At least 64 killed, dozens reported missing in Ethiopia landslides, floods
Authorities have said most of those who died were found buried in mud.
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Brazil flooding death toll rises to 64 as search efforts continue
Government agency says more extreme weather expected after rains trigger floods, landslides in Minas Gerais state.
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Death toll in Brazilian floods rises to 46 as rescuers continue search
Emergency workers continue to search for missing residents of towns reeling from recent floods.
Firefighters carry a body found amid the debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Barrio Parque Jardim Burnier neighbourhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on February 24, 2026. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Brazilian military police officers search for victims amid the debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim recovered from debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Firefighters search for victims at the site of a landslide in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
State firefighters said 30 people had died in the cities of Juiz de Fora and Uba, and that more than 200 people had been rescued. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Juiz de Fora’s mayor, Margarida Salomao, declared a state of emergency. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Rescue teams remove debris in search of victims at the site of a landslide in Juiz de Fora. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
Juiz de Fora’s mayor, Margarida Salomao said her municipality was experiencing its wettest February on record, with 584mm of accumulated rainfall. [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
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At least 23 dead as heavy rains unleash floods in southeastern Brazil
Search and rescue workers are looking for more than 40 people who remain missing as towns reel from torrential rainfall.
A worker with the Times Square Alliance sanitation crew shovels snow in Times Square in New York, US. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
More than 40 million people were under weather warnings in the northeastern US on Monday, as a winter storm dumped shin-deep snow and officials in New York enforced a citywide travel ban. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered nonessential drivers off the road until Monday midday and shut down schools. Authorities in neighbouring New Jersey and Rhode Island issued similar travel restrictions. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
The storm came just weeks after the region recovered from another devastating winter weather system that was linked to more than 100 deaths. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
Hannah and Astrid Grimskog play in Times Square during the snowstorm in New York. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
"I am sick of it. I don't want to see no more snow," Vincent Greer, a resident of Wildwood, New Jersey, said as he shovelled outside his building. [Drew Callister/AP Photo]
Pedestrians stop to take photos of Trinity Church graveyard in lower Manhattan during the snowstorm. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
The National Weather Service said snowfall would ebb overnight but warned that strong winds would still create blizzard conditions in some areas. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
Big cities, including New York and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, advertised dedicated warming centres for people caught outside in the cold. [Heather Khalifa/AP Photo]
A man carries an inflatable inner tube for snow sledging in Prospect Park in the borough of Brooklyn, New York. [Drew Callister/AP Photo]
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Heavy rains, deadly floods hit southern Peru; thousands seek shelter
Torrential downpours cause deadly mudslides, while more than 700 districts across country declare states of emergency.
UN emergency food aid in Somalia may halt by April amid severe hunger
Families in Somalia pushed to the brink amid severe hunger; urgent food aid needed to avert worsening conditions.
French firefighters search for a 53-year-old man who disappeared in the Loire River after his boat capsized during flooding in Chalonnes-sur-Loire, western France [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
A flooded road in Chalonnes-sur-Loire, western France. [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
Floodwater surrounds houses in Jusix, in the Lot-and-Garonne department of southwestern France. [Ed Jones/AFP]
Four departments in western France were placed under red alert for the risk of flooding. [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
Officials expect the situation to worsen with the arrival of Storm Pedro, which is poised to batter swaths of Western Europe. [Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP]
National weather service Meteo-France said on Wednesday the country was experiencing its longest series of rainy days since measurements began in 1959. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
A flooded house in Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, western France. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
The new rainfall from Storm Pedro could “fuel the current floods”, said Lucie Chadourne-Facon, director of flood alert service Vigicrues. [Romain Perrocheau/AFP]
This aerial view shows the Garonne River in Tonneins, in the Lot-and-Garonne department, southwestern France. [Ed Jones/AFP]
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Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation
Environmental group says FBI is visiting activists’ homes as Trump administration rolls back pollution protections.
