Weird, wild weather: floods, freak storms, giant hail, record lows, all over the world

A tiny thing in all the global wild weather news, but this short video shows the sheer destructive power of water. The section of highway here is just a couple of miles from my house.

The weather in Ecuador has been an extreme pendulum-swing from a record 150-day drought last year, to January and February 2025 being the rainiest two months ever on record. :flower:

40 tornadoes confirmed in 11 US states since Friday
ABC News
18.3M subscribers
Mar 17, 2025

"Two EF-4 tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, with 170 and 190 mph wind speeds.
Over 1,000 storm damage reports have come in from at least 24 states."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fr78LJ8aSbs

Deadly tornado outbreak claims 42 lives
NBC News
11.1M subscribers
Mar 17, 2025

"A reported 99 tornadoes across 11 states have left people in a large swath of the south and midwest starting over. NBC News’ Kathy Park reports from Mississippi where a state of emergency is in effect."


Deadly tornado outbreak claims 42 lives
NBC News
11.1M subscribers
1 hour ago

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QK7uUzUbzHY

(More weather and fire warnings in the news and the death toll has risen from the weekend disasters.
It's too hilly where I am for tornadoes to touch down, but the flat lands aren't far away.
I saw a big tornado from a distance once years ago and it was like seeing a demon in the flesh. So ominous! )

Apocalyptic storms batter US as tornadoes and hail stones rip through homes (9:31)
(March 16) Excellent compilation, incredible footage.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LORDYQw44_A

NorCal weather as shown on radar, explained by Mark Finan.

Tumultuous skies Monday over Denise’s (/Dizi) turf.

Hail to 1 inch at at least one place. Rotating systems (tornado watch). And a couple persistent localized returns which Mark identifies as traffic on busy high elevation highways in view of the radar, ~6:00.

Bitching about his ASSbook account from abt 35:/36:, gets back to weather/reality pretty soon.

L = 1:09:+ . Lot of details for radar nerds, here, and lots for anyone interested in how wild-weather works and/or is analyzed. And maybe too much for hapless participants, like Dee.


Live Radar Chat... March 17, 2025

Mark Finan Weather
16.4K subscribers

2300 views, posted 7 hours ago on Mar 17, 2025

“Thunderstorms in Northern California.”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jb4OfHvX-Eg


Edit to add, a story about the bigger storm, from a cartube site. There is an embedded vid from their own YT chan, mostly clips of big trailer rigs being blown over.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/severe...theyre-nothing

MrMBB333 claims all the planets are on one side of the sun which triggers anomalous activity like freak weather and earthquakes. He mostly covers a 1,200 mi./1931 km. dust storm from Mexico to the great lakes. He actually made the analogy that it looked like Mars. Towards the end of the video, he talks about the Strange Flashing Lights.

03/19/25 (15:37)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xuUpiv0JOK0

The Three Gorges Dam and its potential catastrophic impact on the planet
Lei's Looking Glass
2.73K subscribers
12,438 views
Mar 20, 2025

"Is China’s Three Gorges Dam an engineering marvel or a ticking time bomb? Some believe this megastructure has the power to alter the Earth itself. While dams are known to reshape landscapes and disrupt ecosystems, could their effects extend even further? Some theories suggest that the world’s largest dam has shifted the planet’s axis and even affected the Earth's crust. Could this be true, or is it just an exaggerated claim? Today, we’ll explore the origins of the Three Gorges Dam, its environmental consequences, and whether it holds the potential for catastrophic outcomes. "

0:46 The Origin of the Three Gorges Dam
3:05 Did the Dam Shift Earth’s Axis?
5:28 How the Dam Affects Earth’s Environment
8:15 Earthquakes and Other Risks
9:24 Potential Catastrophic Scenarios

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H9evYz0xEPI

Shenzhen Was Struck by a Level 10 Typhoon, Turning Day to Night in a Second (17:00)
This was a Derecho not a typhoon. Derechos are a section of a frontal system that moves faster than the squall line. They typically have hurricane force winds and they are extremely hard to forecast. Typhoons are tropical cyclones which are extremely easy to forecast.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6445Gn-YcOo

What’s Wrong With China? Beijing Had Heavy Snow in March, and a Snow Disaster Occurred in Sichuan (16:09)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9hDd2267D-g

Heavy Storms Sweep Across China (22:04)
On March 27th, a terrifying storm with heavy winds and rain suddenly hit areas such as Shangrao and Yingtan in Jiangx

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RYuSQl2-P2A

'This was today and very real!! We were sitting at Eagle Point, Lighthouse Park, in West Van and observed this phenomenon. My friend Kenn Cawker caught the identical shot over new West: so cool!!!! His photo was just featured on Global News this evening.
— with Kenn Cawker'

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.n...4A&oe=67F69EA4

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - March 2025 (17:03)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xSRrgGJw5fk

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2025 (23:27)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T1T4iCLsUeQ

Things ALL of the SUDDEN got really weird last night!
MrMBB333
672K subscribers
May 17, 2025

(Starting at 3 minutes 32 seconds into the video, reports on something strange which Ben Davidson of Space Weather News also commented on, a gigantic beam of light ongoing during a geomagnetic storm, witnessed from many different places, lasting for quite a while, and for which there doesn't seem to be any logical explanation as yet.)

"In the last 48 - 72 hours things have gotten VERY bizarre! Here is a breakdown of the action. "

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nGnlc54PyPg

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=284bpHBi9Kk

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update: Ben Davidson said today (5/18/25) on his update that it was most likely a Chinese rocket launch.

London, Kentucky Extreme tornado damage - First light drone (15:04)
(May 17) At least an EF4 tornado struck the city of London, Kentucky overnight. Drone video shows the destruction left behind. Homes flattened, cars thrown and flipped. Entire neighborhoods gone.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UHUV3xDlnwo

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London, Kentucky Extreme tornado damage - First light drone (15:04)
(May 17) At least an EF4 tornado struck the city of London, Kentucky overnight. Drone video shows the destruction left behind. Homes flattened, cars thrown and flipped. Entire neighborhoods gone.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UHUV3xDlnwo

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That damage is heartbreaking. Mid 20’s dead, last I read, including another town.

I clicked into storm chaser Vince Waelti’s livestream yesterday, about 10 or 15 minutes before the tornado got to London KY. Vince was not near the area, but was parked by a highway and looking at live weather radar. Iirc, it was tracking eastward at above 40 mph. Said it was a big one, which it was; gave me chills.

EMERGENCY: London Kentucky tornado

Storm Chaser Vince Waelti

145K subscribers

Live-streamed May 16, 2025

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zrxESGjiC7o[/url]

Massive Glacier Collapse Buries Village Under Mountains of Ice and Debris (4:01)
A massive glacier collapse occurred in the Swiss Alps as the Birch Glacier slid into the valley, burying parts of the village of Blatten. Fortunately, the village had been fully evacuated in advance, preventing casualties. Several avalanches of rock, snow, and ice followed, causing widespread destruction. Around 300 residents were relocated due to the growing risk. Experts are now assessing the damage and planning further safety measures.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wHIFEZhpQs

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Posted by Richter

Massive Glacier Collapse Buries Village Under Mountains of Ice and Debris (4:01)
A massive glacier collapse occurred in the Swiss Alps as the Birch Glacier slid into the valley, burying parts of the village of Blatten. Fortunately, the village had been fully evacuated in advance, preventing casualties. Several avalanches of rock, snow, and ice followed, causing widespread destruction. Around 300 residents were relocated due to the growing risk. Experts are now assessing the damage and planning further safety measures.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wHIFEZhpQs

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Holy Hell. :flower: Here's another video:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1927800411173290008

Before the avalanche... and after.

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/...5/IMG_0072.jpg

... But all the people and farm animals had been safely evacuated a week earlier. :thumbsup:

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/...lifted-cow.jpg

Mount Etna erupts again: :worried:

• https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/to...a-erupts-italy

Tourists Flee as Mount Etna Erupts in Italy

Hundreds of tourists scrambled for safety on Monday after Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna—located on the eastern coast of Sicily near Catania—erupted, unleashing dangerous pyroclastic flows.

Limited details have been released about the eruption, but footage posted on X shows the crazy situation that immediately unfolded:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1929475770612601266

https://x.com/mamboitaliano__/status...90291523760259

Live feed:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=b0vYIlg9BZM

Copying this post by Bluegreen on his thread. It's a combo of unexpected (and sometimes frightening!) geophysical events and a sprinkling of Magical Animals. One or two things depicted here might belong in the "Kids, don't try this at home" category. :ROFL:

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Amazement Central

Human vs. Nature = No contest

Published 10th May 2025 (30:02)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0vkfqx39DAI

What to fear is Lightning

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bTeeVJWuJgw

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - May 2025 (19:30)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rU3ltWXmxXA