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Tropical Depression 1-E formed off the coast of southern Mexico on May 28, 2025, as the first tropical depression of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season. The system is forecast to develop into Tropical Storm Alvin on Thursday, May 30.
The Blanco tornado that struck Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, on May 19, 2025, has been rated EF-3 by the National Weather Service (NWS). With a maximum width of 2.7 km (1.7 miles), it now ranks as the third-widest tornado recorded in Oklahoma since 1950.
A massive landslide triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier destroyed the village of Blatten, Switzerland, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. One person has been reported missing, and many houses were completely flattened.
A rare and exceptionally powerful lightning strike, known as a superbolt, struck Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 25, 2025, causing structural damage and shaking nearby homes with an electrical discharge estimated between 228 000 and 280 000 amps.
The Iraqi government has announced a new water initiative to manage water resources from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers as the country records its lowest water reserves in 80 years. Current storage levels are at only 10 billion m³ compared to the seasonal norm of 18 billion m³ threatening the country’s agricultural production.
As landslides above the village of Blatten on May 26, 2025, the Swiss government plans to establish a national monitoring system using satellite data. This is in order to anticipate ground movement-related threats similar to the one occurring at the Birch Glacier over the village.
Tropical Storm Alvin, the first named storm of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season, is forecast to form off the southern coast of Mexico this week from a developing low-pressure system designated Invest 90-E. A Gale Warning has been issued for offshore waters from Guerrero to Jalisco due to strengthening winds and rough seas associated with the system.
Nearly 800 homes have been deemed uninhabitable following the historic floods in New South Wales, Australia, from May 17 to 22, 2025, that claimed five lives and cut off around 50 000 people. The event has been classified as an insurance catastrophe, with some calling it a once-in-a-500-year flood.
Giant hail measuring up to 15 cm (6 inches) struck Afton, Texas, on Sunday, May 25, 2025, as storms swept across the southern U.S. during Memorial Day weekend. The storms were accompanied by multiple tornadoes, with at least five reported in Texas, including one near Afton.
Severe storms swept across Oklahoma on Saturday, May 24, 2025, causing widespread damage and producing a likely tornado near Asher. The system is forecast to continue affecting Oklahoma and much of the southern United States, bringing flash floods and thunderstorms through the Memorial Day weekend.
