Heavy rains have hit southern China, triggering a level-two flood emergency that has disrupted hospitals, schools, and closed several tourist sites, Chinese state-run broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday.
More than 7,500 people were evacuated from low-lying areas, including Huiyang district, where roads were submerged.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong and the surrounding areas in the Pearl River Delta are also experiencing torrential rains.
Rain has been falling nonstop since July 31, with over 156 mm recorded in 24 hours in Huiyang alone. Flood barriers have been installed near bridges to stop river water from reaching urban zones.
Viral videos showing flooded communities in the Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, have sparked concern online, with residents heard pleading for help as floodwaters overwhelmed their surroundings.
In a video, a woman was heard saying in Yoruba, "We are in Oko Ope in Ijede. Have mercy on us. This is our community. We can't even enter the house, the flood has damaged everything.
"I'm not even wearing a footwear. Come and save us, today is 4th of August, 2025. Come and rescue people."
In another video of flooded community in Ijede, a man was heard saying, "This is what I'm facing in my area in Ijede. From August 3-4, Monday morning, inside and outside my house is full of water. Big ocean. See cars inside water."
Reacting to the flooding in a post on X.com on Monday, the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, assured residents that the government is aware of the situation and is taking decisive steps to address the issue.
He wrote, "We have seen the trending video and fully understand the concerns it has raised.
Video published by Radio Borzani showed fast-moving floodwaters blocking the main road to the Brezovica tourist centre, with many several cars either stranded or forced to navigate partially submerged streets.
Reuters was able to independently verify the location of the videos by the road layout, street signage, terrain and shape of mountains that matched satellite imagery.
Romania chaos today..!! Sighetu Marmatiei in Maramures region is paralyzed by flood
Following the occurrence of yellow and orange hydrometeorological events forecast for the Sighetu Marmației region, Maramureș County, Romania, on Sunday afternoon, August 3, 2025, 18 calls were recorded via the 112 system, requiring intervention by the authorities.
All reported situations were handled quickly and efficiently. Interventions were carried out on Câmpu Negru Street, where one house, five yards, six basements, and two outbuildings were affected.
Hong Kong has been hit with record-breaking rains that have seen schools and courts shuttered, hospitals disrupted, and roads badly flooded.
More than 350mm (13.8 inches) of rain had drenched the territory by 2pm (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday, the city's weather authorities said - the highest daily rainfall for August since 1884.
The storms follow deadly flash floods in Southern China over the weekend, which left five dead in Guangdong province and prompted a large-scale search operation involving more than 1,300 rescuers.
Videos showed water cascading down steep hillsides, breaking into whitewater streams as they rushed down the many staircases linking Hong Kong's multitiered cityscape.
Weather authorities extended their highest "black" rainstorm warning until 5pm local time (09:00 GMT).
This was the fourth such warning issued in just eight days, breaking the record for the most frequent issuance of the city's highest weather alert within a single year, according to China's state news agency Xinhua.
A waterspout was captured on numerous cell phones this Wednesday afternoon in the waters of the Gulf of Nicoya. One of these videos captures the water phenomenon off the coast of Lepanto, a district in the central canton of Puntarenas.
No danger
The National Meteorological Institute has previously indicated that a waterspout is a column of air in the form of a vortex or whirlpool, recorded over a body of water. This body of water can be the sea or a lake. Its appearance occurs when there are cumulonimbus clouds that generate local instability, causing the appearance of these columns. Unlike tornadoes, the existence of danger to citizens on land is very low. However, they can be a concern for vessels near these columns.
The Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano has spewed another high column of ash into the air over the past day, the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement on Telegram, TASS reports.
There are about 80 side blast craters and cinder cones on the volcano's slopes. Klyuchevskaya Sopka is located 30 km from the village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatsky district, which is home to about 4,500 people.
Nearby, the Bezymyanny volcano is also erupting.
Earlier it was reported that the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano erupted in Kamchatka as a result of July 30 earthquake.
This morning, a 47-year-old man was struck by lightning in the village of Velçan, Pogradec.
The victim was guarding livestock when he was struck by lightning.
Also, about 20 small livestock died from the lightning strike.
Police notification
Pogradec/Preliminary information
At around 10:00, it is suspected that as a result of a lightning strike, while he was guarding livestock in the village of Velçan, citizen L. Ç., 47 years old (shepherd), lost his life. Also, about 20 heads of small livestock died as a result.
The investigation team is at the scene and is working to document the circumstances of the incident.
Three teenagers died on Sunday and a fourth was injured after being struck by lightning during an electrical storm in Manicaragua (central Cuba), official media reported on Monday, citing sources from the provincial government of Villa Clara. The deceased are two males and one female between 13 and 14 years old; one of them resided in the United States. The injured, also a 14-year-old minor, was transferred to the Santa Clara pediatric hospital and, according to the newspaper Vanguardia, is "conscious", "oriented" and "evolving favorably".
Events due to electrical discharges are not uncommon in Cuba, especially in July and August, due to summer storms. According to a 2020 study by the Institute of Meteorology (Insmet), the annual average is 54 deaths from lightning strikes.
According to that record, between 1987 and 2017 a total of 1,742 people died from being struck by lightning, a figure that far exceeds the number of human losses left by hurricanes, tornadoes, intense rainfall events and coastal floods and other natural disasters on the island.
Heavy rainfall in South Korea's southernmost provinces led to widespread flooding, evacuations and at least one death, according to local authorities Monday.
Fire departments in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province had reported hundreds of incidents as of 5:30 a.m. Monday. In Gwangju alone, 172 flooding cases were reported, while 406 total damage reports, including loss of life, came in from South Jeolla Province.
Muan in South Jeolla Province received 289.6 millimeters of rainfall from Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday. The hourly rainfall peaked at 142.1 millimeters per hour, a level the agency said corresponds to a once-in-200-years event.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, cumulative rainfall in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province reached 257.5 millimeters. The agency forecast an additional 10 to 60 millimeters of rain in affected areas, with some locations possibly receiving more than 80 millimeters.
"The purpose of GLADIO was to attack civilians, the people - women, children, innocent people, unknown people, far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force the public to turn to the State and demand greater security. Under a strategy of tension, you 'destabilize in order to stabilize', to create tension within society and promote conservative, reactionary social and political tendencies."
~ Italian neo-fascist whose prosecution led to the discovery of NATO's 'Gladio' networks across Western Europe
- Vincenzo Vinciguerra
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