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November 2025 featured intense solar activity, with sunspot region AR4274 producing multiple X-class flares, including an X5.1 on November 11 — the strongest of 2025. These events launched coronal mass ejections that triggered a severe G4 geomagnetic storm on November 11-13, the year's most powerful, sparking stunning auroras visible across North America (as far south as Florida) and into Europe.

Radio blackouts disrupted communications, and high-energy fluxes increased significantly, leading to heightened seismic activity, intensified rainfall patterns, and atmospheric instability worldwide.

November saw notable volcanic and seismic activity, including eruptions at Kilauea in Hawaii and Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia, alongside heavy rainfall that triggered widespread landslides and flooding in Southeast Asia and Africa.

Typhoons affected the Philippines and Vietnam, leading to massive evacuations. Severe hailstorms and unseasonal cold snaps impacted various regions, while meteor fireball sightings continue to increase globally.

Volcanic eruptions disrupted local areas and air quality:
  • Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia: Erupted for the first time in 10,000 years on November 24, producing massive ash plumes.
  • Kīlauea, Hawaii: Eruption episode 36 on November 10 featured lava fountains reaching 1,100 feet.
  • Semeru, Indonesia: Sent ash over 6,500 feet into the sky on November 19, posing risks to aviation.
  • Sakurajima, Japan: Erupted on November 16, spewing ash up to 4,400 meters.
  • Taal Volcano, Philippines: Erupted on November 12, accompanied by seven earthquakes.
Seismic events resulted in dozens of casualties:
  • Northern Afghanistan: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake on November 3 killed at least 20 people.
  • Bangladesh: A shallow magnitude 5.5 earthquake on November 23 killed 9 and injured hundreds.
  • Northwest of Anchorage, Alaska: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake on November 27.
Severe weather, including typhoons, hail, and cold snaps, affected infrastructure and whole communities:
  • Philippines: More than a million evacuated on November 9 as Typhoon Fung-wong approached; Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 5 in Vietnam on November 7.
  • Thailand: Heavy flooding in 15 provinces left 13 dead by November 7; additional flooding affected 103 communities by November 21.
  • Australia (South-East Queensland): Giant hail on November 1 caused injuries and damage to vehicles and homes.
  • Northern Spain: Heavy snowfall on November 22 led to plummeting temperatures as low as -10°C.
  • Eastern Europe: Severe early cold and heavy snow on November 28-29 caused disruptions.
  • Southern Brazil: A rare tornado on November 9 killed 6 and injured hundreds.
  • Near Houston, USA: A tornado on November 24 damaged over 100 homes.
All this and more in our SOTT Earth Changes Summary for November 2025:

To understand what's going on, check out our book explaining how all these events are part of a natural climate shift, and why it is taking place now: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection

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