Around the world | The 10 most prominent events, weather phenomena, and disasters that occurred during the year 2023

Weather of Arabia - The world and the Arab world witnessed many events, weather phenomena, and disasters during the year 2023, which included violent earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, a significant rise in temperatures, breaking records in several countries, an increase in the number of heat waves, and other events that led to significant losses of lives and private property. Public and infrastructure.

The 10 most prominent events, weather phenomena, and disasters that occurred during the year 2023:

We start with devastating earthquakes:​

1- Türkiye and Syria earthquake (Kahramanmaraş)
This devastating earthquake occurred at dawn on February 6, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale. Then another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 occurred in the afternoon of the same day, resulting in a large number of victims, exceeding 50,000 deaths, and major destruction of structures. Infrastructure.

2-Morocco earthquake (Ighil earthquake)

On the eighth of last September, an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck 75 km southwest of Marrakesh, near the town of Ighil, resulting in the death of nearly three thousand people and the collapse of several buildings.

3- Afghanistan earthquake (Herat earthquake)

Three earthquakes struck Afghanistan, specifically Herat Province, starting from the 7th of last October, until the 11th of October, one of them with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale, which led to the death of about 2,500 people and the destruction of 12 villages in the province.

Most prominent weather disasters and events:

4- Derna disaster

It is considered one of the worst disasters in the history of Libya. The disaster occurred last September 10, after the collapse of dams in the Derna Valley as a result of the heavy rains that accompanied Storm Daniel, which led to partial destruction in the city, and the number of deaths exceeded 4,000 deaths and thousands of missing people.

5-Storm Daniel

A Mediterranean storm affected several countries, including Libya, on September 10. It caused large amounts of rain, which were extremely heavy in some areas, and was accompanied by strong winds. It also affected Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria.

6-Cyclone Tej

A tropical cyclone formed in the southern Arabian Sea. It moved towards Oman and Yemen. It made landfall on October 23, accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds. It also led to some deaths and destruction of infrastructure, especially in the Al-Mahra and Socotra governorates in Yemen.

7- Record numbers as a result of high temperatures

Many numbers were shattered as a result of the significant rise in temperatures during last summer, as the temperature in the Jordanian capital, Amman, reached 43.7 degrees Celsius, on August 14, which is the highest temperature recorded in the capital in the history of the Kingdom, as the capital Algiers and the capital Tunis recorded every year. Including 49 degrees Celsius this summer, which is the highest in the history of their climate records. In mid-August, Agadir in southern Morocco recorded a record temperature of 50.4, and it was described as the highest ever in the Kingdom.

8-Historic hail storm in Buraidah - Saudi Arabia

The city of Buraidah, in the Qassim Governorate, was subjected to heavy hail on Friday, December 29, which led to the accumulation of hail in large thicknesses in some areas and on a rare basis, as a result of unstable weather conditions.

9- Large sizes of cold in the Jordanian capital, Amman

Rare, large hail fell in the capital, Amman, breaking a number of vehicle windows and damaging some property, on May 29, as a result of a state of weather instability.

10-A tornado in Taif - Saudi Arabia

This year, Taif witnessed the appearance of a tornado on two occasions, the first on March 12 and the other several days ago on December 26. It is an extremely rare weather phenomenon in the region and occurs with severe thunderclouds and is represented by a column of air that rotates violently and comes into contact with... The earth's surface.