Total deaths reach 76 and more than 130,000 displaced as weeks of flooding also affects east African neighbours

Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi kills at least 90 people and damages farmland and infrastructure

World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as cause

The health ministry did not say what the water had been contaminated with

Bags went missing in Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and a handful of dress uniforms for defence force musicians

Heavy rainstorms in the densely populated Pearl River Delta have left large parts of Guangdong province underwater

A bridge in China collapsed during severe flooding on Saturday, 20 April, after several days of major downpours and strong winds. Footage from a security camera showed the structure in Guangdong province collapsing into the river below. Unusually hea ...

A persistent downpour which started on Friday 19 April has flooded various cities in southern China. In Shaoguan City, Guangdong province in southern China, heavy rainfall over the weekend has left urban and rural areas under water, blocking highways ...

Officials urge municipalities to begin emergency planning after major rivers and reservoirs threaten to overflow

Messages of support have flooded in for the Lower Red Lion in St Albans, Hertfordshire, adds David Worcester

The UAE was hit by dramatic flooding this week after a year’s worth of rain fell within 12 hours but experts have shot down suggestions cloud seeding is the cause

Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake of unusually heavy rain

Questions have swirled online about the process being behind the historic rainfall – but experts say it’s not the real culprit

The couple have been told they can only escape Dubai airport hell on a flight to Gatwick in three days still landing 230 miles away from their Manchester home.

Dubai police rescued a cat from floods after heavy thunderstorms and torrential rain brought chaos to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, 16 April. More than a year and a half’s worth of rain fell on the city, flooding highways and the internation ...

Cars were left abandoned in floodwater on the streets of Dubai as the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out from record rainfall on Wednesday 17 April. A deluge flooded Dubai International Airport on Tuesday, disrupting travel as standing water l ...

flooding is causing chaos at Dubai International Airport as the UAE has been hit by the heaviest rainfall in 75 years. Arrivals at the airport were paused on Tuesday night (16 April) as flood water swamped taxiways as aircraft landed. Terminals were ...

The UAE has been hit with the most rainfall since records began

Planes battled through flash floods at the Dubai International Airport on Tuesday 16 April, as heavy rain battered the United Arab Emirates. Footage shows a Boeing 737 operated by Flydubai powering through the deluge on the tarmac, as a number of fli ...

Last year, Storm Babet tore through Chesterfield in Derbyshire, an at-risk town that had been hit before. Could the devastation have been avoided?