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  • Tropical Storm Peipah hits Japan, evacuation orders issued for 660 000

    Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, around 01:00 JST on Friday, September 5, 2025, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall across multiple regions. The storm injured at least 24 people and damaged or destroyed several homes. Authorities issued evacuation orders for more than 600 000 residents.

  • Lorena weakens to tropical storm but continues to pose flooding risk in Baja California Sur and U.S. Southwest

    Hurricane Lorena weakened into a tropical storm on September 4, 2025, after bringing heavy rains and flooding to Los Cabos, Mexico. The storm, though no longer expected to make landfall, is still going to bring life-threatening flood conditions to Baja California Sur, Sonora, and parts of the southwestern United States.

  • Historic Gold Rush town of Chinese Camp suffers major losses in 6-5 Fire

    The 6-5 Fire, part of the TCU September Lightning Complex, has burned more than 2 400 ha (6 000 acres) in Tuolumne County, California, since igniting on September 2, 2025, destroying at least five homes in the historic settlement of Chinese Camp and forcing evacuations. Containment remains at zero percent.

  • Tropical Storm Lorena forms in the eastern Pacific

    Tropical Lorena formed in eastern Pacific on September 2, 2025, as the 12th named storm of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season. The storm is forecast to reach hurricane strength before weakening and making landfall in Baja California.