Editing 2000s (section)

==== Tropical cyclones, other weather, and bushfires ====

[[File:KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg|thumb|upright|2005 flooding in [[New Orleans]], caused by [[Hurricane Katrina]].]]
* July 7–11, 2005 – [[Hurricane Dennis]] caused damage in the Caribbean and southeastern United States. Dennis killed a total of 88 people and caused $3.71 billion in damages.
* August 28–29, 2005 – [[Hurricane Katrina]] made landfall in [[Louisiana]] and [[Mississippi]], devastating the city of [[New Orleans]] and nearby coastal areas. Katrina was recognized as the costliest natural disaster in the United States at the time, after causing a record $108&nbsp;billion in damages (a record later surpassed by [[Hurricane Harvey]] in [[2017 Atlantic hurricane season|2017]]). Katrina caused over 1,200 deaths.
* September 25, 2006 –  [[Typhoon Xangsane]] (known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Milenyo) struck the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, killing over 300 and caused $747 million in damage.
* November 30, 2006 – [[Typhoon Durian]] (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Reming) affected the Philippines' [[Bicol Region]], and together with a concurrent eruption of [[Mayon Volcano]], caused mudflows and killed more than 1,200 people.
* August 30, 2007 – Group of [[Croatia]]n firefighters who were flown in on the island [[Kornat]] as part of the [[2007 Croatian coast fires|2007 coast fires]] firefighting efforts perished. Twelve out of thirteen men who found themselves surrounded by fire were killed in the event which was the biggest loss of lives in the history of Croatian firefighting.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* May 3, 2008 – [[Cyclone Nargis]] had an extreme impact in [[Myanmar]], causing nearly 140,000 deaths and $10 billion in damages.
* June 21, 2008 – [[Typhoon Fengshen (2008)|Typhoon Fengshen]] (called Typhoon Frank in the Philippines) struck the central [[Philippines]], causing over 1,400 deaths and $480 million in damage. The cyclone also caused the  sinking of the ferry [[MV Princess of the Stars]], killing more than 800 on Board.
* February 7 – March 14, 2009 – The [[Black Saturday bushfires]], the deadliest [[Bushfires in Australia|bushfires]] in Australian history, took place across the Australian state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] during extreme bushfire-weather conditions, killing 173 people, injuring more than 500, and leaving around 7,500 homeless. The fires came after [[Melbourne]] recorded the [[2009 southeastern Australia heat wave|highest-ever temperature]] ({{convert|46.4|°C|°F|abbr=on|disp=or}}) of any capital city in Australia. The majority of the fires were caused by either fallen or clashing power lines, or [[arson]].
* September-October 2009 – [[Typhoon Ketsana]] (known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy) caused flooding in [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], mostly in [[Metro Manila]], killing nearly 700 people in total. Flood levels reached a record of 20 ft (6.1 m) in rural areas. Days after Ketsana left the Philippines, [[Typhoon Parma]] (known as Typhoon Pepeng in the Philippines) made landfall three times, causing widespread flooding in northern Luzon; 500 were killed and damage totaled $560 million.
* Winter of 2009–2010 – The winter of 2009–2010 saw abnormally cold temperatures in [[Winter of 2009–10 in Europe|Europe]], Asia, and [[2009–10 North American winter|America]]. A total of 21 people were reported to have died as a result of the cold in the [[Winter of 2009–10 in Great Britain and Ireland|British Isles]]. On December 26, 2009, [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, was covered by 35 cm of snow, the largest December snowfall recorded in the city since 1881.