A major landslide struck the under‑construction Vishnugad‑Pipalkoti hydropower project near Helang in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, at around 09:00 local time (LT) on August 2, 2025, injuring at least eight workers and forcing suspension of construction activities.
Prolonged drought and extreme weather events during the 2024/25 agricultural year have caused crop losses of up to 85% in parts of Türkiye, according to the Türkiye Agricultural Chambers Union (TZOB). The impacts are most severe in Central and Southeastern Anatolia, while national output of key cereals, pulses, and vegetables is expected to decline significantly.
Tropical Storm Gil strengthened into a hurricane over the eastern Pacific Ocean at 03:00 UTC on August 2, 2025 (17:00 HST on August 1), according to the National Hurricane Center. It is now the fourth hurricane of the 20205 eastern Pacific hurricane season.
A major eruption took place at Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano in Indonesia’s East Flores Regency at 17:05 UTC on August 1, 2025, ejecting ash up to 19.2 km (63 000 feet) above sea level. The Aviation Color Code is at Red and the Alert Level at IV (the highest).
A large mudflow struck Tyrnyauz in the Elbrussky district of Kabardino‑Balkaria, Russia, at approximately 16:30 local time (LT) on July 31, 2025, prompting the evacuation of 342 residents, including 96 children, and cutting water supply to around 3 000 people.
The World Meteorological Organization confirmed a new lightning flash record spanning 829 km (515 miles) across the Great Plains, United States, observed on October 22, 2017.
Flash floods struck parts of the northeastern United States on July 31, 2025, killing one person in Maryland and prompting state emergencies in New York and New Jersey.
Flash flooding caused by intense monsoonal thunderstorms impacted burn-scarred areas in and around Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 30, 2025, triggering water rescues, overtopping roads, and damaging property.
Heavy to excessive rainfall and severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast on July 31, 2025, as a slow-moving cold front interacts with favorable upper jet dynamics and anomalous moisture.
Typhoon Co-may made a double landfall in China’s Zhejiang and Shanghai on July 30, 2025, bringing record rainfall and severe flooding that forced over 282 000 to relocate.
