California’s Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, is also likely to register new peaks on Sunday, with the mercury possibly rising to 130F (54C).
Japan’s weather agency classified the typhoon as a “violent” storm with wind speeds of up to 270km/h, and issued evacuation instructions for some 330,000 residents in Kagoshima
The latest rains, which have left at least 40,000 people with no shelter, power or water this week, are expected to continue until early next week.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to help the victims of devastating east coast floods following heavy rains that washed out roads and disrupted shipping in one of Africa’s busiest ports.
Days of pounding rain flooded areas and shut roads across the city of Durban, while landslips suspended train services across KwaZulu-Natal province.
Australia’s east coast has been hammered by three separate wild weather patterns in the past six weeks as devastating floods submerged entire towns.
Government now has more powers to deploy aid and personnel; Prime Minister Scott Morrison says “Australia becoming harder country to live in’.
Flood warnings stretched across Australia’s east coast as tens of thousands of Sydney residents fled their homes as torrential rains pummelled the country’s largest city.
The storm caused mayhem across Britain, shutting the English Channel port of Dover, closing bridges linking England and Wales and halting most trains in and out of London.
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US President Joe Biden declared disasters in much of the eastern US region, opening the purse strings for federal recovery aid.
India’s west coast has been inundated by torrential rains since Thursday, with the country’s meteorological department warning of further downpours.
Authorities warned of potentially ‘life-threatening’ situation as the torrential rains pummelled the New South Wales state.
Ash and small lava stones rained down on eight villages on Etna’s slopes on Sunday morning.
The US president and first lady met the Republican governor, Houston mayor and visited a food bank and a health centre where Covid-19 vaccines are being distributed.
In Indonesia’s capital, some homes were submerged under two metres of water and vehicles were swept away on the streets.
A winter storm in the southern US state killed at least two dozen people and caused widespread blackouts and water shortages.
The US president said he will travel to Texas as the state remains locked in the throes of a days-long freeze that has brought power and water systems to their knees and endangered millions.
Officials said they expect reports of losses in the remote mountainous areas might not reach them until Saturday.
Britain was also bracing for heavy snow from what Dutch meteorologists have called Storm Darcy, with winds of up to 90 kilometres (55 miles) an hour.
Saturday’s avalanche was the deadliest snowslide in the United States in seven years, authorities said.