A state of emergency has been declared in Nelson as residents have been told to evacuate their homes immediately after the Maitai River breached its banks.
Some 223 homes in Nelson have already been evacuated.
Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese said the river, which runs through the city and out to Tasman Bay, breached its banks as heavy rain continues to sweep across the South Island.
Flood waters are encroaching on the city centre, a video from the Collingwood St bridge shows, while search and rescue teams are now looking for people who need help in the flooded streets and suburbs.
New Zealand floods: hundreds evacuate as 'atmospheric river' brings deluge
A third straight day of rain has brought flooding, landslips and road closure to both the North and South islands
Torrential rain has slammed the west and north of New Zealand's South Island for a third straight day, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes and triggering road and school closures and land slips.
Coming top of weeks of damp weather, Thursday's rainstorms are worsening conditions in New Zealand's already sodden landscape. Experts have attributed the unseasonably wet weather to a narrow stream of water vapour, or an "atmospheric river", sitting above the country.
Residents in the northern part of North Island found themselves isolated after landslides, fallen trees and flood waters blocked highway access. The stormy weather also forced airlines to cancel flights and businesses to shutter.
The storm sunk at least one sailboat near Auckland and caused a home to slip down into a gully in the town of Tāhunanui.
Weather forecaster Metservice's data showed part of the north of the South Island had received well over 300mm in the past 24 hours. It has heavy rain warnings in place for parts of the west of the South Island and in the north of the North Island.
Metservice data showed Nelson city on the South Island had received 106mm of rain since midday on Tuesday - well above its average rainfall for the whole of August of 80mm.
New Zealand's emergency management minister, Kieran McAnulty, visited Nelson and pledged an initial contribution of $200,000 to the mayoral relief fund to help the communities affected.
On New Zealand's North Island, the country's largest city, Auckland, is under a heavy rain and winds alert, with minimal disruption reported so far.
Authorities said more than 230 homes in Nelson, a city with a population of more than 50,000, have already been evacuated, with many public facilities and roads closed.
A statement on Nelson council's website warned continuing rain could mean more land slips, flooding and evacuations.Nelson's mayor, Rachel Reese, told television show AM that while the city had made it through the night without any major incidents, infrastructure was under pressure.
"We are dealing with a lot of wastewater overflows," she said.
On the west coast of the island Buller district council said in a statement people from 160 homes evacuated over the last day were able to return to their residences to assess damage. But it warned further rain was expected and it was possible that they would have to evacuate again.
"Right across the district I believe we got away relatively unscathed," Buller's mayor, Jamie Cleine, told a news conference streamed online.
The rain that occurred in the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, has left floods in several points and the authorities have called not to leave the house or to avoid certain points, on the afternoon of this Wednesday, August 17.
The heavy rainfall that hit the state capital has already caused several floods and is expected to continue in the coming hours.
The Chihuahua State Civil Protection Coordination reported that the forecast of rains between 3 and 6 p.m. is maintained, for which it called on the population to "maintain preventive measures and avoid leaving the house, if it is not necessary."
Videos on social networks show cars trapped in the middle of streams generated by concentrations of water.
The Governor of West Virginia, USA, declared a state of emergency for two southern counties after floods from heavy rainfall on 15 August 2022. The city of Charleston recorded 112.8 mm (4.44 inches) of rain in 24 hours on 15 August, with over 42 mm (1.7 inches) of that falling in 1 hour.
Flooding caused damaged to dozens of homes in Fayette and Kanawha counties. Some residents had to be rescued and evacuated from flooded premises. Roads and bridges were also damaged.
In a statement of 15 August, Governor Jim Justice said he declared the state of emergency "due to excessive rainfall that occurred overnight on Monday, August 15, 2022, which caused significant flooding that damaged over 100 homes, bridges, and roads throughout the counties. The storm also resulted in downed trees, power outages, and disruption to potable water systems. Over 20 people had to be rescued from their homes."
There are warnings of thunderstorms in many parts of France on Wednesday, in an abrupt interruption to the heatwave the country has been experiencing for weeks.
Violent storms and flooding was forecast for much of southern France, where an "orange" alert — the second highest level — was issued in five Mediterranean departments.
Paris was already struck by intense storms on Tuesday evening, dumping a large proportion of the French capital's average monthly rainfall in an hour and a half.
By 7 pm, more than 40 millimetres of rain had fallen in the space of 90 minutes, according to the French national meteorological service Météo-France. This was almost "70% of what normally falls in a month altogether", a spokesman told AFP.
Buses taking on water, collapsing walls and heavy traffic frustrated Istanbulites on Monday as downpours and flash floods gripped the Turkish megalopolis.
In the early hours of Monday, downpours began hitting the European and Asian sides of the city during rush hour. Streets and roads at lower altitudes that lack drainage were submerged with rainwater which also inundated some shops. The Grand Bazaar, the city's most famous and historic marketplace, was also hit by floodwaters while shopkeepers struggled to clean up their shops in the market and the nearby shopping district Eminönü. The main road in Eminönü was also clogged due to floodwaters.
In Fatih, where Eminönü and the Grand Bazaar are located, downpours ripped apart pavement stones, blocking a street, while rainwater overflowing from clogged drainage pipes flooded the streets elsewhere. In the Yenikapı district, two vehicles were trapped in a flooded underpass, with firefighters helping the stranded drivers.
In Sarıyer, raging waters from the Bosporus combined with floodwaters inundated a main coastal road while the Kağıthane stream almost overflowed its banks on the European side of the city. Two vehicles fell into sinkholes when streets collapsed due to floodwaters in the Gaziosmanpaşa and Avcılar districts.
At least 19 people drowned in flash floods in Musa Khel in Balochistan and Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab while the rescuers fished out nine dead bodies.
Reportedly, a dam in Musa Khel, Balochistan swept away following the torrential rains on Monday. As a result, 12 people drowned in the floodwater. The rescuers took out four bodies while the search for 8 others was underway.
Confirming the news, Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti said that hundreds of houses collapsed during the recent spell of heavy rains.
According to official data, the death toll in Balochistan has reached 196.
The rescue operation began in Solang Nala in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu on Tuesday after two people went missing in the flash floods caused due to heavy rain on Monday.
The teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Police Fire brigade are deployed at the spot.
According to the officials, the water level has currently been reduced.
Two people drowned while crossing a temporary bridge built on a drain in Solang, Manali on Monday.
Visitors at a waterfall in Rustaq, north of Oman, scream as a man is swept downstream during a flash flood. Sightseers make it out by scrambling up a rocky bank as fast-flowing flood water and debris surge in the southern Arabian Peninsula.
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Dozens of people have died in flooding in parts of Nigeria.
At least 50 people have died and "many" displaced after recent torrential rains caused flooding in northern Nigeria, Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for Jigawa State said.
"When you go around [Jigawa State], we lost about 50 people to the flood," Yusuf told reporters on camera Sunday from the city of Dutse, which was broadcast by local media.
Yusuf said at least 237 homes had been damaged in the area of Balangu alone, forcing people into temporary camps. Eleven temporary camps have been set up for those displaced, he said.
Nigeria's Federal Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Farouq also visited Jigawa State recently to distribute relief materials, the federal ministry tweeted.
Saturday in Laramie changed from a pleasant summer day to a sledgehammering-deluge of heavy rain and large hail, with lightning strikes directly over town.
A "monsoon" storm hit Laramie at about 4 p.m., in some places dumping more than 2 inches in of rain in less than two hours. Streets became ponds and curbside gutters turned into roiling rivers.
A sunken green space near Scout Park just east of north 22nd Street became an impromptu lake. It drew curious onlookers after the storm past, as well as a few bolder souls who waded out into the water.
During the peak of the storm, hailstones large enough to hurt came hurtling down; venturing outside without a hardhat would have been ill-advised.
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