Severe flash flooding struck central Texas from July 4 to 6, 2025, after extreme rainfall of up to 517 mm (20.3 in) fell within hours, causing rivers to surge by more than 9 m (30 feet) and resulting in extensive damage and loss of life.
A bright green meteor flashed over Sydney on June 2, 2025, followed by vibrant Aurora Australis displays across Australia. The rare dual event was driven by a strong geomagnetic storm.
Footage captured on June 2, 2025, shows people fleeing as an eruption at Mount Etna’s Southeast Crater produces pyroclastic flow and an ash plume up to 6.5 km (21 325 feet).
A massive landslide triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier destroyed the village of Blatten, Switzerland, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. One person has been reported missing, and many houses were completely flattened.
IndiGo flight 6E2142, an Airbus A321, was damaged by a severe hailstorm during its descent into Srinagar on May 21, 2025. The aircraft, carrying 227 passengers and crew, was grounded for inspection due to significant nose cone damage.
A major landslide struck Sainte-Monique in central Quebec, Canada, around 06:00 local time on May 21, 2025, sweeping away a house and cutting through a rural road. The event forced nearby residents to evacuate, but no injuries or missing persons were reported.
Newly surfaced security camera footage from the March 28, 2025, M7.7 earthquake near Mandalay, Myanmar, shows a rare surface rupture along the Sagaing Fault. The footage captures the ground visibly splitting and shifting laterally, offering a very rare, ground-level view of a strike-slip fault in motion.
Explosive eruptions continued at Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in recent days, producing ash plumes up to 4.8 km (15 750 feet) and incandescent material rising 100–300 m (330–980 feet) above the crater.
Drone footage released on April 3, 2025, shows major tornado damage in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, where buildings were destroyed in an industrial park on April 2. A separate tornado in Ballard County left four people injured, one critically.
A large glowing spiral appeared in the night sky over parts of Western Europe on March 24, 2025, following the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for the NROL-69 mission. The phenomenon, which captivated observers across the continent, was caused by frozen exhaust released from the rocket’s second stage during its deorbit burn.
