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‘A calamity’: Why is a record heatwave sweeping South Asia?
Countries including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have experienced temperatures soaring well above seasonal averages.
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Flash flooding swamps Hawaii, prompting evacuation orders for 5,500 people
Oahu’s emergency office has ordered residents in the Waialua area to ‘leave now’ amid risk of road failures.
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Sandstorm hits Gaza, impacting displaced Palestinians
Sandstorm hits Gaza, impacting displaced Palestinians
Published On 14 Mar 2026
Two killed as tornadoes sweep across US Midwest in latest extreme weather
‘Supercell’ thunderstorms hit Illinois and Indiana, after eight people killed by tornadoes in US Midwest last week.
At least 42 people killed in days of floods across Kenya
Authorities say 26 people died in capital Nairobi as floodwaters submerged homes and carried away vehicles.
Tornadoes across central United States kill at least eight people
Tornadoes leave behind destruction in states of Oklahoma and Michigan, and authorities say more extreme weather ahead.
Brazil flooding death toll rises to 64 as search efforts continue
Government agency says more extreme weather expected after rains trigger floods, landslides in Minas Gerais state.
Death toll in Brazilian floods rises to 46 as rescuers continue search
Emergency workers continue to search for missing residents of towns reeling from recent floods.
Firefighters carry a body found amid the debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Barrio Parque Jardim Burnier neighbourhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on February 24, 2026. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Brazilian military police officers search for victims amid the debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim recovered from debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Firefighters search for victims at the site of a landslide in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
State firefighters said 30 people had died in the cities of Juiz de Fora and Uba, and that more than 200 people had been rescued. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Juiz de Fora’s mayor, Margarida Salomao, declared a state of emergency. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Rescue teams remove debris in search of victims at the site of a landslide in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Juiz de Fora’s mayor, Margarida Salomao said her municipality was experiencing its wettest February on record, with 584mm of accumulated rainfall. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
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At least 23 dead as heavy rains unleash floods in southeastern Brazil
Search and rescue workers are looking for more than 40 people who remain missing as towns reel from torrential rainfall.
A worker with the Times Square Alliance sanitation crew shovels snow in Times Square in New York, US. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
More than 40 million people were under weather warnings in the northeastern US on Monday, as a winter storm dumped shin-deep snow and officials in New York enforced a citywide travel ban. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered nonessential drivers off the road until Monday midday and shut down schools. Authorities in neighbouring New Jersey and Rhode Island issued similar travel restrictions. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
The storm came just weeks after the region recovered from another devastating winter weather system that was linked to more than 100 deaths. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
Hannah and Astrid Grimskog play in Times Square during the snowstorm in New York. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
"I am sick of it. I don't want to see no more snow," Vincent Greer, a resident of Wildwood, New Jersey, said as he shovelled outside his building. [Drew Callister/AP Photo]
Pedestrians stop to take photos of Trinity Church graveyard in lower Manhattan during the snowstorm. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
The National Weather Service said snowfall would ebb overnight but warned that strong winds would still create blizzard conditions in some areas. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
Big cities, including New York and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, advertised dedicated warming centres for people caught outside in the cold. [Heather Khalifa/AP Photo]
A man carries an inflatable inner tube for snow sledging in Prospect Park in the borough of Brooklyn, New York. [Drew Callister/AP Photo]
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