A panoramic photo of the light pillar phenomena. It was submitted in the Weather in Focus Photo Contest held by the U.S. National Weather Service by Matt Molloy in 2015. | Matt Molloy, via U.S.

2025 started off with a flurry of intense weather. Southern California experienced bursts of 100-mph winds that spread record-breaking destructive wildfires. Major winter storms have dumped snow and ...

2025 is half over already, and we've seen plenty of weird weather, from snow to hurricanes, tornadoes and floods. Some of these events were unusual for where or when they occurred. Others were just ...

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Sometimes, weather is just weather. And other times human-caused climate change had an obvious impact. 2025 started off with a flurry of intense weather. Southern California experienced bursts of ...