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Record heat and dry conditions helped stoke several large blazes in Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota.
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May 15 2025 at 20:05:00 UTCA visible aurora has been recorded from the surface of Mars for the first time. NASA’s Perseverance rover detected a faint green glow of atomic oxygen triggered by a solar storm, confirming long-standing predictions about atmospheric emissions. The detection provides a new way to study Martian space weather from the surface.
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May 15 2025 at 15:38:14 UTCThree eruptions were recorded at Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, on May 15, 2025, with ash plumes reaching heights over 4 200 m (13 800 feet) above sea level. Ashfall was reported in Kagoshima City, reducing visibility on city roads.
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May 15 2025 at 14:16:20 UTCNew activity/unrest was reported for five volcanoes from May 7 to 13, 2025. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 20 volcanoes.
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May 15 2025 at 12:07:00 UTCA jet fuel leak from Sunoco Pipeline’s Twin Oaks Pipeline in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, confirmed on January 31, 2025, has contaminated at least 38 private wells, prompting lawsuits and investigations. The leak, undetected for months, was first reported by residents in 2023.
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May 15 2025 at 11:25:00 UTCA widespread severe weather threat is expected on Friday, May 16, 2025, as a strong low-pressure system moves from the Upper Midwest into the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, affecting Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Ohio.
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May 15 2025 at 10:50:29 UTCA severe hailstorm struck Beijing on May 13, 2025, producing hailstones up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) in diameter that caused widespread vehicle damage, disrupted traffic, and led to flight cancellations. The storm triggered multiple alerts from the Beijing Meteorological Observatory and impacted 13 districts.
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May 15 2025 at 06:04:11 UTCA 12-year-old was found deceased in Albemarle County, Virginia, after flash floods struck parts of the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, prompting Flash Flood Emergencies in multiple counties and evacuations in areas including Westernport, Maryland.
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May 14 2025 at 20:05:00 UTCA recent study reveals that Norway spruce trees in the Italian Alps exhibited synchronized bioelectrical activity during the March 2015 solar eclipse. Using high-resolution sensors, researchers detected collective responses to the eclipse’s rapid environmental changes, indicating a potential shared signaling mechanism among trees.
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May 14 2025 at 15:37:06 UTCAn explosive eruption occurred at the summit of Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines at 02:55 local time on May 13, 2025, prompting authorities to raise the Alert Level to Level 3 due to magmatic unrest and the potential for life-threatening volcanic hazards. Authorities have advised communities within 6 km (3.7 miles) of the summit crater to evacuate.
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May 14 2025 at 12:14:07 UTCA new earthquake swarm began in the Campi Flegrei caldera at 14:23 local time on May 14, 2025, just five hours after Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reported the end of a previous swarm that led to a state of emergency declaration.
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From 11/05/2025 to 12/05/2025, a Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 65 km/h) THIRTYTWO-25 was active in NTerritory. The cyclone affects these countries: Indonesia (vulnerability Low). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0 (2 in tropical storm).
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