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Samantha and Richard Lamond, both 39, and their two children have been living in temporary accommodation since the ground floor of their home in Croft Park was wrecked by floodwater and sewage.

A tropical storm that dumped heavy rain as it cut across Japan moved into the Pacific after killing two people and leaving thousands of homes without power

Authorities are making contact with some of the most remote villages in the United States to determine the need for food and water and assess damage from a massive weekend storm that flooded communities dotting Alaska’s vast western coast

Rising waters brought power outages, damage and concerns over surviving the winter as downpours also affected California

As an already catastrophic Hurricane Fiona set its sights on the Turks and Caicos Islands after making landfall in the Dominican Republic and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the government of the British territory just south of Florida issued shutdown orders for three of its low-lying islands.

Mother and daughter Joanne and Zara Doyle are on holiday in the Dominican Republic but have been forced to stay in their hotel room

Fiona knocked out a power grid and unleashed floods and landslides in Puerto Rico, where the governor said the damage was “catastrophic”

Nagua (Dominican Republic) (AFP) - Hurricane Fiona dumped torrential rain on the Dominican Republic on Monday after triggering major flooding in Puerto Rico and widespread power blackouts in both Caribbean islands.

Extremely heavy rain fell in the hardest-hit provinces. About 75% more water is falling during the heaviest rainstorms in the region, according to a new scientific analysis.