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A strong atmospheric river is forecast to shift southward along the British Columbia coast between September 26 and 29, 2025, bringing several low-pressure systems and periods of heavy rainfall to Vancouver Island and the South Coast. Forecasts suggest up to 100 mm (4 inches) of rain in west-facing coastal mountains, with persistent showers likely across the Lower Mainland.
Heavy to excessive rainfall from monsoon thunderstorms may bring isolated flash and urban flooding to the Desert Southwest into Sunday, September 28, 2025. A plume of anomalously high monsoonal moisture streaming northward on the eastern flank of a slow-moving upper-level low will fuel several rounds of widespread showers and thunderstorms, with greatest impacts expected across southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
New activity/unrest was reported for 6 volcanoes from September 17 to 23, 2025. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 23 volcanoes.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit northern Venezuela at 03:51 UTC on September 25 (23:51 local time on September 24), 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 14 km (8.8 miles). This is the second strong earthquake to hit this area after M6.2 at 22:21 UTC on September 24.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit northern Venezuela at 22:21 UTC (18:21 local time) on September 25, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 8 km (5 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The USGS issued a Yellow alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses.
A minor eruption was reported at Barren Island volcano in the Andaman Sea at around 10:15 LT (04:45 UTC) on September 20, 2025, two days after a shallow M4.2 earthquake in the region. The National Centre for Seismology suggested the quake may have disturbed the magma system, although no independent confirmation of the link is available.
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2025 SU4 flew past Earth at just 0.06 lunar distances (0.00015 AU / 22 380 km / 13 906 miles) from the center of our planet at 08:34 UTC on September 24, 2025.
A coronal mass ejection (CME) launched from the Sun on September 19 is forecast by NASA’s ENLIL model to strike interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS on September 24 or 25, an extremely rare event that comes as the comet brightens 40-fold and prepares to disappear into the Sun’s glare.
Widespread thunderstorms are forecast across the United States on Wednesday and Thursday, September 24 and 25, 2025, as a cold front advances eastward. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has issued a Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall for parts of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, while isolated flash flooding is possible in southern New England and the New York City metropolitan area as storms reach the Northeast.
A tropical wave over the northeastern Caribbean Sea is producing showers, thunderstorms, and gusty winds across the Windward and Leeward Islands on September 24, 2025. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the disturbance will spread heavy rainfall and gusty winds into Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands later today and into the Dominican Republic tonight, with conditions becoming more favorable for development later this week near the Bahamas. Another wave, located about 1 125 km (700 miles) east of the Leeward Islands, also has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression in the coming days.
