Gusty winds produced a dust storm that engulfed parts of Pinal County in Arizona on Wednesday. Visibility was reduced to a quarter of a mile or less, proving hazardous to motorists.
Torrential rain has brought severe flooding to China’s Sichuan province. Raging water swept away homes and bridges on Wednesday, leaving 12 people missing and forcing hundreds to safety.
Torrential rain has brought serious flooding to southern parts of China, leaving nine people dead and six missing. Rivers burst their banks, inundating houses with rising flood water.
New research from the Met Office has raised the possibility that man-made aerosols, a form of industrial air pollution, may have impacted upon the number of Atlantic hurricanes.
A powerful storm hit New Zealand on Friday with winds of 124mph. Trees were toppled and tens of thousands of homes left without power. Heavy snow blanketed the South Island cutting off remote towns.
Pollution in Singapore has reached hazardous levels due to smoke from illegal fires in neighbouring Indonesia drifting across the area.
Hot summer sunshine came to an abrupt end in the Siberian town of Nadym on Friday, as snow blanketed the landscape. Surprised residents thought they had left winter behind for another year.
Thunderstorms hit Warsaw on Sunday, bringing torrential rain and flooding. Homes and subway stations were affected and fire fighters had to rescue people trapped in their vehicles.
Hungary is braced for its worst floods in 50 years, following heavy rain across central Europe. The Danube is expected to peak in Budapest later this weekend, with a state of emergency declared.
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Tropical Storm Andrea is currently in the Gulf of Mexico and about to make landfall over Florida, before moving north eastwards across eastern parts of Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday.
Dresden in Germany becomes the latest European city to be hit by floods, although its historic centre was spared the worst. Rising waters have killed 16 across Europe in recent days.
The devastating tornado that hit the suburbs of El Reno, Oklahoma last Friday was 2.6 miles wide – the widest ever recorded in the US, according to the National Weather Service.
A two-mile tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma, overturning cars, flattening buildings and destroying neighbourhoods.
Tropical cyclone Mahasen hit Bangladesh’s low-lying coast with heavy rain, strong winds and flooding on Thursday, killing six and forcing thousands into emergency shelters.
A deadly tornado swept through the town of Granbury, Texas early on Thursday, killing six people, injuring 50 and leaving at least 250 homeless.