Rishav Kothari is Editor-in-Chief of The Watchers, where he runs the newsroom and covers earthquakes, volcanoes, severe weather and space weather.
‘Super fog’ covered St. James Parish and parts of southern Louisiana on the morning of Friday, November 14, 2025. Near-whiteout conditions were reported on some roads, while visibility was reduced to 3 m (10 feet) in multiple areas.
A combination of the ongoing weak La Niña, the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO), and a rare November Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW), could bring colder winter-conditions across parts of the U.S. during late November and early December
A lava overflow began from Stromboli’s northern crater area on November 13, 2025, sending a confined lava flow down the upper Sciara del Fuoco.
Evacuation warnings were issued across multiple burn-scar zones in California on November 13, 2025, as a strong atmospheric river delivered high rainfall rates and elevated debris-flow potential.
A strong atmospheric river is forecast to move onshore across California through Saturday, November 15, 2025, bringing heavy rain, strong southwest winds, and elevated flash-flood risk across northern, central, and southern parts of the state.
Miami recorded 9.4°C (49°F) early on November 11, 2025, matching a record low for the day set 112 years ago, as an Arctic front brought widespread sub-freezing temperatures.
Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Fung-Wong caused Matai’an Creek to overflow into Mingli Village in Wanrong Township, Hualien County, on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 11 and 12, 2025, flooding homes and farmland as local authorities considered expanding precautionary evacuations.
More than 8 300 people were evacuated across 11 counties and cities in Taiwan as Tropical Storm Fung-wong approached landfall on November 12, 2025. The storm brought intense rainfall to the island’s eastern regions, with over 1 000 homes flooded in Yilan County and at least 51 injuries reported.
An early stratospheric warming developing over the Arctic in late November 2025 is raising the likelihood of colder conditions and increased snowfall across parts of the United States, Canada, and possibly Europe in December.
The National Weather Service has issued widespread Freeze Warnings from northern Florida to Maryland as sub-freezing temperatures spread across the eastern United States on November 11–12, 2025. Overnight lows between -6 and -1 °C (22 and 30 °F) are forecast across much of the region, marking the coldest air of the season so far.
