US President Joe Biden has announced $2.3bn (£1.9bn) to help build infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather and natural disasters. Biden spoke in Massachusetts as a heatwave brings extreme weather to Europe and North America.

US President Joe Biden unveils $2.3 billion plan to fight climate change

Death toll from South Africa's 'worst flood on record' nears 400

Police, army and volunteer rescuers on Friday widened the search for dozens still missing five days after the deadliest storm to strike South Africa's coastal city of Durban in living memory as the death toll rose to nearly 400.

South Africa flood toll nears 400 as rescuers search for missing

According to federal health officials in the United States, the Omicron COVID-19 form is so contagious that most people in the country will be infected, and the pandemic has been compared to a "natural disaster.

Omicron a natural disaster, most Americans will get COVID-19: US health officials

The NOAA annual report revealed that the United States was hit by 20 separate billion-dollar climate disasters in 2021. The damage from the year's 20 most costly disasters totalled around $145 billion.

US hit by 20 separate billion-dollar climate disasters in 2021, says report

Flights stand cancelled, roads shut, and over 300,000 people were forced to flee from their homes as Typhoon Rai batters the Philippines.

Typhoon Rai wreaks havoc in the Philippines

An estimated 17 million vertebrates, including reptiles, birds and primates, were killed by huge wildfires in the Pantanal wetlands in 2020, Brazil scientists have said in a study.

17 million animals killed in 2020 ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires in Brazil, say scientists

The National Emergency Operation Center confirmed on Wednesday that 48 people have died due to landslides and flooding in Nepal following heavy rain. According to the operation centre, 31 people have gone missing since the havoc began on Sunday.

Nepal floods: Police, army called in for rescue effort; 48 dead

Smoke has engulfed Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Govt data has shown a record increase in Amazon fires.

Fire engulfs Amazon rainforest in Brazil

In Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly 1 million people lack electricity and drinking water after a hurricane obliterated power lines. In California, wildfire menaces Lake Tahoe, forcing tens of thousands to flee.

Overlapping disasters expose harsh climate reality: the US is not ready

Wildfires erupted in Algeria's mountaineous regions engulfing people's homes. The fires have charred whatever people preserved over the years. The wildfires are Algeria's biggest disasters in years.

Wildfires engulf villages of Algeria

Almost 1,300 people have been reported killed by a powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti on Saturday, with thousands more injured, and tens of thousands of buildings destroyed or damaged.

Explainer: Why does Haiti have earthquakes?

Japan braces for further downpours as rescuers sort through landslide and flood damage following record rainfall that killed at least six people, In the Southwest, residents are returning to check on their mud-covered homes after dozens of rivers overflowed, forcing nearly two million to seek refuge.

Japan floods: Scientists warn climate change may cause erratic rain patterns worldwide

Heatwaves, landslides, wildfires, flooding, are not isolated incidents. Countries around the world are battling the onslaught of nature. The US climate envoy has issued a grim warning after taking account of the situation.

WION Climate Tracker: Climate Catastrophe looms over the world

India is battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains. 9 people have been killed in the disaster. The states of Himachal, Maharashtra are the ones worst affected by the disaster. The PM's house has announced compensation to those affected by the disaster.

At least 9 killed in landslides, floods in parts of northern and western India

Philippines evacuates thousands as monsoon rains flood Manila, provinces

Three dead, dozens injured as rare tornado razes Czech homes

'Thin but destructive': Tornado hits Canada's Saskatchewan area

We’re all familiar with land avalanches that pose damage to life and property. But the damage caused by an underwater avalanche is touted to be more intense and a recent disaster on Africa’s western coast serves as testimony to the same.

A massive underwater avalanche hit Africa in 2020. We're learning about it now.

New Zealand authorities declared a state of emergency in the province of Canterbury Sunday, as the region was pounded by heavy rain that could force thousands of people to abandon their homes.

Emergency declared as New Zealand floods threaten thousands of homes

A severe cyclone is brewing off India's eastern coast, the nation's weather bureau warned Sunday, as the death toll rose from a major storm that wreaked havoc in the west of the virus-hit nation last week.

Another cyclone Yaas looms for India, week after deadly storm Tauktae

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by the tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia rose to at least 55, with 40 still missing, the disaster agency BNPB said on Monday.

More than 50 killed in Indonesian floods; many still missing

Multiple tornadoes wreaked havoc in Alabama, US on Thursday causing the death of at least five people and ripping through neighbourhoods. Five people were killed in Ohatchee, a town of 1,200 people in northwestern Alabama.

Tornadoes rip through US state of Alabama killing at least 5

Everyone hopes their wedding day becomes the most special day of their lives, and probably for everyone else attending the wedding too. Kate Fotheringham, a resident of New South Wales (NSW) had the same dreams about her big day.

Twelve hours of hell: Couple gets married amid NSW floods

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