United States

Natural disasters in Charleston, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University) arrived 15 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

34, recorded here, since 16 March 2026

20 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 12 October 2026 (2 days ago).

The 12th strongest of the 34 recorded here since 16 March 2026.

By month

  • February 202448 detections
  • March 202426 detections
  • April 202441 detections
  • May 20248 detections
  • June 20242 detections
  • July 202410 detections
  • August 20243 detections
  • September 20243 detections
  • October 20249 detections
  • November 202412 detections
  • January 202516 detections
  • February 202539 detections
  • March 202518 detections
  • April 202521 detections
  • May 20256 detections
  • June 20254 detections
  • August 20251 detections
  • September 20255 detections
  • October 202510 detections
  • November 202512 detections
  • December 20253 detections
  • January 202620 detections
  • February 20265 detections
  • March 20261
  • June 20262
  • July 20268
  • August 20261
  • September 202610
  • October 202612

October 2026 is the most active month of the 6 in our series here, with 12 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

Severe WeatherMedium

Marine thunderstorm wind (41 mph), 2 WSW Folly Beach, Charleston Co., SC

12 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

10 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 1 WSW West Ashley, Charleston Co., SC

10 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

10 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

7 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

6 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

5 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC

5 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

5 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 2 W Citadel Mall, Charleston Co., SC

5 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

1 October 202619:03 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

30 September 202619:22 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

30 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

29 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

28 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

27 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
FloodsMedium

Minor Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

26 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
FloodsHigh

Moderate Coastal Flooding, Charleston, SC

25 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 30 · version not recorded2 independent sources
FloodsMedium

Moderate Storm Surge, Charleston, SC

16 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, SC

12 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Heat Advisory, Effingham

5 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Special Marine Warning

5 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded6 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Flood Warning

26 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Special Marine Warning

12 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

11 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

10 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

10 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

8 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

7 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 32 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

5 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

12 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

2 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, SC

16 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded7 independent sources

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

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