---
title: Environmental Hazards Weekly
type: L2-brief
theme: environmental-hazards
week: 2026-W34
updated: 2026-08-17T09:00:00Z
sources: [wildfire-detections, thermal-escalations, natural-events, radiation-observations]
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: azimuth (HemySphere doctrine demonstrator) — see CREDITS.md for upstream sources
---

# Environmental Hazards Weekly

> Synthesised from the week's L1 source notes under `../01 Sources/`. The `azimuth-curator`
> fleet role evolves this single note in place each cycle. azimuth reports **observed**
> environmental hazards — active-fire detections, clustered thermal anomalies, disaster
> alerts and ambient-radiation readings — what the instruments recorded, never what will
> happen, and never a position on any conflict the data sits near. Every claim links to the
> L1 note it rests on. (This cycle absorbs the 2026-08-07 through 2026-08-17 ingest.
> The wildfire note renders the top 250 detections by fire radiative power,
> with the cap stated in the note caption, so the active-fire figures below describe that
> strongest-fires subset rather than the full multi-thousand-detection set — [[wildfire-detections]].)

## This week at a glance

- Among the NASA FIRMS VIIRS feed's **top 250 active-fire detections by radiative power** (of
  **4,147** total in the endpoint), the feed's own per-detection region field attributes the
  strongest-fire sample to **Russia 246 / Ukraine 3 / Iran 1** — exact counts, not eyeballed from
  coordinates (0 rows unattributed); the full endpoint nearly doubled from 2,360 to 4,147
  detections while the strongest-fire subset held its Russia-led shape (240 → 246), Ukraine easing
  (7 → 3) and Iran easing (3 → 1), and max FRP in the capped set firmed to **182.18 MW** (from
  152.8) ([[wildfire-detections]]).
- The FIRMS thermal-escalation feed again clustered the window into **12 signals**, but the status
  mix broadened past the prior SPIKE/PERSISTENT binary to **8 `THERMAL_STATUS_SPIKE` /
  2 `THERMAL_STATUS_ELEVATED` / 1 `THERMAL_STATUS_PERSISTENT` / 1 `THERMAL_STATUS_NORMAL`** (from
  11 SPIKE / 1 PERSISTENT), with `conflict_adjacent` easing to **11/12** and
  `THERMAL_RELEVANCE_HIGH` easing to **8/12** (both 12/12 the prior cycle) as a new British
  Columbia cluster entered under `THERMAL_CONTEXT_WILDLAND`, over **Ukraine 6 / Russia 5 /
  British Columbia 1** (from Ukraine 7 / Russia 4 / Israel 1). The largest cluster firmed to
  **~684.6 MW total FRP** (50 observations, from ~635 MW / 8 obs), the next two **~472.9 MW**
  (7 obs) and **~264.9 MW** (5 obs); sharpest z-score firmed sharply to **11.39** (from 6.93)
  ([[thermal-escalations]]).
- The GDACS / NASA EONET disaster feed eased to **19 open events** (from 21): 13 Sea and Lake Ice
  entries (unchanged) and **6 storm entries** — Tropical Storm Lala (both its NHC Central Pacific
  track and a second EONET track, the pair now uniformly Tropical-Storm-graded after one track
  carried a Hurricane grading the prior cycle), Tropical Storms Hernan, Nangka, Cristobal and
  Peilou; Tropical Storm 15W and Tropical Cyclone Chan-Hom both cleared ([[natural-events]]).
- Radiation: **2 anomalous readings this pull** — Philadelphia at 59 nSv/h flagged SPIKE
  (zScore 7.53, baseline 42.5) and Houston at 40 nSv/h flagged ELEVATED (zScore 2.0, baseline 37),
  the first anomaly pair since the 2026-08-01 pull — against 9 normal readings across the
  remaining EPA RadNet stations and Safecast, value range 25.0–74.3 nSv/h (from 27.0–74.3)
  ([[radiation-observations]]).

## Active fire — where the detections clustered

- The top-250-by-FRP sample attributes — by each detection's own `region` field, deterministically
  tallied — as **Russia 246 / Ukraine 3 / Iran 1** (0 unattributed); the full endpoint returned
  **4,147 detections** (pagination.totalCount), up from 2,360 the prior cycle. Russia's share of
  the strongest-fire subset firmed slightly (240 → 246) while Ukraine (7 → 3) and Iran (3 → 1)
  both eased; max FRP in the capped set firmed to **182.18 MW** (from 152.8), 0 explosion flags.
  The Siberian fire season continues to drive the dominant signal across Siberia and the Far East,
  with a small residual Ukraine/Iran presence in the strongest-fire sample ([[wildfire-detections]]).
- azimuth caps this L1 note to the top 250 detections by FRP — the strongest, most energetic
  fires — because the endpoint returns the full detection set (4,147 this pull) and ignores
  limit parameters; the cap is recorded in the note's own caption so the truncation is never
  silent, and the full set remains at the source endpoint. The country split above is exact for
  that strongest-fire subset, not the entire 4,147-detection set ([[wildfire-detections]]).

## Thermal escalations — the clustered signal

- The 12 thermal-escalation clusters now split **8 `THERMAL_STATUS_SPIKE` /
  2 `THERMAL_STATUS_ELEVATED` / 1 `THERMAL_STATUS_PERSISTENT` / 1 `THERMAL_STATUS_NORMAL`** (from
  11 SPIKE / 1 PERSISTENT), with `conflict_adjacent` at **11/12** and `THERMAL_RELEVANCE_HIGH` at
  **8/12** (both eased from 12/12) over **Ukraine 6 / Russia 5 / British Columbia 1** (from
  Ukraine 7 / Russia 4 / Israel 1). The FRP magnitude firmed from the prior cycle: the largest
  cluster rose to **~684.6 MW total FRP** (50 observations), followed by **~472.9 MW**
  (7 observations) and **~264.9 MW** (5 observations) — up from the prior cycle's ~635 MW / 8-obs
  largest. The sharpest z-score across the 12 firmed sharply to **11.39** (from 6.93)
  ([[thermal-escalations]]).
- The feed marks 11 of the 12 clusters `conflict_adjacent` this pull — the exception is a new
  British Columbia cluster carrying `THERMAL_CONTEXT_WILDLAND` instead — alongside the SPIKE /
  ELEVATED / PERSISTENT / NORMAL status split. azimuth reports those flag values as the observed
  feed output and takes no position on them — a thermal cluster is a measured radiance aggregate,
  and the L2 line stops at what was detected, when, where (Ukraine 6 / Russia 5 / British
  Columbia 1 this pull), and how hot ([[thermal-escalations]]).

## Disaster alerts and radiation

- The GDACS/EONET disaster slate eased to **19 open events** (from 21 the prior cycle): 13 Sea
  and Lake Ice entries (unchanged) and **6 storm entries** — Tropical Storm Lala (an NHC Central
  Pacific track plus a second EONET track), Tropical Storms Hernan, Nangka, Cristobal and Peilou.
  **Tropical Storm 15W and Tropical Cyclone Chan-Hom both cleared** this cycle, and the Lala track
  previously carrying a Hurricane grading is now Tropical Storm on both entries; the 13 Sea and
  Lake Ice tracks carried unchanged ([[natural-events]]).
- Radiation observations this pull: **11 readings** (10 US-EPA RadNet stations plus a Safecast
  reading). The feed's **anomalyCount returned 2** (elevatedCount 1, spikeCount 1) — Philadelphia
  at 59 nSv/h (SPIKE, zScore 7.53) and Houston at 40 nSv/h (ELEVATED, zScore 2.0) — the first
  anomalies since the 2026-08-01 pull; conflictingCount stayed 0. The value range across all 11
  readings was 25.0–74.3 nSv/h, the remaining 9 readings normal background
  ([[radiation-observations]]).

## Reading the week

- The 2026-08-17 pull shows the strongest-fire sample holding its Russia-led shape while the full
  endpoint nearly doubled: the top-250-by-FRP detections attribute **Russia 246 / Ukraine 3 /
  Iran 1** by the feed's own `region` field (0 unattributed), the full endpoint rising to
  **4,147 detections** (from 2,360), and peak FRP in the capped set firming to **182.18 MW** (from
  152.8) ([[wildfire-detections]]). The thermal-escalation picture broadened past its recent
  SPIKE/PERSISTENT binary to a four-way status mix — **8 SPIKE / 2 ELEVATED / 1 PERSISTENT /
  1 NORMAL** — as a new British Columbia cluster entered under `THERMAL_CONTEXT_WILDLAND`
  (pulling `conflict_adjacent` to 11/12 and `THERMAL_RELEVANCE_HIGH` to 8/12, both from 12/12),
  over **Ukraine 6 / Russia 5 / British Columbia 1**, while the FRP magnitude and sharpest
  z-score both firmed: the largest cluster rose to **~684.6 MW total FRP** (50 observations) from
  ~635 MW, followed by ~472.9 MW and ~264.9 MW, and the sharpest z-score firmed to **11.39** (from
  6.93) ([[thermal-escalations]]). The disaster slate eased from 21 to **19
  events** — 13 Sea and Lake Ice and 6 storm entries (Tropical Storm Lala on both its NHC and
  EONET tracks, Hernan, Nangka, Cristobal, Peilou) — as Tropical Storm 15W and Tropical Cyclone
  Chan-Hom both cleared ([[natural-events]]). The radiation picture logged its first anomaly pair
  since 2026-08-01: anomalyCount rose to 2 (elevatedCount 1, spikeCount 1) as Philadelphia
  (59 nSv/h, SPIKE) and Houston (40 nSv/h, ELEVATED) departed normal background, across 11
  readings ranging 25.0–74.3 nSv/h
  ([[radiation-observations]]). azimuth records the detections, the cluster statuses, the alert
  categories and the sensor values, links each to its L1 note, and stops there — what the satellites
  and stations measured, not what may follow ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]],
  [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).

## Changelog

- 2026-08-17 — daily-ingest synthesis (2026-W34): refreshed from the live 2026-08-17 ingest (also
  folds in the 2026-08-16 window, which held Russia 240 / Ukraine 7 / Iran 3 on a 2,360-detection
  endpoint, 152.8 MW max FRP, 11 SPIKE / 1 PERSISTENT thermal clusters, 21 open natural events and
  0 radiation anomalies, but was never separately logged here). Active-fire top-250 firmed to
  Russia 246 / Ukraine 3 / Iran 1 (0 unattributed) as the full endpoint rose to 4,147 (from 2,360);
  max FRP firmed to 182.18 MW (from 152.8), 0 explosion flags. Thermal clusters broadened from an
  11-SPIKE/1-PERSISTENT split to 8 SPIKE / 2 ELEVATED / 1 PERSISTENT / 1 NORMAL as a new British
  Columbia cluster entered under THERMAL_CONTEXT_WILDLAND (conflict_adjacent eased to 11/12,
  high-relevance to 8/12), over Ukraine 6 / Russia 5 / British Columbia 1; largest cluster
  ~684.6 MW / 50 obs (from ~635 MW / 8 obs), sharpest z-score firmed to 11.39 (from 6.93). Natural
  events eased from 21 to 19 (13 Sea and Lake Ice unchanged, storm entries from 8 to 6) as
  Tropical Storm 15W and Tropical Cyclone Chan-Hom cleared. Radiation logged its first anomaly
  pair since 2026-08-01: Philadelphia 59 nSv/h SPIKE (zScore 7.53) and Houston 40 nSv/h ELEVATED
  (zScore 2.0), 11 readings ranging 25.0–74.3 nSv/h. Observed-only framing held
  ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]],
  [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-06-25 — first Environmental Hazards Weekly cycle. Written from the live 2026-06-25
  ingest across all four theme channels: NASA FIRMS active-fire detections (10,213, ~94%
  Russia, max ~565 MW FRP — re-added this week after the L1 ingest gained a top-N-by-FRP
  payload cap), FIRMS thermal escalations (12 Russia spike clusters, all high-relevance),
  GDACS/EONET natural events (Madagascar drought + Venezuela earthquake doublet) and EPA
  RadNet + Safecast radiation (11 obs, 0 anomalies, normal 28–68 nSv/h). Observed-only and
  no-political-position framing held throughout; the theme's held brief is now live
  ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]],
  [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-06-26 — daily-ingest flowback (2026-W26): refreshed from the live 2026-06-26 ingest. The
  active-fire top-250-by-FRP subset led with Russia (184) and Ukraine (50); peak FRP eased to
  ~161 MW (from ~565 MW) and the thermal-escalation clusters cooled from all-spike to a mixed 3
  spike / 3 elevated / 6 normal across Russia (8), Ukraine (3) and Turkey (1), 11 of 12 still
  conflict-adjacent. The GDACS/EONET slate broadened from 3 to 21 events (12 icebergs, 4
  volcanoes, 2 named storms, the Venezuela earthquakes, a Madagascar drought); radiation stayed
  normal (11 obs, 0 anomalies, 26–74 nSv/h). Dropped the prior pull's severity labels where the
  06-26 EONET feed carried none. Observed-only, no-political-position framing held
  ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]],
  [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-06-30 — daily-ingest flowback (2026-W27): refreshed from the live 2026-06-30 ingest. The
  active-fire top-250-by-FRP subset concentrated entirely in Russia (all 250, up from ~74%) and
  peak FRP firmed to ~262 MW (from ~161 MW). The thermal-escalation clusters heated back up to 8
  spike / 1 elevated / 3 normal across Russia (11) and Ukraine (1), all 12 now conflict-adjacent
  (from 11 of 12). The GDACS/EONET slate held at 19 events (14 icebergs, 2 named storms, the
  Nevados del Chillán volcano, a Madagascar drought and a Philippines earthquake — the
  cross-theme tie shifting from the aging Venezuela doublet to the M6.5 WSW of Sarangani);
  radiation stayed normal (11 obs, 0 anomalies, 26–74 nSv/h). Observed-only, no-political-position
  framing held ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]],
  [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-02 — weekly synthesis (2026-W27): absorbed the 2026-07-01 and 2026-07-02 ingest days.
  The active-fire top-250-by-FRP subset eased off the prior Russia-only sweep to Russia 244 /
  Ukraine 4 / Turkey 2, with peak FRP easing to ~226 MW (from ~262 MW). The thermal-escalation
  clusters reached a fully-heated mix — all 12 `SPIKE` (from 8/1/3) across Russia (10) and
  Ukraine (2), all conflict-adjacent and high-relevance, the Ukraine pair night-flagged, largest
  cluster 341 observations / ~5,393 MW total FRP. The GDACS/EONET slate broadened to 21 events
  as the storm count jumped to five (BAVI-26 at 140 kt red-alert band, Douglas, TEN-26, plus
  the running Higos and Mekkhala) and the Philippines-earthquake entry left; radiation stayed
  normal (11 obs, 0 anomalies, 25–74 nSv/h). Observed-only, no-political-position framing held
  ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]],
  [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-13 — weekly synthesis (2026-W29): absorbed the 2026-07-06 through 2026-07-13 ingest
  days after an 11-day curator gap. The active-fire top-250-by-FRP subset eased further to Russia
  225 / Iran 15 / Turkey 5 / Ukraine 3 (Iran a new entrant), and peak FRP eased to ~98 MW (from
  ~226 MW) with 0 explosion flags across a 1,022-detection feed. The thermal-escalation clusters
  held a fully-heated all-12-`SPIKE` mix but resolved entirely over Russia this cycle (the two
  Ukraine clusters gone), all conflict-adjacent and high-relevance, largest cluster 72
  observations / ~1,183 MW total FRP, sharpest z-score 46.5. The GDACS/EONET slate narrowed to 16
  events as the storm count fell from five to one (only BAVI-26, no wind speed this pull) with 13
  iceberg tracks, one unnamed volcano entry and the Madagascar drought; radiation stayed normal
  (11 obs, 0 anomalies, 26–74 nSv/h). Observed-only, no-political-position framing held
  ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-15 — daily-ingest flowback (2026-W29): absorbed the 2026-07-14 and 2026-07-15 ingests.
  The strongest-fire subset re-concentrated on Russia (231 of 250, from 225) with Ukraine rising
  to 11, Taiwan (3) and North Korea (1) entering, Turkey easing to 2 and Iran (15) leaving; peak
  FRP firmed to ~148 MW (from ~98) on a smaller full set (802 detections, from 1,022). The
  thermal-escalation clusters split Ukraine 6 / Russia 5 / Syria 1 (from all-12-Russia) while
  holding all-12-`SPIKE`, all conflict-adjacent and high-relevance, the Ukraine clusters
  night-flagged; largest cluster 93 obs / ~1,324 MW total FRP, sharpest z 7.1. The GDACS/EONET
  slate broadened to 20 events: three severe-storm entries (Super Typhoon Bavi + a Category 5
  BAVI-26 track + Tropical Depression Five-E), two wildfire entries, one flood, 13 iceberg tracks
  and the Madagascar drought. Radiation stayed normal (11 obs, 0 anomalies, 27–74 nSv/h).
  Observed-only, no-political-position framing held ([[wildfire-detections]],
  [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-18 — daily-ingest synthesis (2026-W29): absorbed the 2026-07-16 and 2026-07-17 ingests. Active-fire top-250 diversified: Russia eased from 246 to 143; Iran entered at 46, Saudi Arabia and Turkey each at 19, Ukraine rose to 13, Syria 9, Israel/Gaza 1; max FRP eased to ~282 MW; full endpoint jumped from 793 to 4,693 detections. Thermal clusters shifted to Russia 11 / Ukraine 1 (from Ukraine 7 / Russia 5) and status moved from all-12-SPIKE to all-12-PERSISTENT; largest cluster 248 obs / 8,379 MW total FRP, max z-score 4.69. Natural events grew from 20 to 30: wildfire entries surged from 1 to 10 (US fires), drought entries rose to 3, Mayon volcano added, iceberg series held at 13 tracks, severe storms fell to 2. Radiation observations narrowed from 11 to 2 (Houston EPA + Fukushima Safecast), all normal, 36–74.3 nSv/h ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-21 — daily-ingest synthesis (2026-W30): absorbed the 07-18 through 07-20 ingests. Active-fire top-250 stayed concentrated over Russia (Siberia/Far East by detection coordinates), peak FRP firming to ~404 MW on a 4,592-detection full set. Thermal clusters re-consolidated to all-12-Russia and heated from all-12-PERSISTENT back to all-12-SPIKE, all conflict-adjacent and high-relevance, largest cluster 906 obs / 31,279 MW total FRP, sharpest z 2.95. Natural events narrowed from 30 to 21 as the US wildfire entries dropped off — 13 iceberg tracks, 3 tropical cyclones (Fausto, Elida, TD Two), 3 droughts, 1 Peru earthquake. Radiation widened back to 11 observations (10 EPA + 1 Safecast), all normal, 24–74.3 nSv/h ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-22 — attribution fix (IQ #1161): the active-fire top-250 country split is now stated as **exact per-country counts** (Russia 243 / Iran 5 / Ukraine 2, 0 unattributed) read from each detection's own `region` field (deterministic tally, `synthesis/fire_geo.country_tally`), replacing the eyeballed-from-coordinates "almost entirely Russia"; the FIRMS feed already ships `region` on every row, so no coordinate reverse-geocode is needed ([[wildfire-detections]]).
- 2026-07-23 — daily-ingest synthesis (2026-W30): active-fire top-250 sample re-concentrated to Russia 250/250 (from 243/5/2) on a smaller full set of 3,747 detections (from 4,592); Siberian fire season dominant. Thermal clusters held all-12-Russia all-SPIKE, FRP distribution shifted from one 31,279 MW dominant cluster to two large clusters at ~24,449 MW and ~20,905 MW (795 and 785 obs), sharpest z-score 32.08. Natural events held at 21 but composition shifted: Peru earthquake and named-cyclone trio replaced by 2 Tropical Cyclone entries (one Atlantic tropical storm, one East Pacific hurricane), 3 Severe Storms, 13 Sea and Lake Ice, 3 droughts (Madagascar, Horn of Africa, Europe-wide ~25 countries). Radiation anomaly cleared: anomalyCount and elevatedCount both 0 (from 1/1 prior cycle); all 11 readings normal 27–74.3 nSv/h ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-24 — daily-ingest synthesis (2026-W30): active-fire top-250 held Russia 250/250 (carried) while the full endpoint grew to 6,774 (from 3,747); max FRP in the capped set 637 MW. Thermal clusters held all-12-Russia all-SPIKE with a major FRP step-up: largest cluster ~67,948 MW / 1,764 obs (from ~24,449 MW / 795 obs prior), sharpest z-score 98.87 (from 32.08). Natural events grew from 21 to 26: 6 Severe Storm entries (Bertha TD+TS, Fausto Hurricane x2, Elida TS, NOUL-26 Cat 1), 4 US wildfire entries (Oregon/Washington/Texas/Louisiana), 13 Sea and Lake Ice, 3 droughts. Radiation anomaly re-appeared: anomalyCount 1 / elevatedCount 1 — Anchorage EPA 33 nSv/h (ELEVATED, zScore 2.21), after clearing in the prior cycle; 10 other readings normal 26–74.3 nSv/h ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-07-25 — daily-ingest synthesis (2026-W30): active-fire top-250 attributed Russia 249 / Iran 1 (from Russia 250/250, one Iran detection entering) as the full endpoint eased to 4,286 (from 6,774); max FRP in the capped set firmed to 740 MW (from 637). Thermal clusters held the 12-cluster all-SPIKE all-conflict-adjacent shape but the FRP magnitude eased sharply: largest ~19,555 MW / 761 obs (from ~67,948 MW / 1,764 obs), sharpest z-score 3.39 (from 98.87); the feed carried no country field on the clusters this pull. Natural events eased from 26 to 22: 7 Severe Storm entries (Fausto x2, Bertha, Elida, Genevieve, Noul, a Hong Kong Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal), 2 US wildfire entries (Oregon, Washington — down from 4 as Texas and Louisiana dropped off), 13 Sea and Lake Ice; the three drought entries (Madagascar, Horn of Africa, Europe) all cleared. Radiation anomaly cleared again: anomalyCount and elevatedCount both 0 (from 1/1), 10 readings normal 27–74.3 nSv/h. Observed-only, no-political-position framing held ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
- 2026-08-01 — daily-ingest synthesis (2026-W31): absorbed the 07-31 and 08-01 ingests. Active-fire top-250 swept back to Russia 250 / 250 (from Russia 241 / Turkey 9 — the Turkey cluster leaving) as the full endpoint jumped to 16,033 (from 5,929); max FRP in the capped set firmed to 698.3 MW (from 326.7), 0 explosion flags. Thermal clusters held the 12-cluster all-conflict-adjacent all-high-relevance shape but the status mix eased from all-12-SPIKE to 9 SPIKE / 3 PERSISTENT over Russia 11 / Ukraine 1 (from Russia 10 / Ukraine 2); FRP magnitude stepped up, largest cluster ~2,157 MW / 82 obs (from ~792 MW / 63 obs), next ~1,690 MW and ~1,568 MW, sharpest z-score 2.00 (from 5.38). Natural events eased from 18 to 17: 13 Sea and Lake Ice, 4 severe-storm entries (Genevieve as one Tropical Storm + one Hurricane track, Super Typhoon Dolphin, Hurricane Fausto); Typhoon Noul cleared. Radiation stayed clear: anomalyCount and elevatedCount both 0, 11 readings normal 26.0–74.3 nSv/h. Observed-only, no-political-position framing held ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]). Active-fire top-250 attributed Russia 241 / Turkey 9 (from Russia 249 / Iran 1 — Turkey entering, Iran leaving) as the full endpoint grew to 5,929 (from 4,286); max FRP in the capped set eased to 326.7 MW (from 740), 0 explosion flags. Thermal clusters held the 12-cluster all-SPIKE all-conflict-adjacent all-high-relevance shape and carried a country field again — Russia 10 / Ukraine 2 (the 07-25 pull carried none); FRP magnitude collapsed, largest cluster ~792 MW / 63 obs (from ~19,555 MW / 761 obs), next ~226 MW and ~224 MW, sharpest z-score 5.38 (from 3.39). Natural events eased from 22 to 18: 13 Sea and Lake Ice, 5 severe-storm entries (Hurricane Genevieve x2, Super Typhoon Dolphin, Typhoon Noul, Hurricane Fausto); the 2 US wildfire entries (Oregon, Washington) and the Hong Kong tropical-cyclone-warning cleared. Radiation stayed clear: anomalyCount and elevatedCount both 0, 11 readings normal 27.0–74.3 nSv/h. Observed-only, no-political-position framing held ([[wildfire-detections]], [[thermal-escalations]], [[natural-events]], [[radiation-observations]]).
