Fresh evacuation orders are issued for tens of thousands of Sydney residents as more rain floods suburbs of Australia's biggest city.

Australia's southeast has been hit by a rainstorm and floods, forcing thousands of residents to move to safer areas.

Authorities across northern California spent Monday (October 25) inspecting damage from a powerful storm that drenched the state.

Massive flooding and landslides kill 116 people in India and Nepal, with scores more missing.

Heavy flooding has affected and displaced about 426,000 people in South Sudan, including 185,000 children.

The federal government has been selling houses in official flood zones to enthusiastic first homeowners, without disclosing the potential costs and dangers of living in them, an NPR investigation has found.

Hurricane Ida’s remnants devastated the entire US northeast with unprecedented downpour and massive flash floods in the past days.

The UN's humanitarian agency, OCHA, says heavy flooding has affected about 380,000 people in South Sudan.