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BEIJING (Reuters) -Residual rains from former typhoon Haikui, now a tropical storm, drenched southern China for the seventh day as slow-moving storm clouds drifted from Guangdong on the coast to Guangxi, flooding low-lying areas, blocking roads and trapping residents. In the rural county of Bobai in Guangxi region, rescuers on assault boats have scrambled to pull people to safety since Sunday night as water more than 2 metres (6.6 feet) deep stranded residents in low-rise homes, state media repo

In our news wrap Friday, the summer's latest heat wave spread its sweltering grip across New England where Boston declared a heat emergency and opened cooling centers, floodwaters began receding in parts of central Greece after three days of record downpours and Russian missiles rained down on multiple cities in Ukraine killing at least 4 civilians and injuring dozens.

TOKYO: Parts of Japan have been deluged by their heaviest daily rains since records began, officials said Saturday (Sep 9), with reports of more than 100 landslides after a tropical storm. Mobara city in Chiba prefecture, which borders the capital Tokyo, recorded 392mm of rain overnight into Saturday - the

The city saw the highest hourly rainfall since records began 140 years ago.

The HKSAR Government expects the extreme conditions to continue at least until noon.

BEIJING: The remnants of Typhoon Haikui drenched China for a third day since making landfall, as moisture-laden clouds dumped rain onto the country's south despite weakening cyclonic winds. Whi

BEIJING (Reuters) -Intense rain from the remnants of Typhoon Haikui lashed southeastern China early on Wednesday, bringing floods and waterlogging that forced cities in Fujian province to halt subway services, shut schools and evacuate tens of thousands. The rain shattered 12-year-old records in the provincial capital of Fuzhou, weather officials said, prompting warnings that 49 reservoirs had exceeded flood limits. Floodwaters gushed down streets in Fuzhou and the city of Fuqing to its south,...

Tropical Storm Lee is headed towards the Leeward Islands and is expected to turn into a major hurricane by this weekend, but most models expect it to miss the Caribbean and United States.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Intense rain from the remnants of Typhoon Haikui hit southeast China on Wednesday, bringing floods that forced some cities to suspend subway services, shut schools and move tens of thousands of people to safety. Xiamen, a port city in Fujian province, has been pounded by rain for three days, breaking a record for the longest heavy rain in the city since such records began in 1953, with cumulative precipitation of 336.4 mm as of 9 a.m. (0100 GMT). The rain also shattered 12-yea