Brazil’s president said there had never been more rain in a single location in the country’s history.
The country,like others in South-East Asia,is sweltering through a heat wave.
A band of rain sweeping towards Sydney is forecast to deliver 150-millimetre downpours and flash flooding.
Several countries in South-East Asia are grappling with a heatwave that has turned into tragedy in Thailand and is forcing power plant closures elsewhere.
Flood risk evaluations of the Rosehill ‘mini-city’ site show what needs to be considered before 25,000 apartments could be built there.
The floods in Guangdong province were caused by intense convective storms that started last week and are expected to last until the end of the month.
Doreen Farrington,76,was meant to be in Dubai for 90 minutes,but she’s still there more than 40 hours later after torrential rain caused airport chaos – and worried family members have been unable to contact her.
The swimmers are travelling to compete in Portugal,but had to sleep overnight at the airport after the weather caused flight chaos.
Storms in Victoria and heatwaves in Queensland strained the power grid and drove wholesale prices higher as Australia faced its third-hottest summer on record.
Parts of the UAE received 2½ times the average annual rainfall in 24 hours. Emirates says it has suspended check-ins for the day.
Find out how many potholes have appeared in your area this month,as experts warn festering water will have a long-term impact on our roads.