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Winter Storm Warnings are in effect across parts of California from late December 23 through December 27, 2025, as a strong atmospheric river moves inland, bringing heavy mountain snowfall and high winds.
A strong atmospheric river is forecast to impact California from December 23 to 27, 2025, bringing widespread heavy rainfall, flash flooding, and high-elevation snow. The system is expected to produce 250 to 500 mm (10–20 inches) of precipitation in parts of the Sierra Nevada and 150 to 300 mm (6–12 inches) in the Coast and Transverse Ranges. The National Weather Service has issued high-risk alerts for flash flooding across southern California and moderate winter storm impacts over the Sierra Nevada.
Five people, including a two-year-old child, were killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed near Galveston, Texas, amid foggy conditions on Monday, December 22, 2025, while transporting medical patients. At least one person remains missing, with search operations and the investigation continuing.
At least eight people have died after heavy snow, floods, and blizzards affected more than 25 provinces in Iran between December 15 and 21, 2025, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.
Heavy rains triggered severe flash floods in the Guci hot spring area in Central Java’s Tegal Regency on Sunday, December 21, 2025, causing widespread damage.
A large lahar triggered by heavy rains on Mount Semeru trapped a man in the Regoyo River in East Java, on Sunday, December 21, 2025.
One person was killed and several were rescued after torrential rain from an atmospheric river caused severe flooding in Redding, northern California, on December 21–22, 2025. Rainfall totals above 100 mm (4 inches) overwhelmed storm drains, flooded roads.
Scientists have identified a deep, tilted magmatic structure beneath the Eifel volcanic region in Germany after analyzing data from more than 494 seismic stations deployed between 2022 and 2023.
Three atmospheric rivers are expected to impact California between December 20 and 25, 2025, producing 250–500 mm (10–20 inches) of rain over the Sierra Nevada and 75–180 mm (3–7 inches) over southern coastal ranges. The strongest system is forecast to peak on December 23–25 with IVT values surpassing 750 kg m⁻¹ s⁻¹ and AR3–AR4 intensity.
A dam in Ponte Alta do Bom Jesus, southeast of Tocantins, Brazil, suffered a partial failure on the morning of December 19, 2025.
