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Lake Nyos is a lake located in a volcanic caldera in northwestern Cameroon. In 1986, a large accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas that had built up at the lake’s bottom suddenly rose to the surface and seeped into surrounding villages, causing the deaths of approximately 1,700 people. The Lake Nyos disaster is considered one of the rare natural events in which a gas eruption triggered massive loss of life. (BBC Radio 4. "The Lake of Death." BBC, 2012. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jpbl

On 30 July 2025 at 11:24 local time, an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. The US Geological Survey (USGS) determined the epicenter to be approximately 119 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and recorded the focal depth at 19.3 kilometers. The German Research Centre for Geosciences reported the magnitude as 8.7. The Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kamchatka Branch, stated

On 24 March 2025, large-scale wildfires erupted simultaneously at multiple locations in southern Chile, resulting in thousands of hectares of land being consumed. The fires particularly affected the regions of Nuble, Biobio, Araucania, and Los Ríos. Origin and Spread of the Fires The fires began in the afternoon of 24 March 2025 and spread uncontrollably due to strong winds within a short period. The most severe damage occurred in the Biobio and Araucania regions. The town of Traiguén, part of t