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.
Parts of the UAE received 2½ times the average annual rainfall in 24 hours. Emirates says it has suspended check-ins for the day.
Thousands have been evacuated as major rivers such as the Ural,which flows through Kazakhstan into the Caspian,overwhelm embankments.
Cars are underwater,and several people have had to be rescued after an extreme downpour hit Perth’s northern suburbs. See the gallery here.
Dozens remain without power in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs after a cold,wet start to the week that also brought snow to Victoria’s alps.
Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.
South-east Queensland is bracing itself for heavy rain,with up to 200mm tipped to fall in the south-east.
Roads were closed and some parts of Sydney were told to evacuate after the city received more than a month’s worth of rain in a single day.
Financial criminals are exploiting Australia’s worsening climate disasters and extreme weather events,including fires,floods and cyclones.
As climate change increases the severity and frequency of natural disasters,insurance companies face pressure to improve the handling of their claims.
In the vast,shallow bay that sits off south-east Queensland,a dead zone is steadily growing with each new flood. Without restoration work,eventually Moreton Bay will not be able to bounce back from a flood event.