A lightning strike hit a utility pole at the intersection of Highway 17 and Shelmore Boulevard, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at around 11:00 LT (15:00 UTC) on August 11, 2025, bringing down power lines and causing widespread outages.
Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds are forecast to impact parts of the central and southern Plains, U.S., this morning, August 11, 2025, as an upper-level disturbance from the central Rockies interacts with a slow-moving frontal boundary.
A large landslide hit Tracy Arm, Southeast Alaska at approximately 05:30 LT (13:30 UTC) on August 10, 2025, generating a localized tsunami, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.
A woman was killed and a man critically injured on August 9, 2025, when a large tree fell on their vehicle at Two Rivers State Park near Waterloo, Nebraska, during severe storms.
Milwaukee recorded its second-wettest day on August 9, 2025, with 146 mm (5.74 inches) of rain causing historic flooding across the city and nearby areas.
Severe thunderstorms threaten North Dakota, eastern Montana, and northwest Minnesota on August 8, 2025, with damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes, while extreme heat affects over 40 million people across the central U.S. The National Weather Service forecasts continued storm risks into August 9, alongside flash flooding concerns in Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and northern Illinois.
The rapidly-spreading Canyon Fire near Lake Piru, California has burned nearly 2 023 ha (5 000 acres) since igniting on August 7, 2025, and triggered evacuation orders for 2 500 residents. Firefighters, with 400 personnel, 7 helicopters, and 11 fixed-wing aircraft, are battling the blaze as it spreads east toward communities and powerlines.
At least two people died in flooding near Raleigh, Nash County, North Carolina, on August 6, 2025, raising the death toll from flooding across the Southeastern U.S. to three since the beginning of August.
Air quality alerts were issued across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast on Monday, August 4, 2025, and remain in effect on August 5, as over 740 wildfires burning across Canada send smoke to the U.S. Currently, 2025 is the third most destructive year for wildfires in Canada and is likely to become the second most destructive year surpassing 1989 when wildfires burned over 17 million acres of land across the country.
Dragon Bravo Fire has burned about 47 183 ha (116 600 acres) near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim as of August 3 , 2025 with containment at 12 % and more than 1 200 personnel engaged in suppression efforts.
