Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
Hurricane Erin formed at 15:00 UTC on August 15, 2025, becoming the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season. Current forecast calls for continued intensification and status of major hurricane over the weekend.
Heavy monsoon rains triggered devastating floods and landslides across Pakistan on August 15, 2025, killing more than 160 people and destroying critical infrastructure. Additional casualties were reported in Indian-administered Kashmir, where at least 60 people died following a cloudburst and associated flooding.
A bright fireball observed across Victoria, Australia just after 09:30 UTC (19:30 LT) on August 10, 2025, generated a loud sonic boom before breaking apart at low altitude. Few days later, scientists have identified a likely fall zone northeast of Maryborough, between Ballarat and Bendigo.
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2025 PU1 flew past Earth at a minimum distance of 0.08 LD (0.00218 AU / 29 300 km / 18 200 miles) from the center of our planet at 19:44 UTC on August 13, 2025.
A M4.0 earthquake struck The Geysers geothermal field in northern California at 12:48 UTC (05:48 LT) on August 14, 2025, followed by more than 85 aftershocks through the evening.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands at 16:22 UTC on August 14, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 53 km (33 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
An atmospheric river (AR) with moderate-to-strong integrated vapor transport (IVT) exceeding 500 kg m⁻¹ s⁻¹ is forecast to make landfall over the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia on the evening of August 14, 2025, bringing sustained AR conditions for about 24 hours and significant precipitation through August 16.
Suicide Basin above Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska, began overtopping its ice dam at about 19:00 LT on August 10, 2025, triggering a unified emergency response and a state disaster declaration the same day ahead of an expected glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF).
A lightning strike hit a utility pole at the intersection of Highway 17 and Shelmore Boulevard, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at around 11:00 LT (15:00 UTC) on August 11, 2025, bringing down power lines and causing widespread outages.
Typhoon Podul is forecast to make landfall near Taitung City, southeastern Taiwan, on August 13, 2025, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds, and coastal flooding across much of Taiwan, southern Japan, and northern Philippines over the next 48 hours. It is then expected to make a second landfall along the south-central coast of China and potentially penetrate deep inland.
