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A coronal mass ejection (CME) launched from the Sun on September 19 is forecast by NASA’s ENLIL model to strike interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS on September 24 or 25, an extremely rare event that comes as the comet brightens 40-fold and prepares to disappear into the Sun’s glare.
Widespread thunderstorms are forecast across the United States on Wednesday and Thursday, September 24 and 25, 2025, as a cold front advances eastward. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has issued a Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall for parts of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, while isolated flash flooding is possible in southern New England and the New York City metropolitan area as storms reach the Northeast.
A tropical wave over the northeastern Caribbean Sea is producing showers, thunderstorms, and gusty winds across the Windward and Leeward Islands on September 24, 2025. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the disturbance will spread heavy rainfall and gusty winds into Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands later today and into the Dominican Republic tonight, with conditions becoming more favorable for development later this week near the Bahamas. Another wave, located about 1 125 km (700 miles) east of the Leeward Islands, also has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression in the coming days.
At least 12 people died after record breaking rains flooded Kolkata, West Bengal on September 23, 2025, leaving roads inundated, transport paralyzed, and power disrupted.
A sinkhole measuring about 30 m x 30 m (98 x 98 feet) and 50 m (164 feet) deep opened around 06:30–07:00 LT on September 24, 2025, in front of Vajira Hospital, Bangkok, swallowing vehicles and damaging utilities.
A Hurricane Watch was issued for all islands of the Azores at 11:00 AST (15:00 UTC) on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, as Category 4 Hurricane Gabrielle moves east-northeastward over the North Atlantic. The system is forecast to approach the archipelago late Thursday, bringing the risk of hurricane-force winds, storm surge, and 75–125 mm (3–5 inches) of rainfall to the central and western islands. Swells are already affecting Bermuda, the U.S. East Coast, and Atlantic Canada.
The southern Plains and Ozarks face a severe weather outbreak on September 23, 2025, with the Storm Prediction Center warning of supercells capable of producing tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds from eastern Oklahoma and northeast Texas into western Arkansas. Storms are expected to intensify this afternoon and evening (local time), with tornado potential maximized across northeastern Oklahoma into western Arkansas.
Super Typhoon Ragasa, locally named Nando, began crossing Calayan Island in Cagayan province, northern Philippines, at around 03:00 UTC (11:00 LT) on September 22, 2025, bringing destructive winds, extreme seas, and life-threatening storm surge. The Philippine weather bureau reported maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (134 mph) and gusts up to 295 km/h (183 mph).
A bright fireball crossed the skies of northern India at around 01:20–01:30 IST on September 20 (19:50–20:00 UTC on September 19). The object was widely observed across Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Dwarka, and Aligarh, where it fragmented into multiple pieces before fully disintegrating in the atmosphere. Although several initial reports described the object as…
A new eruptive episode started at Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu crater at 13:11 UTC (03:11 HST) on September 19, 2025, producing lava fountains over 150 m (500 feet) and a volcanic plume up to 3 000 m (10 000 feet) high. The eruption remains confined to the summit caldera within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
