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

Rescue teams are battling nature's vagaries across the world. From floods in China to wildfires in the U.S. they are facing the worst of the earth's wrath this year.

Gravitas: Natural disasters rage amid the pandemic