Floods

Sydney has been hit by its heaviest rain in 30 years, bringing widespread flooding.

Britain and Ireland took shelter on Sunday in a powerful storm that is expected to disrupt air, rail and sea links, cancel sporting events, cut off electricity and damage property.

The torrential rain — the worst since records were first kept 110 years ago — has eased but the risk of landslides continues in Belo Horizonte.

Bad weather brought chaos to parts of Australia, in the form of giant hailstones that pounded the capital Canberra. The storm brought down trees, caused flash flooding and inflicted minor injuries on residents.

Matches at the Australian Open may be suspended if air pollution from the recent wildfires poses a risk to the players' health.

Storms across France, Italy and Greece over the weekend have killed at least six people, and left one more missing.

Two missing people, at least two injured and hundreds of homes flooded: heavy rain and storms hit the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var, in southeast France. The regions were put on red alert for storms and flooding on Saturday, and downgraded to orange alert on Sunday morning.

In Pisa, in north-western Italy, 170 paratroopers were deployed to bolster the city's flood defences.

In 1984, Italy launched a flood barrier project called Mose. It was supposed to protect the lagoon city of Venice from high tides.

The mayor of Venice is set to declare a state of disaster after the city was flooded during the highest tide in over half a century.

Tourists needed some pretty high boots on Tuesday (November 12) in Venice as water levels rose flooding central St. Mark's square.

Extinction Rebellion staged the protest as parts of northern and central England were struggling with the aftermath of floods that began last week when severe storms brought a month's rainfall in less than 24 hours.

Torrential rain in Yorkshire caused the banks of the River Don to burst onto roadways, affecting traffic in Sheffield and Rotherham.

Storm Amelie hits regions in France, Spain and Italy causing extreme flooding.

Spain’s forecaster has issued a red weather alert for the Costa Blanca around Alicante and Valencia after Majorca was hit by severe rain, hail and a tornado.

A television journalist in Pakistan has sparked confusion after conducting a live report from the middle of neck-deep floodwaters.

Intense rainfall has caused flash flooding and power cuts in some villages in the Navarre region in Northern Spain.

Authorities urged residents in parts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures to move to safety immediately

They call it the cradle of civilisation. Historians refer to it as Mesopotamia - the place where the Stone Age began. But the ruined buildings that have dotted the landscape of southern Turkey for thousands of years, will soon be lost forever as a new dam is being built on the River Tigris.

The heavy floods that occurred during the weekend on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, have killed at least 17 people.

Mozambique hit by flooding in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

The city of Montreal has been under a state of emergency since Thursday.

Cars were submerged after severe storms in Texas dumped thousands of gallons of water into a garage at Dallas Love Field Airport.

Torrential rains doused Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (April 9), killing at least three people and sowing chaos in Brazil's second largest city, which declared a state of emergency.