I am an Assistant Editor and Severe Weather & Science Journalist at The Watchers, specializing in real-time severe weather coverage, geophysical event reporting, and research-driven scientific analysis. You can reach me at rishav(at)watchers(.)news.

  • Moderate Risk of excessive rainfall across Texas and Louisiana, flood threat forecast through June 17

    ByRishav Kothari

    Heavy rainfall is forecast from South Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley this week. Moderate Risk excessive rainfall outlooks remain in effect across parts of the Gulf Coast as multiple rounds of thunderstorms develop within an unusually moist tropical air mass. Rainfall totals could reach 100 to 150 mm (4 to 6 inches) in some areas, with locally higher amounts possible from June 15 to 17, 2026.

  • Stress along Southern California faults reaches highest level in 1 000 years

    ByRishav Kothari

    More than 160 years after the M7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake, tectonic stress along Southern California’s two dominant fault systems has reached record levels, according to a new study that reconstructs 1 000 years of earthquake activity across the southern San Andreas and San Jacinto faults.

  • Giant Devonian scorpion identified from 400-million-year-old fossils in Britain

    ByRishav Kothari

    A giant scorpion that lived more than 410 million years ago may have been one of the earliest apex predators on Earth and could have spent much of its life in water, according to a new study published in Palaeontology. Researchers re-examined the fossil of the arthropod Praearcturus gigas and concluded that it was a giant scorpion rather than a crustacean, resolving a debate that has persisted for more than 150 years.

  • Continent-scale basin system found beneath East Antarctica’s ice sheet

    ByRishav Kothari

    Scientists have identified a vast fan-shaped basin province beneath East Antarctica that extends under roughly half of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The newly recognized structure may preserve evidence of tectonic processes linked to mountain building and the breakup of Gondwana.

  • Saskatchewan records first EF3 tornado since 2010 near Oxbow, Canada

    ByRishav Kothari

    Saskatchewan’s first EF3 tornado since 2010 struck near Oxbow on June 9, 2026. The tornado tracked 32 km (20 miles) on the Canadian side of the border, producing estimated peak winds of 245 km/h (152 mph). It claimed the life of a pet animal, destroyed buildings at a farm property, and caused damage that extended into North Dakota, United States.