2022 impacted Pembroke and Black Creek in Georgia at EF4 intensity, with winds estimated at 185 miles per hour (298 km/h).
[42][43] Worldwide, 33 tornado-related deaths have been confirmed: 24 in the United States, three in China, two each in Poland and Russia, and one each in the Netherlands and Ukraine.
[citation needed] The first tornadic fatality of the year occurred on February 3, when an EF2 tornado struck Sawyerville, Alabama, killing one person.
[67][68][69][70][citation needed] On January 5, a tropical disturbance which was designated as 03F formed and was named Cyclone Cody, making it the first system of 2022.
[72] On January 20, Tropical Storm Ana formed, which caused 142 deaths and $25 million across Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique due to heavy rainfall and flooding.
[73] In the first week of February, Cyclone Batsirai exaggerated Ana's impacts, causing an additional 123 deaths and $190 million in damage.
[79] In the South Pacific in early February, Cyclone Dovi caused over $80 million in damages and 1 death across New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Norfolk Island, and New Zealand.
On January 10, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service named Storm Diomedes, making it the first European Windstorm of the year.
11 days later, on January 21, Storm Elpis formed, 3 people were killed and 18 injured after thousands were trapped by a snowstorm in Turkey.
[84][85][86][better source needed] The first deadly wildfire of the year was the Boulder County fires, which started in 2021 and finished on January 1, 2022.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, around 10,000 hectares of forest fires are currently burning near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, releasing radioactive air.
