<div>Hurricane Beryl made landfall near the coastal town of Matagorda in Texas early on Monday, pounding coastal areas with dangerous storm surges, strong winds and heavy rain as it moved inland, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.</div>
<div>Beijing temporarily shut on Tuesday numerous train lines in the suburban areas around the Chinese capital after issuing an early warning for thunderstorms and flash floods as the country's north braces for stormy weather.</div>
<div>At least six people were dead as Typhoon Shanshan crept eastward through Japan on Saturday, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings hundreds of kilometres from the storm's centre.</div>
<div><p>The term 'heat dome' has gained prominence recently as climate change, El Niño and other variables have warmed global temperatures and shifted weather patterns.</p></div>
<div><p>The last time the Atlantic failed to produce any named storms between Aug. 13 and Sept. 3 was in 1968 — more than 50 years ago. </p></div>
<div>Flooding caused by heavy rain and rivers bursting their banks in Armenia and Georgia has left one person dead, villages cut off and hundreds of people being evacuated from their homes, according to television footage and media reports in the region.</div>
<div>Flash floods have killed at least three people and left one missing in northern Vietnam since Saturday night, the government said on Monday, and more heavy rains are expected over the coming days.</div>
<div>Typhoon Shanshan brought torrential rain across large parts of Japan on Friday, with warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from the storm's centre, as many transport services ground to a halt and factories closed.</div>
<div>Record rainfall on Saturday hit central Japan's Noto region, which was devastated by a major earthquake in January, prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands of residents and causing a power outage for more than 5,000 households.</div>
<div>Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding.</div>
<div>Philippine authorities said at least seven people had been killed by tropical storm Ewiniar, which hit the country on the weekend, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday that search and rescue efforts would continue.</div>
<div>India's unusually severe heatwave this summer is suspected to have killed more than 100 people and made tens of thousands ill, authorities and media reports said, while parts of the country were also battered by a recent cyclone and heavy rains.</div>
<div>China's weather authority said on Thursday that it expects temperatures in most areas across China to be relatively high over the next few months, signalling another summer of extreme heat.</div>
<div><p>Places around the world are suffering as 2024 seems on track to be the hottest year ever recorded</p></div>
<div>Torrential rain and floods killed four people and spurred the evacuation of thousands from homes in China's southern province of Hunan, lashed by record rainfall from the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi, state media said on Tuesday.</div>
<div>At least six people have been killed this week and around 2,000 tourists stranded in India's Himalayan state of Sikkim in landslides and floods after incessant rainfall, officials said on Friday.</div>
<div>Debby was downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting Florida with heavy rain and leaving four people dead.</div>
<div>Millions of Americans in southeast Texas endured brutally hot conditions on Tuesday without the relief of air conditioning after deadly Tropical Storm Beryl knocked out power to a large portion of the region.</div>
Parts of the Dominican Republic were on high alert on Sunday for possible landslides and flooding after heavy rains the day before displaced thousands and killed at least nine people. Fourteen provinces are on red alert, the Caribbean country's Emergency Operations Center (COE) said in a report on Sunday morning. Nine people died on Saturday after rains caused the wall of a highway tunnel to collapse onto their cars, the National Police said. Authorities have not yet provided a tally of all vict
<div>Millions of people are under high-surf alerts after large swells flooded areas and caused injuries.</div>