A powerful spring storm system will bring a barrage of life-threatening weather, including flash flooding and strong tornadoes, to portions of the Lower Ohio Valley and Mid-South on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The flash flood threat is only the beginning of a multi-day catastrophic and potentially historic event.
Life-threatening flash floods and severe weather are forecast to impact large parts of the Plains, Mississippi Valley, and Midwest starting on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as a multi-hazard storm moves over the region.
At least seven people were reported dead after a severe storm system swept from the Midwest through the mid-Atlantic and southern United States on March 30 and 31, 2025, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, significant ice accretion, and isolated tornadoes. Nearly 500 000 energy customers or about 1.2 million people were left without power by Monday morning, March 31.
Two suspected tornadoes were reported in Dothan City, Alabama, on Monday, March 31, 2025, injuring five children as the storm ripped the roof off Dothan Preparatory School. At least 3 000 people were left without power as storms ripped through the area, downing trees and power lines.
At least 2 people died in Indiana as severe storms swept across the central United States over the weekend, with widespread damage, tornadoes, and wind gusts of up to 155 km/h (96 mph) reported on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
A powerful ice storm swept across northern U.S. and eastern Canada over the weekend, leaving more than 450 000 customers without power and causing significant ice accretion from Michigan to Ottawa.
Severe thunderstorm warnings and watches are in effect for parts of central and eastern U.S. on Sunday, March 30, 2025, as thunderstorms pass over Texas and parts of Oklahoma, putting millions under alert for damaging hail and strong gusts.
Large hail, heavy rainfall, and the potential for strong tornadoes are forecast across parts of the central and eastern United States this weekend. The Storm Prediction Center has issued an Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms stretching from Texas to Ohio, placing millions under threat.
At least three people have been reported dead after severe thunderstorms swept through South Texas from Wednesday, March 26, through Friday, March 28, 2025, dropping extreme rainfall that led to severe flooding across the region. Multiple places, including the city of McAllen, reported over 30 cm (1 foot) of standing floodwaters after record rainfall hit the area.
Volcanic unrest continues at Mount Spurr, Alaska, with elevated seismic activity, surface deformation, persistent gas emissions, and visible summit steaming. The current unrest indicates that new magma has intruded into the Earth’s crust beneath the volcano and that the probability of an eruption has increased. The last known eruption at this volcano took place in 1992 (VEI 4).
