Severe thunderstorms triggered at least six mudslides in Gschnitz, Tyrol, Austria at around 18:00 local time (LT) on June 30, 2025, prompting the evacuation of over 100 people and causing extensive infrastructural damage. Follow-up landslides and evacuations continued through July 2, while local and military crews carry out major cleanup operations.
Warragamba Dam in New South Wales (NSW) is neared full capacity on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, and is expected to overflow overnight, as a bomb cyclone delivers intense rain and destructive winds across Australia’s east coast, triggering severe flooding.
A rapidly spreading wildfire in Torrefeta i Florejacs, Lleida province, Catalonia killed two people and burned 6 500 ha (16 000 acres) on July 1, 2025. The fire, fueled by high temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds amid severe heatwave, reached extreme intensity, with reported flame speeds of 28 km/h (17 mph) and a smoke plume exceeding 14 000 m (45 900 feet) in height.
Temperatures above 40 °C (104 °F) led to the closure of over 1 350 schools in France and work restrictions across 13 Italian regions between June 30 and July 2, 2025, as a persistent heat dome caused red-level alerts and severe public health risks across southern Europe.
Torrential rainfall and river overflow caused two major flood waves in Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, China between June 20 and June 29, 2025, forcing the evacuation of over 120 000 people and resulting in six fatalities.
Flash floods triggered by multiple cloudbursts killed 4 people and left 16 missing across Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district from the evening of June 30 into July 1, 2025. Heavy monsoon rains caused 11 cloudbursts and 4 flash floods within 15 hours, severely damaging homes, roads, and public infrastructure.
Japan recorded its hottest June since records began in 1898, with average temperatures 2.34°C (4.21°F) above normal and over 200 locations registering highs of 35°C (95°F) or more, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported on June 30, 2025.
Heavy monsoon rains and flash flooding affecting Pakistan from June 25 to July 1, 2025, left at least 57 fatalities, including 28 children, and injured 99 others. The most affected provinces were Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan, with multiple fatalities resulting from roof collapses, river drownings, and electrocution.
Hurricane Flossie continues strengthening off the coast of Mexico, prompting tropical storm warnings in parts of southern Mexico as of July 1, 2025. Flossie is the third hurricane of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season.
Flash floods hit Maidan Wardak and Logar provinces in central Afghanistan on June 29, 2025, after heavy rain swept through the region. Four people were killed, including three children, and several others were injured. Homes, roads, and farmland were heavily damaged, leaving many areas cut off and in need of emergency aid.
