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The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of torrential rains, life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides as the center ofHurricane Nora grazed Mexico's southwestern coast on Saturday afternoon.

Indonesia may experience more natural disasters in the coming months as the country's annual rainy season is expected to start earlier and be more severe this year, the country's meteorological agency, BMKG, said on Thursday.

Tropical storm Grace is strengthening over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and is expected to regain hurricane force later on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.

Spikes in COVID-19 infections and strong public messaging are starting to spur increased vaccination rates in hurricane-prone states, but more work is needed, the top U.S. official in charge of disaster relief, Deanne Criswell, told Reuters on Wednesday.

The German cabinet on Wednesday approved a 30 billion euros ($35.16 billion) recovery fund for areas in western and southern Germany hit by heavy rainfall and flooding last month that took many towns by surprise despite extreme weather warnings.

Japan warned of more rain to come, especially in the southwest island of Kyushu, as rescue teams searched for people missing in landslides and residents grew weary of the continuing rain.

Flash floods that have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 58 people, authorities said on Sunday, in the second natural disaster to strike Turkey this month.

Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further.

Tropical depression Fred has degenerated to a tropical wave, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Saturday, adding that it is forecast to re-develop on Sunday over the Gulf of Mexico.

Thousands of people in the Dominican Republic were left without electricity or running water on Thursday in the wake of Tropical Storm Fred, which weakened to a depression as it grazed the northern coast of Cuba on track to Florida.