Controlling spatio-temporal extreme events by decreasing the localized energy

► We propose a local control scheme to suppress spatio-temporal extreme events. ► The control is address by decreasing the spatial energy of the system locally. ► The detail control law is to apply localized state feedback based on observations. ► The cost of the control increases with the size of the control region exponentially. ► The tolerant delay of the control is about 5-6 times of lifetime of extreme events.