The persistent impact of global environmental change across various landscapes presents a new type of natural hazard/disaster called compound extremes. Compound extremes are becoming the new normal as we enter uncharted territory in natural hazards and disaster management. The year 2023 witnessed an unprecedented increase in global temperatures. However, this singular event within different territories and regions cascaded into other hazards/disasters, with several countries reporting wildfire cases. For example, in Nova Scotia, extensive wildfires cascaded into flood events in July 2023. Other reports indicated that the bold wildfire experienced in the country might also have something to do with the excessive warm events reported globally. As captured in some news bulletins, "Canada lost much of its snow cover early in 2023, which allowed the ground to dry and vast fires to burn through the summer. The ground was also extremely dry in Maui in August when the city of Lahaina, Hawaii, caught fire during a windstorm and burned". There is a need for a change of approach as we begin to experience these compound extremes. Current disaster plans and singularly focused approaches might need help to confront these pluralistic-compound extremes.