A boundary wall collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Delhi’s Jaitpur area on the morning of August 9, 2025, killing eight people, including two children, and injuring one, according to local authorities.
Flash floods in Yuzhong County, Gansu Province, China, killed at least 10 people and left 33 missing after up to half of the county’s average annual rainfall fell between August 7 and 8, 2025. Chinese President Xi Jinping urged local authorities to carry out full-scale rescue operations.
Severe thunderstorms threaten North Dakota, eastern Montana, and northwest Minnesota on August 8, 2025, with damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes, while extreme heat affects over 40 million people across the central U.S. The National Weather Service forecasts continued storm risks into August 9, alongside flash flooding concerns in Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and northern Illinois.
Tropical Storm Ivo brought heavy rainfall and severe flooding to parts of western and southern Mexico on August 7, 2025, causing widespread damage in Nayarit and Veracruz and injuring two people in Durango.
The rapidly-spreading Canyon Fire near Lake Piru, California has burned nearly 2 023 ha (5 000 acres) since igniting on August 7, 2025, and triggered evacuation orders for 2 500 residents. Firefighters, with 400 personnel, 7 helicopters, and 11 fixed-wing aircraft, are battling the blaze as it spreads east toward communities and powerlines.
Phoenix, Arizona, reached 47.8°C (118°F) on August 7, 2025, setting the highest August temperature since records began in 1895. Other locations across the region also saw record highs, with Blythe, California, reaching 48.9°C (120°F).
Heavy monsoon rains across southern China, including Guangdong and Hong Kong, have triggered flooding, landslides, and vector-borne disease outbreaks, with at least two deaths and over 7 000 chikungunya cases reported as of August 7, 2025.
A heavy rain emergency was issued for Kirishima City, Kagoshima as record rainfall lashed Kyushu, dropping nearly 500 mm (20 inches) of rain in just 12 hours on August 8, 2025. At least two people were hospitalized in Aira City after a landslide triggered by the heavy rain caused a house to collapse.
Indonesia’s Bur ni Telong volcano was placed on alert level II (Waspada) at 06:00 local time (LT) on August 2, 2025, following a rise in deep and shallow volcanic earthquakes between July 30–August 5, 2025. The last eruption at this volcano took place in 1937.
Ongoing floods across New South Wales prompted emergency evacuations in areas from Narrabri to Wee Waa as the Narrabri Creek crossed major flood level on August 6, 2025.
