A strong atmospheric river (AR) is forecast to bring heavy rainfall and colder temperatures across California this week starting Tuesday night, February 11, 2025, with the heaviest precipitation expected in southwestern parts of the state through Thursday, February 13.
An impactful winter storm is set to sweep through Kentucky from Monday through Wednesday, February 10 through 12, 2025, prompting the National Weather Service to issue winter storm and flood watches.
A powerful storm blanketed Boston and other parts of Massachusetts in snow, bringing up to 18 cm (7 inches) to some areas by Saturday, February 9, 2025.
Japan is experiencing its strongest cold wave of the season, with multiple prefectures recording over 1 m (3.3 feet) of snowfall in just 72 hours, setting multiple records across the country.
A fresh lava flow emerged from the summit craters at Mount Etna at approximately 17:35 UTC (18:35 LT) on February 8, 2025, prompting INGV to raise the Aviation Color Code to Orange.
A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.6 hit the Cayman Islands region at 23:23 UTC on February 8, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
Severe flooding in Northern Queensland has left at least two people dead, with record-breaking rainfall exceeding 1 000 mm (40 inches) in some regions since the beginning of February 2025.
A large landslide struck Jinping village in Junlian County, Sichuan Province, on February 8, 2025, burying 10 houses and leaving over 30 people unaccounted for. The disaster led to the evacuation of approximately 200 people to safer areas.
Starlink satellites are re-entering Earth’s atmosphere at an increasing rate, with 120 burning up in January 2025 alone. This has created nightly artificial meteor showers and raised concerns about aluminum oxide accumulation in the atmosphere.
The eruption at Kanlaon volcano on Thursday, February 6, 2025, occurred amid heavy rainfall, triggering lahars that swept through river channels in Negros Occidental. The event prompted authorities to enforce evacuations within a 6 km (3.7 miles) radius.
