Extreme weather

It was so bad a state of emergency was declared.

Two people were killed by floods in the French Riviera on Sunday and three emergency workers died in a helicopter crash while on a rescue mission, authorities said.

Flash flooding in Italy's Piedmont region left two people dead. In Spain's north-eastern region of Catalonia, one person died as the area was hit with their second period of torrential rain in the past two months

Rescue teams continued to search for survivors after one of the worst typhoons to hit the region.

Unprecedented wildfires, a record melt of the sea ice and some more extreme weather episodes have marked the 2019 summer season in the Arctic Circle. It was on a par or worse than the 2012 record melt and heat levels, showing that the North Pole is the frontline of the global climate crisis.

Two rescue operations after flooding in Spain showed Spanish authorities pulling people to safety.

At least six people were killed and more than 3,000 evacuated after two days of severe rain in southeastern Spain.

Hurricane Dorian ripped through the northwestern Bahamas over the weekend, killing at least seven people and leaving a path of destruction across the island

At least 5 dead as 'monster' storm batters the Caribbean islands.

A severe hailstorm hit Madrid paralysing roads and causing flash flooding.

The smoke cloud extends to an area of 7 million sq km, while the EU is 4.476 million square kilometres.

Footage uploaded to social media showed the moment a suspected landspout hit central Amsterdam on Friday.

Parts of northern Europe experienced tornadoes and 'whirlwinds' on Friday evening.

Just last weekend, the region was gripped by a sizzling heatwave, which was broken by the storms.

As Paris sizzled in the heatwave currently gripping France, some tourists sought relief in the fountains in front of the Eiffel Tower.