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Intense rainfall triggered deadly flash flooding in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, in late austral summer 2025. The city received approximately 400 millimeters (15.7 inches) of rain in 8 hours on March 7, local authorities told news outlets—about two-thirds the average amount the area sees in one year.

How GIS helped track, understand, and mitigate record heat in summer 2025

As the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season progresses, two tropical cyclones Barbara and Cosme were actively churning off the western coast of Mexico. Captured in a stunning image by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) aboard the NOAA-20 satellite on June 9, 2025, at 20:15 Universal Time, the storms presented a remarkable sight from space.

A NASA sensor recently brought a new approach to battling wildfire, providing real-time data that helped firefighters in the field contain a blaze in Alabama. Called AVIRIS-3 (Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 3), the instrument detected a 120-acre fire on March 19 that had not yet been reported to officials.