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Year in review: Shocking satellite images of extreme weather seen from space91%
By Alexandra Myers0%
12/24/2025, 10:08:59 PM
Keywords: Alaska, Texas, Hurricanes, Flood, Earth Space, California Wildfires, Wild Fires, California, North Carolina, World Regions, World, Typhoons, Fox Weather, Stay22
BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 56.1% saturation with 332 hits. Analysis detected 855 faulty-reasoning hits from 592 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 85.2% and a BS Rank of 91% (1,634 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 90.30% of the article peer group.
It has been an active year across the U.S., with much of the country experiencing at least one major weather event.
Numerous locations have faced flash floods, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes or even volcanic eruptions, causing widespread destruction in some areas.
A few of these weather events were captured by satellite images from space.
But as 2025 comes to an end, here's a look back at a year that was defined by nature’s extremes.
Here are five of the most significant weather events that satellites were able to capture in action in 2025.
Palisades and Eaton fires
These horrific fires began at the start of 2025 on Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County.
Fueled by a dry landscape and powerful Santa Ana winds, the Palisades and Eaton fires rapidly spread across California neighborhoods, including the Pacific Palisades, Topanga, Malibu and Altadena.
The fires killed at least 28 people and destroyed more than 16,000 structures.
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced or forced to evacuate their homes.
These fires have become known as the two of the most destructive wildfires in recent California history.
It is estimated that the Palisades and Eaton fires caused between $50 billion and $250 billion in damage.
Texas flash flood
In the early hours of July 4, extremely heavy rain fell across central Texas, triggering catastrophic flash floods.
The slow-moving storm system caused torrential rain, with some areas receiving more than 20 inches in hours, leading to many rivers rapidly rising, particularly the Gaudalupe River.
At least 135 people were reported killed, with 117 of those deaths occurring in Kerr County.
Among the hardest hit was Camp Mystic, located along the Guadalipe river, where dozens of campers and counselors tragically died when the floodwaters swamped the area unexpectedly.
The Central Texas floods are one of the deadliest flash flooding disasters in modern U.S. history.
Flood damage in Alaska
In early October, the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed the southwest coast of Alaska, bringing wind gusts of up to 100 mph, storm surges and widespread coastal flooding to numerous Alaska Native villages.
The storm caused mass destruction, sweeping homes off their foundations.
In some cases, families were still inside.
About 109 homes out of the 176 in the village of Kipnuk flooded to the point they were swept out to sea.
The storm killed at least one and displaced thousands of residents.
Homes collapse on North Carolina’s coast
Beginning in mid-September, 16 unoccupied homes collapsed along North Carolina’s Outer Banks after back-to-back hurricanes and coastal storms.
Many of the homes that had collapsed were only a few hundred feet away from the ocean’s shoreline and were impacted by coastal erosion.
The collapsed homes scatter debris, septic waste and hazardous materials across beaches and into the ocean, creating hazards for people and wildlife.
There was so much debris that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore had to haul more than 400 truckloads from the fallen houses.
Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa was one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record and the strongest to ever hit Jamaica.
The storm formed in the Atlantic in mid-October, where it quickly intensified to a Category 5 storm.
It made landfall on Oct. 28 near New Hope, Westmorland, Jamaica with sustained 185 miles per hour winds.
The storm brought catastrophic winds, torrential rain, strong surge and flooding, destroying homes, knocking out power and isolating communities across the island.
Hurricane Melissa also impacted Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Bermuda, where heavy rains and high winds caused further destruction.
At least 102 people died from the storm.
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