United States

Natural disasters in Chatham, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 3 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

21, recorded here, since 16 March 2026

3 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 3 November 2026 (yesterday).

The 21st strongest of the 21 recorded here since 16 March 2026.

By month

  • February 20249 detections
  • March 20247 detections
  • April 202416 detections
  • May 20244 detections
  • June 20241 detections
  • July 20245 detections
  • August 20242 detections
  • September 202411 detections
  • October 202414 detections
  • November 20242 detections
  • December 20242 detections
  • January 20254 detections
  • February 20259 detections
  • March 202518 detections
  • April 202516 detections
  • May 20254 detections
  • June 20251 detections
  • July 20252 detections
  • August 20257 detections
  • September 20258 detections
  • October 20259 detections
  • November 20257 detections
  • December 20253 detections
  • January 202614 detections
  • March 20266
  • May 20261
  • June 20261
  • July 20265
  • August 20264
  • September 20261
  • October 20262
  • November 20261

March 2026 is the most active month of the 8 in our series here, with 6 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

WildfiresLow

Possible fire 31 km from Sanford

3 November 202617:47 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherHigh

Tornado, NC

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 58 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

5 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

8 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 48 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

6 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded6 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

6 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded6 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

8 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded6 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

7 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded4 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

6 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded3 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

6 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

19 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded8 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

D, 4 NNE Cumnock, Chatham Co., NC

28 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

17 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

17 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 48 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

17 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

16 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, NC

16 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

16 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded

Towns with the most events here

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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