At least 3 people have been reported dead due to the record-breaking Storm Amy that swept across Northern Europe through the weekend causing hundred of thousands of power outages in multiple countries including Ireland, the UK, France, and Norway. While restoration efforts continue thousands remain without power in the affected regions as of October 6, 2025.
Storm Amy is forecast to bring hurricane-force winds to Ireland and the UK on October 3, 2025, with Met Office amber warnings and Met Éireann red marine warnings in effect.
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.
Wildfires burning since August 9, 2025, have scorched about 382 600 ha (945 000 acres) in Spain and at least 216 200 ha (534 000 acres) in Portugal, killing six people and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.
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.
At least 52 all-time high temperature records were broken across France on August 11, 2025, with more than 175 weather stations exceeding 40°C (104°F), as a persistent heat dome intensified extreme heat across southwestern Europe.
The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) issued its first-ever red alert for dangerous rainfall on July 21–22, 2025, after more than 130 mm (5.1 inches) fell over parts of southeastern Denmark.
A rare summer cold front swept across the Alps from late July 7 to July 8, 2025, bringing significant snowfall and sub-seasonal temperatures to elevations above 2 300 m (7 500 feet). Up to 30 cm (12 inches) of fresh snow was recorded in the Mont-Blanc massif, with temperatures dropping 5–10°C (9–18°F) below seasonal averages.
Severe thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy rainfall, large hail, and damaging wind gusts, are forecast to affect northern Italy, southern Slovenia, western Croatia, northeastern Hungary, eastern Slovakia, western Ukraine, and eastern Poland on July 7 and 8, 2025. Widespread weather alerts have been issued by national agencies, with impacts expected in both urban and rural regions.
Nuclear power plants in France and Switzerland were forced to shut down or reduce output between July 1 and 3, 2025, as a major heatwave raised river water temperatures above regulatory cooling thresholds.
