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Carbon dioxide fluxes at Vulcano volcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy, sharply increased in August 2025, reaching more than 40 000 g/m²/day on August 18, before stabilizing around 30 000 g/m²/day.
Tropical Storm Tapah prompted the T8 warning in Hong Kong at 21:20 LT (13:20 UTC) on September 7, 2025, with gale-force winds of 63 km/h (39 mph) or above forecast to persist into September 8.
A tornado touched down near Holden on Saturday afternoon, September 6, 2025, causing widespread damage in the area and surrounding regions, as it downed tree and power lines.
Hurricane Kiko remains a Category 3 system in the central Pacific, forecast to pass north of Hawaii early next week while generating hazardous surf and rip currents from Sunday onward. A statewide State of Emergency was declared on September 5 to prepare for potential impacts.
Northern Sichuan recorded its most intense rainfall of 2025 on September 5, with 12-hour accumulations exceeding 250 mm (10 inches) in Guangyuan and Nanchong, and a provincial maximum of 255.2 mm (10 inches) in Chaotian District. The rainfall triggered flash flooding, street inundations, and emergency responses across multiple districts in Guangyuan and Nanchong.
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.
Severe storms swept Through Knoxville, Tennessee on September 4, 2025, damaging dozens of hangars and planes at the Sky Ranch Airport. The storm also knocked out power for over 7 000 customers as it downed trees and power lines across Knox County.
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.
Antarctic iceberg A23a, which calved from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986, is rapidly breaking apart in the South Atlantic as of early September 2025, leaving fragments up to 400 km2 (154 mi2) adrift.
The world’s worst honey bee parasite, the Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite, was detected in South Australia for the first time, authorities confirmed on September 3, 2025. The detection occurred in a managed hive from a Queensland consignment located near Pooginook in the Riverland region.
