It's been only a few days since landslides were recorded in Venezuela fueled by flooding and days of torrential rain. Since then central Venezuela has been covered with mud rocks and trees and the death toll in the country has now risen to 43.

WION Climate Tracker: Locals in disarray as floods, landslides bring destruction in Venezuela

The death toll from flooding caused by torrential rain in eastern Kentucky has gone up to 37. Prolonged rain continued to hamper recovery operations in the state. Officials said that severe weather is expected to continue in the area.

WION Climate Tracker | Heavy rains hamper rescue operations in Kentucky | Death toll climbs to 37

Our world has seen rainfall since the start of time, climate change has exacerbated the frequency but why do we get so many reports of water remaining clogged even days after the rainfall. Most experts have joined the dots and found one common pattern that these inundated street visuals come from most major metropolitan cities.

WION Climate Tracker | Drowning cities & rising vulnerabilities | Flooding exposes poor infrastructure

Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in Western India. In Gujarat, it has caused severe flooding in at least seven districts affecting more than one million people. At least 69 people have lost their lives in the last 12 days. Roads are inundated, homes are flooded and life has come to a grinding halt.

WION Climate Tracker | Houses inundated as floods wreak havoc in Western India

Heavy rains meanwhile caused floods in Russia annexed Crimea and the city of Krasnodar in southern Russia. The equivalent of a month's rainfall fell overnight in Crimea and the river levels rose up by two meters.

Heavy rains cause floods in Russia-annexed Crimea

Torrential rain and catastrophic floods are wreaking havoc. In Bangladesh, 69 people lost their lives, relief operations and evacuations on our underway. Currently 9.5 million people are stranded without any basic commodities. Authorities have ramped up efforts to deliver food and drinking water to the region but constant rain is now hampering the process.

Climate change made flooding worse in South Asia

The strongest recorded hurricane in Mexico, Agatha has wrecked homes and roads. At least 11 have died and 22 are missing due to the hurricane

Mexico: Agatha Hurricane in Mexico leaves at least 11 dead & 22 missing

Hurricane Agatha made landfall on Mexico's South Pacific coast bringing torrential rains and the threat of flooding to several states. The category two storm is the first hurricane to form in the Eastern Pacific this year

Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in Mexico

Mudslides have killed at least 94 people in Brazil's historic mountain town of Petropolis, as per local officials. Heavy rains have triggered mudslides that buried homes, swept cars and buses off the roads and flooded the streets.

Mudslides, flooding kill nearly 100 in Brazil's 'imperial city'

At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds stranded in floods in northeastern Brazil. The governor of Bahia state declared it the worst disaster in the state's history.

At least 20 dead, hundreds stranded in flood-hit areas in Northeastern Brazil

In November 2019, torrential rains had caused flooding and landslides and killed about forty people in Kinshasa and the commune of Mont-Ngafula had been one of the most affected. Two years later, its inhabitants fear the worst with the return of the rains.

Kinshasa relives horrors of past after return of rain

Heavy rains have wreaked havoc in London. As rains lashed parts of London, roads got submerged and traffic was disrupted. MET has issued an amber thunderstorm warning.

WION Live Broadcast: Heavy rains cause flooding in London, traffic disrupted

The death toll from flooding in Europe climbed above 180 after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters. The deadly floods in western Europe have been triggered by heavy rainfall, which in some areas broke a 100-year record.

Over 180 killed in deluge in Europe, hundreds missing in Germany

At least 58 people have died and dozens more are missing as heavy flooding in Germany turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.

Freak storm and flash floods ravage Germany, killing at least 58

Heavy rains and flooding have forced thousands of people to evacuate in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. The rainstorms that started on Friday have pushed up the water levels in 14 rivers, affecting more than 120,000 residents.

Thousands evacuated from floods in China's Sichuan province

Thousands of homes are at risk of flooding in New Zealand's Canterbury region as continues heavy rain raised water levels. At least 300 homes in Canterbury were evacuated overnight as water levels rose in rivers across the region in a "one-in-100-year deluge".

New Zealand: Heavy rains raised water levels and caused widespread flooding

South Korea is witnessing its longest monsoon in seven years that has triggered floods and landslides in the country. The heavy rain has left 30 people dead and 12 missing, as per officials said on Sunday.

30 people die in South Korea as heavy rain trigger floods and landslides

Large parts of Asia are currently facing a natural crisis as devastating monsoons continue to displace millions and flood large regions. A quarter of Bangladesh alone is flooded.

NASA images show quarter of Bangladesh submerged in devastating floods

As China counts the costs of its most punishing flood season in more than three decades, the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny.

Record floods raise questions about China's Three Gorges Dam

Torrential rain is set to hit China's eastern coastal regions this week after overwhelming large parts of the southwest, inundating villages and tourist spots and displacing more than 700,000 people, state weather forecasters said on Monday.

More Chinese regions brace for floods as storms shift east

The flood situation in Assam improved on Sunday even as one more person lost his life and over 2.5 lakh people are still suffering in the deluge across three districts.

Flood situation in Assam improves, one more dead

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Severe flooding forced thousands of residents in New Zealand's South Island to flee their homes on Wednesday and left hundreds of tourists stranded at the remote Milford Sound beauty spot.

Flooding in New Zealand, thousands flee their homes

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