High water posed safety hazards and resulted in the removal of boardwalk but also allowed boats to go further up river than usual.

The flooding was caused by a weather system that moved up to the Bering Sea from the tropics, and raised water levels and dumped rain across much of western Alaska.

Heavy rain and coastal flood warnings threatened boats near Kotzebue, caused flooding at the old shipyard in St. Michael, and brought high water to the Eastern Norton Sound as well as several rivers near Nome.

An unseasonable rain event brought high rainfall and led to high water, especially around noon on August 3rd.

"We were lucky to have the berm in place. The next day, the water levels went down and the erosion was noticeable."

Several ground slides close E39 between Førde and Skei in Jølster. More than 150 people must be evacuated.

Officials in Mexico's second largest city say a storm that dumped more than a metre of hail on parts of the Guadalajara area damaged hundreds of homes.

Lake Erie, the fourth-largest of the five Great Lakes, has broken the water level record set in 1986.

The warmest springtime temperature of the year so far is 14.1 degrees Celsius, and fires are popping up around the country.

Storms battered the southern Bering Sea and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta last month. February storms aren’t unusual, but the amount of rain and flooding is. The combination caused a lot of damage for two communities in the region.

A warm winter storm leads to sea ice loss and flooding of homes in Western Alaska. "Damage to the foundation of the homes is all I think happened, besides wet clothing and a few things on the floor."

Intense rainfall in northeast Argentina and neighbouring areas in Mercosur members has caused devastating floods, amplifying the economic burdens of Argentina's recession. Over 5,000 people have evacuated the region, and millions of hectares of crops have been sent underwater.

Heavy rainfall breaks local and regional records, as provincial governments in the Litoral region struggle to

Urgent measures underway to evacuate residents of remote villages after flood threat caused by rising water above new ‘dam’.

At least 11 people were killed across Italy as a result of severe storms, authorities say.