Extreme weather

The Galway 2020 European capital of culture opening ceremony has been cancelled due to imminent arrival of Storm Ciara. Heavy rain and high winds expected.

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

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.

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