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Strong winds and heavy rainfall struck Qianxi, Guizhou Province, China, on Sunday, May 4, 2025, causing four tourist boats to capsize on the Liuchong River. The incident left nine people dead and 70 hospitalized.
Large sandstorms swept across multiple provinces across Saudi Arabia, with parts of Riyadh and Al Qassim experiencing near-zero visibility through Sunday and Monday, May 4 and 5, 2025.
An omega block pattern over the United States is expected to bring prolonged rounds of thunderstorms and showers starting Monday, May 5, 2025, posing a multiday flooding threat primarily across the central and northeastern U.S.
A recent study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that ARs were responsible for 70% of years when precipitation deviated from ENSO-based expectations.
Severe hailstorm hit Paris on May 3, 2025, as a low pressure system over the Iberian Peninsula triggered widespread storms across southern France.
Record rainfall and strong winds struck New Zealand at approximately 09:00 LT (21:00 UTC) on May 1, 2025, prompting a Red Alert for the North Island and a state of emergency for parts of the South Island.
A strong earthquake registered by the BMKG as M6.0 hit NW of Pohuwanto in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia at 19:51 WIB (12:51 UTC) on May 3, 2025. The agency reports a depth of 90 km (56 miles). USGS registered the same magnitude but at a depth of 108.4 km (67.3 miles).
Wildfires erupted near Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, prompting a national emergency in Israel, disrupting independence day celebrations leading to evacuation in 12 towns near the city and closing Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway on Thursday, May 1.
Hot mudflows struck Indonesia’s Roburan Dolok village in North Sumatra on April 25, 2025, damaging crops across the region and contaminating the water supply of four villages.
At least two people died in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, after a derecho swept through the area, downing power lines and trees. The storm was part of a larger severe weather system that affected the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
