Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is grappling with its worst-ever flood, with river water levels reaching unprecedented highs. More than 1,400 villages have been flooded after three large rivers – the Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi overflowed their banks.
Within 10 days of the intense heatwave that affected much of France ending, a wave of thunderstorms bringing intense rainfall and lightening has brought a significant chage in the weather in south west and central France in recent days.
Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir faced devastating flooding due to a cloudburst and heavy rainfall, triggering flash floods and landslides.
The extraordinary level of rainfall falling on the Yosemite National Park area over a 48 hour period on 24 and 25 August was 17 times the typical monthly rainfall of 0.44 inches (11 mm).
Yuzhong County, located in China’s Gansu Province, has been reeling from severe flash flooding and mountain torrents that struck on Thursday 7 August. The latest in a number of devastating floods in China over the last two months.
Hong Kong experienced its highest daily rainfall for the month of August since records began in 1884, with the Hong…
The last month has seen China suffer from significant rainfall and flooding in various regions of the country with the latest flooding occuring in Hebei Province in north east China bordering Beijing and Tianjin.
Torrential rains triggered deadly flash floods across Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Rawalpindi on 21 July, with some areas receiving 145 mm of rain in just 3.5 hours.
This week, China has been grappling with severe weather challenges, including extreme heat and further widespread flooding.
Last week, New York City experienced significant extreme weather, primarily characterized by heavy rainfall and flash flooding followed by heat-related conditions.
The damage wrought by the 19 billion dollar events globally was $134 billion, with an above average 60% of the total being insured damages.
At the time of writing, the death toll from the flash floods that struck central Texas on 4 July has passed 100 and is expected to rise further as search efforts continue with over 20 people still missing.
The catastrophic flooding in Central Texas on 4-5 July 2025, resulted from a combination of meteorological factors that converged to produce an extreme rainfall event
In the last week significant flood events have occurred simultaneously in southern China. A vast rainstorm belt swept across southern China from 17-24 June, bringing record-breaking rainfall. Northern Liuzhou, Guangxi, recorded over 1 000 mm in a five day period, prompting significant flood alerts and evacuations of tens of thousands of people.
On 12 June, San Antonio, Texas, experienced severe flash flooding triggered by a slow-moving thunderstorm system exhibiting “training,” where storms repeatedly passed over the same area.
