Typhoon Kajiki made landfall between Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh provinces in Vietnam on August 25, 2025, leaving at least one person dead. It is the first category 2 hurricane equivalent storm to strike the region since 1956.
A rare waterspout outbreak occurred over the Baltic Sea on August 21, 2025, producing at least 12 waterspouts off the coast of Poland and 8 off Denmark, including one sighting of eight simultaneous funnels.
A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.5 hit southern Drake Passage at 02:16 UTC on August 22, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10.8 km (6.7 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
Hurricane Erin made its closest approach to the U.S. coast overnight on August 19–20, 2025, closing part of North Carolina Highway 12 and prompting evacuations in coastal counties. Over 70 rip current rescues were reported along North Carolina beaches as the system brought storm surge, coastal flooding, and overwash to the Outer Banks.
A large landslide occurred in the village of Imerovigli on the island of Santorini, Greece, at 15:30 LT (12:30 UTC) on August 20, 2025, collapsing part of the volcanic caldera cliff and generating a dense dust cloud over the area.
Tropical Storm Erin is forecast to grow substantially over the western Atlantic this week, producing dangerous surf, rip currents, and a possible storm surge of 0.6 to 1.2 m (2–4 feet) from Cape Lookout to Duck, North Carolina, as it approaches the U.S. East Coast, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and Atlantic Canada.
A shallow M5.8 earthquake struck near Poso in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia at 22:38 UTC on August 16, 2025. The tremor caused one fatality and injured 41 people, triggered the partial collapse of a church during worship, damaged dozens of buildings across the region, and produced a small tsunami.
Heavy monsoon rains triggered devastating floods and landslides across Pakistan on August 15, 2025, killing more than 160 people and destroying critical infrastructure. Additional casualties were reported in Indian-administered Kashmir, where at least 60 people died following a cloudburst and associated flooding.
A wildfire that began near Molezuelas de la Carballeda (Zamora) at about 14:25 local time (12:25 UTC) on August 10, 2025, has burned between 36 500 and 39 700 hectares (90 200 to 98 100 acres) and spread into neighboring León. It is the largest single wildfire in Spain since official records began in 1968, with three people and extensive damage to homes, farmland, forest, and infrastructure.
A massive cloudburst struck Chosoti village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district at around 12:00 local time (LT) on August 14, 2025, killing at least 60 people, injuring more than 300, and leaving over 250 others missing.
