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Bone-dry Britain has been hit by drought after another heatwave sees temperatures soar to 36C and above this week.

Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland

A shocking lightning strike brought a football match to a devastating end after one player was killed and 12 others were injured during a tournament in Thailand.

A luxurious $22million cruise ship dramatically toppled over during ferocious 180mph typhoon winds.

The heatwave that affected England and Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak, scientists have estimated. Across the whole of the June heatwave, plus the one in May, about 2,700 people lost their lives prematurely.

Two one-year-old twin sisters have been found dead in their beds from dehydration as a heatwave sweeps across France.

The UK’s all-time temperature record could come under threat this weekend, as intense heat was expected to spread back across Britain and Europe.

Another scorching heatwave could be just days away from sending temperatures in the UK surging to 38C, weather forecasting maps show.

Thunderstorms have delayed flights from Heathrow and Gatwick for up to 11 hours.

This is the moment an inferno raged through a suburban home after the roof was reportedly struck by lightning.

The UK had just started to recover from the previous winter storm when another one arrived, causing travel disruptions across the British Isles.

Residents in four areas have been informed that flights might be canceled due to a weather warning issued by the Met Office.

Approximately 3.2 million people on Sumatra island have been affected, 2,600 have been injured, and 504 are missing.

At least 10 people have died after torrential rain unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

Approximately 100 schools in northern Scotland are closed as snow and ice cause further disruption across the area.

More than one million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines before typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the East Coast.

Hurricane Melissa intensified into a powerful category 4 hurricane on Sunday, threatening days of catastrophic winds and rain in the northern Caribbean, while Jamaica’s government ordered mandatory evacuations for vulnerable areas across the country including in the capital, Kingston.

Rescue efforts are underway on Mount Everest after a snowstorm trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media.

A man has been killed and hundreds of thousands of homes on the island of Ireland are without power after Storm Amy caused widespread disruption on Friday.

The deadly super typhoon Ragasa tore through Taiwan and the Philippines and is now wreaking havoc in Hong Kong and China.

At least 1,147 people in the UK died from climate change-driven heatwaves over this summer, leading scientists and epidemiologists have found.