Flooding

The city's mayor Luigi Brugnaro has blamed recent severe flooding in the historic city on climate change.

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced on Tuesday evening that he would declare the city in a state of emergency due to the flooding.

"The situation is dramatic. We ask the government to help us. The cost will be high," Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said.

19 million-year-old wood chips were found in sediment layers in the Bay of Bengal.

Nearly 320,000 have been left without power in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and other parts of the Northeast as the powerful nor'easter rips across the region.

Super Typhoon Hagibis has killed dozens of people in Japan as the government mobilizes thousands of troops to assist in rescue efforts.

"The climate crisis is feeding monster hurricanes that bring suffering and death to some of our nation's most vulnerable wildlife," the author of a new report said.

The tropical storm brought more than 40 inches of rain some parts of southeastern Texas, producing record-breaking floods.

Scientists simulated a hypothetical but physically plausible storm dubbed "Hurricane Rhody" that makes landfall twice in an area that FEMA has called the "Achilles' heel of the Northeast."

Speaking to The Weather Channel Thursday morning, Rod Carroll, Chief of the Vidor Police Department in Texas, told reporters flooding in the town was "worse during this storm than it was during Hurricane Harvey."

"It's bad. Homes that did not flood in Harvey are flooding now."

In general, extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent and intense, as global temperatures warm

Flooding caused the evacuation of patients at a hospital and trapped some people in their homes.

"If it works, it's totally worth it," said Brittany Vidal, who lives in the Davis Shores neighborhood of St. Augustine, Florida.

The storm hit the Bahamas on Sunday afternoon, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain and massive storm surges which left homes and businesses underwater.

There are around 50 snake species in Russia, of which around 11 can pose a danger to humans.

Severe thunderstorms will pose a risk to mid-Atlantic through to southern New England until Wednesday.

The state of Florida is only just recovering from the hottest June on record.

The Mississippi River is almost at flood stage already, and Barry is expected to bring a storm surge up to 5 feet this weekend, which could wreak havoc in the Crescent City.

Flood stages have already been breached

The longest stretch of flooding in nearly a century

One Twitter user commented that a dock was floating down Lake Wylie River

The river crested at its second highest level Sunday.

The vast Mississippi River—the second longest river in North America—swirls through a number of U.S. states and has been swelling in recent weeks. That may continue, experts say.

Flash flood warnings remain in place until Monday evening.

Nature doesn't do subpoenas: it does tornadoes, floods, wildfires and droughts. No leader can stonewall it.

"This is the heartbeat of America. We weren't going to sit back and do nothing."

Severe weather has battered several U.S. states in recent weeks.

Madison County, Illinois, has called on the National Guard to assist due to flooding levels not seen since 1993.

"The overall weather pattern that has been in place across the U.S. will continue early this week, which will bring more rounds of severe weather to the Plains," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rathbun said.