• Panic spreads through Naples as shallow M4.4 earthquake hits Campi Flegrei, Italy

    ByRishika Yadav

    A shallow earthquake registered by the INGV as M4.4 hit the Campi Flegrei region of Italy at 00:25 UTC (01:25 LT) on March 13, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles). The earthquake matched the strongest event in 40 years but showed unprecedented ground accelerations, indicating greater intensity, according to the Vesuvius Observatory. The USGS and EMSC reported a magnitude of 4.2, with USGS reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) and EMSC 3 km (1.9 miles).

  • Blizzard conditions, tornadoes, and fire weather threats as powerful storm moves across U.S.

    ByRishav Kothari

    Millions are bracing for a major storm system forecast to bring severe weather across the U.S., including damaging winds, heavy snowfall, and the threat of tornadoes. The system is set to bring blizzard conditions to the West, severe thunderstorms to the Midwest, and critical fire weather to the Southern Plains, impacting millions through the weekend.

  • Researchers warn of another mega-quake as Japan commemorates 14th anniversary of 2011 disaster

    ByRishav Kothari

    As Japan marks the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku mega-quake—a magnitude 9.0 disaster that killed nearly 16 000 and triggered the Fukushima crisis—a new study from Tohoku, Hokkaido, and JAMSTEC researchers warns that strain building in the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido could unleash another magnitude 9.0 quake in the coming decades.

  • Tornado strikes FOX 35 Orlando studio during live broadcast, Florida

    ByTeo Blašković

    A tornado struck Seminole County, Florida, at approximately 09:30 EDT on March 10, 2025, impacting the FOX 35 News studio in Lake Mary during a live broadcast. The radar-confirmed tornado, estimated to be an EF-0 or brief EF-1, crossed Interstate 4 near the Lake Mary exit, causing structural damage and overturning vehicles.

  • Final polar vortex collapse of the season begins

    ByRishav Kothari

    The final polar vortex collapse of the 2024–25 winter season has begun with one of the strongest sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events being forecast to develop and bring late-season cold to much of the U.S.