Iran moved on Saturday to evacuate more towns and villages threatened by floods after forecasts for more rains in the southwest of the country, state television reported, as the nationwide toll from the flooding reached 70.

Iran flood death toll rises to 70; several towns and villages evacuated

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday blamed Iran for the level of devastation from major floods, and said Washington was ready to help. Pompeo issued a statement in implicit response to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who on Twitter blamed "economic terrorism" by the United States whose sanctions have led to a chronic shortage of rescue helicopters.

US blames Iran for flood toll, says ready to help

Villagers in western Afghanistan began cleaning up Sunday after the worst floods in a decade swept away houses and forced many families -- already displaced by drought -- to abandon damaged homes.

'We have lost everything': Afghans describe deadly floods

Flash floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 35 people in Afghanistan, washing away houses and cutting off access to remote villages across parts of the country, officials said Saturday.

Flash floods kill at least 35 in Afghanistan: Officials

Heavy rains caused flash floods in western Afghanistan that killed at least 17 people, destroying homes and sweeping through makeshift shelters that housed displaced families, a government official said on Saturday.

Afghanistan floods kill 17, worsen already desperate situation

Afghanistan's summer harvest will be one of the most critical in years, especially of wheat, its biggest cereal crop, as the country recovers from floods and the worst drought in decades, government and aid organization officials say.

After drought and floods, Afghanistan confronts critical harvest

Major floods across much of Iran have left 19 people dead and more than 70 injured, blocking roads and triggering landslides with warnings of more heavy rain to come, emergency services said Monday.

At least 19 dead, 70 injured as Iran faces unprecedented floods

At least 12 people were killed and 68 injured in floods that have swept across most Iranian provinces, the country's emergency services said Monday. National Emergency Service chief Pir Hossein Koolivand told state television the initial casualty toll in the southern city of Shiraz was 11 dead and 68 wounded, while another person was killed in Sarpol-e Zahab in the western province of Kermanshah.

At least 12 dead in Iran floods: Emergency services

About 15,000 people still need to be rescued from floods after central Mozambique was pounded by a cyclone last week, Land and Environmental Minister Celso Correia said Thursday.

15,000 awaiting rescue in flood-stricken Mozambique

At least 50 people were reported dead and over 59 injured in floods that hit Indonesia's Papua on Saturday, news agency AFP reported quoting Indonesian officials.

Indonesia: At least 50 dead in floods in Papua

A powerful, late-winter "bomb cyclone" storm pushed into the US Midwest and the Great Lakes region on Friday, causing flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, stranding herds of cattle and raising alarms at a Nebraska nuclear power plant.

'Bomb cyclone' triggers flooding on Mississippi, Missouri rivers

Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state of Queensland looks set to worsen as the nation's weather bureau on Saturday warned of more heavy rain in the area.

Part of eastern Australia hit by once-in-a-century floods, braces for more rain

Communities were cut off, farmers stranded and cows washed offshore as heavy rain pelted northeast Australia Sunday, with one major river breaking 118-year-old floodwater records.

Daily life disrupted as record-breaking floods hit northeast Australia

Floods and landslides in Indonesia have now killed at least 59 people, the government said, Friday after heavy rain pounded Sulawesi island and forced thousands to flee their homes.

Indonesia floods, landslides death toll climbs to 59

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'If we don't recover the missing or we recover them dead, that is 105 deaths, which we hope not,' said Ricardo Jalad, executive director of the national disaster agency.

Storm death toll in Philippines rises to 85

Havana floods as large waves crash over sea wall

At least 21 people have died and tens of thousands displaced by heavy rains that have battered Iraq over two days, the health ministry and United Nations said on Sunday.

Iraq floods leave 21 dead in two days: Health ministry

Jordanian rescuers on Monday found the body of a five-year-old girl killed in flash floods that have left a total of 13 people dead in the kingdom, the civil defence said.

Death toll from Jordan floods rises to 13 as girl's body found

Heavy rains and flooding killed at least eight people in Jordan and forced authorities to evacuate more then 3,700 tourists from the ancient city of Petra on Friday, officials said.

Rains and floods kill eight in Jordan, force tourists to flee Petra

Venice struggles to recover after floods

Floods have killed 12 people on the southern Italian island of Sicily, nine of them from the same family, rescue services said Sunday, raising the week's toll across Italy past 30.

Italian island of Sicily storms claim 12 more lives

Qatar was hit by widespread flash flooding on Saturday as the desert state received almost a year's worth of rainfall in one day. Roads became impassable, air traffic was disrupted and homes were flooded, while shops and universities closed.

Floods in Qatar as almost a year's rain falls in one day

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that China and India are constantly sharing information over the threats posed to Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in the wake of a landslide in Tibet.

China, India constantly sharing information, can't say it's conspiracy: Rijiju on Brahmaputra river blockage

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