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On August 24, southern France was affected by a powerful thunderstorm system. The most serious damage was reported in the commune of Pomas, in the Aude department, where an exceptionally strong tornado developed.

On the morning of August 26, a massive collapse of glacier ice and rock occurred high in the Himalayas, near the Nepal-China border, in the headwaters of the Lhende Khola River.

On August 20, a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Ayacucho region of Peru. Its epicenter was located about 22 miles north of the city of Coracora, while the focus was approximately 67 miles deep. The shaking lasted for about a minute and was felt across a lar...

In just a few days, southern Spain was shaken twice by strong earthquakes.

In Colombia, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake triggered a sudden eruption of a mud volcano in the department of Antioquia, destroyed tens of thousands of buildings, and claimed the lives of nearly 300 people.

On August 15 at 4:58 a.m. local time, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Its focus was located at a depth of only about 9.3 miles, which made the impact at the surface especially severe.

The morning of August 10 began for Colombia with one of the strongest earthquakes in its history. At 7:34 a.m. local time, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the western part of the country, in the area of the municipality of San José del Palmar in the Chocó Department....

On the evening of July 31, the Campi Flegrei supervolcano caldera once again became the center of unusual seismic activity. At 7:46 p.m. local time, an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck near the Italian city of Pozzuoli, with its focus at a depth of about 1.9 miles. Th...

On July 28, at 4:27 p.m. local time, a powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Japanese island of Kyushu. Its focus was located in the Kumamoto area at a depth of about 6 miles. The tremors were felt across a vast territory, from Kyushu to the Hokuriku region.

In Europe, megafires have swept across tens of thousands of hectares, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. In France, the flames generated a rare pyrocumulonimbus cloud that affected the outskirts of Bordeaux.

Beginning on July 18, several regions of India came under the influence of prolonged monsoon rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides. The most severe consequences were recorded in the northeastern state of Assam, the western state of Gujarat, and the Union...

On July 17, at about 8:48 in the morning local time, a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Mexico’s Pacific coast. The epicenter was located in the ocean off the coast of the state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, approximately 34 miles west-southwes...

Hot, dry weather led to a sharp deterioration in wildfire conditions across southern Spain.

On the evening of July 6, eastern Hubei Province in China was struck by a powerful thunderstorm system. Torrential rain and destructive winds swept across Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, but the most devastating effects came from several tornadoes that tore th...

In early July, Tropical Storm Bavi formed over the western Pacific Ocean and began rapidly gaining strength as it approached the Mariana Islands.

In late June, Japan and Taiwan faced a prolonged series of powerful downpours during East Asia’s rainy season. In Taiwan, rainfall intensified as Typhoon Mekkhala approached, while in Japan, the seasonal rain front was affected by two tropical cyclones at once: Mekkhala...

In Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region, the city of Kushva was struck by a tornado that is rare for the Ural region. On June 22, a powerful vortex moved not through a forested area, as more often happens in the region, but directly through the city’s built-up areas. That is why...

In late June, two strong seismic events occurred in Japan, causing damage and noticeable consequences.

On June 24, Venezuela experienced one of the most destructive seismic episodes in the country in the past two centuries. It was a seismic doublet: two powerful earthquakes that occurred almost back to back, less than one minute apart. The first, with a magnitude of 7.2,...

On the morning of June 16, a powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. According to Indonesia’s Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics, the seismic event occurred at 10:27 a.m. local time. The epicenter was on land, ab...