An omega block pattern over the United States is expected to bring prolonged rounds of thunderstorms and showers starting Monday, May 5, 2025, posing a multiday flooding threat primarily across the central and northeastern U.S.
Severe hailstorm hit Paris on May 3, 2025, as a low pressure system over the Iberian Peninsula triggered widespread storms across southern France.
An EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 177 km/h (110 mph) struck Burnet County, Texas, at approximately 17:00 LT (22:00 UTC) on May 1, 2025. It injured one person, destroyed one home, and damaged at least 14 others. A second brief tornado touched down over open country later the same day.
2 drivers drowned in Oklahoma on April 30, 2025, as slow-moving thunderstorms triggered severe flash flooding across southern and eastern regions. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued multiple flood warnings and watches, with heavy rainfall increasing risks through early May.
At least two people died in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, after a derecho swept through the area, downing power lines and trees. The storm was part of a larger severe weather system that affected the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
A powerful storm system will move across the northeastern United States through Tuesday, April 29, 2025, prompting an Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms from Texas to New York through Wednesday, April 30.
Tornadoes were reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday, April 28, 2025, as severe storms swept across the Midwest, producing winds exceeding 120 km/h (74 mph) and teacup-sized hail.
Romania’s farmlands have taken a hard hit from a wave of violent spring storms this week, with hail and flooding wiping out large portions of this season’s crops. As temperatures plunge and weather alerts remain in place, the Environment Minister has warned of a possible year without Romanian-grown produce. Urban areas saw dramatic scenes, but the lasting scars are on the fields.
A powerful wedge tornado derailed a BNSF freight train near Ashby, Nebraska, on Sunday, April 27, 2025, during a severe weather outbreak that produced more than 10 tornadoes across the state.
More than 40 million people across the Midwest are under some level of severe weather risk on Monday, April 28, 2025, with the City of Minneapolis warning citizens to prepare for hail, tornadoes, and damaging winds.
