The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris receded after reaching its highest level in three decades as attention turned to other areas of France where alert warnings have been issued.

The River Seine in Paris is at its highest level for more than 30 years, with floods forcing closed parts of the metro systems and major landmarks.

The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement.

At least 53 people have been killed by flash floods caused by torrential rain in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20 percent new research suggests.

Man-made climate change significantly enhanced the risk of the severe winter storms that ravaged southern England two years ago, according to a study released Monday.

Heavy rain and strong winds have hit parts of the UK as the "remnants" of the storm that brought severe blizzards to the US arrives in the country.

In California, residents are using smartphones and drones to document the coastline’s changing face.

Floodwaters start receding from parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras), hours after it experienced a respite from rain.

More than 70 people are killed as incessant rains continue to batter the southern Indian city of Chennai, media reports say.

Mexico's president warns that Hurricane Patricia still poses a threat of floods and landslides as it brings heavy rain to parts of the country.

Cracks have started to appear on parts of the Chittagong city embankments from being hit by the mighty waves of the Bay of Bengal.

A typhoon battered China's east coast, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more.

Five more people, including three women and a kid, were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Cox's Bazar town early yesterday, barely a month after five died in landslides in the district.

At least eight people including two children are killed after torrential rain and landslides in different areas of Cox’s Bazar.

A Georgian man has been killed by a lion after it escaped from a flooded zoo in the capital, Tbilisi.

A flood is raging in the north and northeastern part of the country, badly affecting the lives of thousands.

Heavy flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi kills eight people with officials warning people to stay indoors to avoid animals which escaped from a zoo.

Rescue workers are trying to reach at least 15 miners trapped underground in a gold mine in northwestern Colombia after it suddenly flooded, a government emergency response unit say.

A flood alert issues in Indian-administered Kashmir following torrential rain and a surge in the water level of the Jhelum river