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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.
Hurricane Lorena formed in the eastern Pacific on September 3, 2025, as the 7th hurricane of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Baja California peninsula where the storm is expected to make a landfall later in the week.
A total lunar eclipse will occur on September 7, 2025, and be visible to over 5 billion people across Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The totality will last 82 minutes, making it the longest total lunar eclipse since 2022.
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.
A large landslide wiped out the village of Tarasin in Sudan’s Amo District and claimed at least 1 000 lives on August 31, 2025. The landslide was triggered by heavy rains through the last week of August, according to local authorities.
Two people were killed in San Antonio when Salado Creek flooded during thunderstorms that swept across Texas on August 31, 2025.
Beekeepers across the United States reported record managed honeybee colony losses between April 2024 and April 2025, with over 60% of hives lost in Texas, according to preliminary survey results and beekeeper accounts. Nationwide, an estimated 55.6% of colonies died—marking the highest loss rate since official monitoring began in 2010.
A new seismic swarm with 90 tremors was recorded beneath Mount Teide on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on August 30, 2025.
Tropical Storm Kiko formed over the eastern Pacific Ocean at 09:00 MDT (15:00 UTC) on August 31, 2025. The system is currently tracking westward over open waters, well removed from land, with environmental conditions expected to favor strengthening into a hurricane by Tuesday, September 2.
A section of Norway’s E6 highway collapsed near Nesvatnet and Levanger due to a quick clay landslide at 08:43 LT on August 30, 2025. The landslide hospitalized one person and left another missing and presumed dead. It destroyed both lanes of the highway, an adjacent road, and a segment of the Nordlandsbanen railway line.
