Tropical Storm Wipha, known as Crising in the Philippines, enhanced the southwest monsoon over Luzon, Philippines, on July 18, 2025, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding across multiple regions. The system maintained maximum winds of 75 km/h (47 mph) and gusts up to 90 km/h (56 mph), moving west-northwest at 20 km/h (12 mph) before nearing the Babuyan Islands.
The National Weather Service confirmed that at least 4 tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin amid storms on July 16, 2025, including an EF-1 near Dodgeville.
New activity/unrest was reported for 7 volcanoes from July 9 to 15, 2025. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 18 volcanoes.
While the eruption at the Sundhnúksgígar crater row, southeast of Litla-Skógfell, Iceland continues on July 18, 2025, the eruptive activity has declined in the last 24 hours.
The Peruvian Geophysical Institute investigated a mound near Songoña in the Cusco region, dubbed the ‘smallest volcano in the world’ by local media, and confirmed it as a small mud volcano.
A record-breaking 225 mm (8.86 inches) of rainfall hit Noney district in Manipur overnight on July 16, 2025, triggering flash floods and landslides that killed one person and caused severe damage to infrastructure, cropland, and transport corridors. The Khoupum Dam overflowed, inundating paddy fields and homes in Khoupum Valley.
Record rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across the Kansas City metro area on July 17, 2025, affecting both Missouri and Kansas sides and prompting at least 23 water rescues.
A landslide near Quito, Ecuador, damaged the La Mica-Quito Sur pipeline around 23:00 local time (LT) on July 9, 2025, rupturing 350 m (1 150 feet) of pipe and suspending water supply to six southern parishes, affecting approximately 88 700 families.
A large landslide triggered by intense rainfall buried at least 18 homes in the communities of La Valeria and La Laguna, Fernández Feo municipality, Táchira state, Venezuela, between July 10 and 11, 2025. 295 families were affected across the region, with authorities declaring a geological and humanitarian emergency.
Severe monsoon rains that began on July 16, 2025, in Pakistan’s Punjab province caused flooding that left at least 63 people dead and 290 injured within 24 hours. The latest fatalities raise the nationwide monsoon death toll to nearly 180 since late June.
