A downpour lasting several hours triggered major floods in a host of low-lying areas here and in the neighbouring Penampang district on Sunday (June 30).
There were multiple reports of vehicles unable to pass through several roads as floodwaters continued to rise following heavy rain that started at about noon.
Power has been cut to the areas affected by the floodwaters which started to rise at about 1.30pm.
The situation was also compounded by the high tide at about 4pm, it was learned.
Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have killed seven people, local authorities have said.
Three people in their 70s and 80s died in France's northeastern Aube region on Saturday when a tree crushed the car they were travelling in during fierce winds, the local authority told the AFP news agency on Sunday.
A fourth passenger was in critical care, it added.
In neighbouring Switzerland, four people have died and another two are missing, according to local police, after violent thunderstorms and melting snow caused flooding and landslides in two southern cantons.
Three of the victims were killed early on Sunday in a landslide in the remote Maggia valley, in the Italian-speaking Alpine canton of Ticino, police said in a statement.
The three bodies were recovered in the Fontana area of the Maggia valley and they were currently being identified, while another person was missing in the Lavizzara side arm of the valley, Ticino authorities said.
Viral videos of cars floating in a river in Haridwar surfaced today. According to reports, the water in the river swelled up dramatically following heavy rains, causing many cars to be washed away in the floodwater.
According to some reports, dozens of vehicles parked in the Sukhi River were washed away after heavy rains. News wire agency PTI said rainwater gushed into homes and left major roads in the pilgrimage town waterlogged.
"As the rainfed Sukhi river is generally dry, people habitually park their cars on the dry riverbed. As the river got flooded all of a sudden, the cars were swept away in the swirling waters. The river joins the mainstream of the Ganga a short distance away. People gathered on the bridges over the Ganga near Har ki Pauri to capture the visuals of the floating cars on mobile cameras," it added.
After prolonged excruciating heatwaves, Delhi & Delhi NCR received incessant rainfall in the wee hours of June 28. However, the respite turned into tension as normal life was thrown out of gear shortly after the downpour.
Roads across the national capital have been inundated in water as Delhi lacks a smooth drainage system. From small cars to large trucks, visuals from different parts show how vehicles have sunk in water disrupting transit.
Several people were also trapped in inundated bus who were evacuated by rescue squad later. The helpless people were seen wading through knee-deep water to reach their workplaces and destinations.
The heavy rain also claimed a life and injured 6 as a portion of canopy at IGI airport collapsed following downpour. The incident caused temporary suspension of flights from terminal causing inconvenience to passengers.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that Delhi will receive 'very heavy rainfall' till July 1. The national capital woke up to light rain on June 29, a day after it received the highest rainfall in a single day in June in 88 years, grinding normal life to a halt.
Several parts of the city continue to be waterlogged and many areas experienced prolonged power cuts as Delhi recorded 228.1 mm of rainfall in 24 hours on Friday.
A 40-year-old man identified as Toby Bryan Berkley was named as the victim killed in a dog attack in Snyder on Thursday, according to Chief of Police Mike Counts.
The Snyder Police Department responded to the 2900 block of Avenue J around 6:00 a.m.
Police said Berkley was walking down the road when he was attacked by dogs. Police said the two dogs involved were caught and the owner was identified.
The Texas Rangers were notified and are assisting in the investigation.
As many as 125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded Friday on Cape Cod and at least 10 died, prompting an intensive rescue effort, according to an animal rescue organization.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare confirmed it was assisting the dolphins stuck at The Gut — or Great Island — in Wellfleet, at the Herring River in Massachusetts. The group described the area as a very difficult location with dangerous mud.
With low tide at 11:23 a.m., the team was in shallow water on foot attempting to herd the dolphins back out to deeper waters, the group said. The organization has three small vessels in the water to continue herding and is using underwater pingers to urge the dolphins in the right direction.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded two weak phreatic events at the Taal Volcano on Saturday.
According to an advisory, the steam-driven events, which occurred at 2:31 p.m. and 2:39 p.m., caused 800-meter plumes.
The phreatic events lasted a minute each.
Meanwhile, the average sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission of 6,571 tonnes per day on Friday was lower than the average of 7,895 tonnes per day since January.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in Eastern Indonesia erupted twice today, volcanology authorities said, sending thick, dark clouds into the air.
The first eruption took place at 11.04am local time and lasted nearly 11 minutes, according to a statement from the Indonesian volcanology agency.
The second was at 2.41pm and lasted a little over 10 minutes, spewing volcanic material 900m above the crater.
"Residents and visitors around Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki are prohibited from conducting any activity within the 3km radius from the centre of eruption," the agency said.
Seven members of a youth group hiking in Utah were transported to hospitals on Thursday after lightning struck the ground near them.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints youth group from Salina, Utah, were in the eastern part of Sevier county at about 1.45pm when a light rain began and the lightning hit, the Sevier county sheriff, Nathan Curtis, said in a statement.
"Approximately 50 youth felt the shock of the lightning," Curtis said, adding that seven of the young people had "medical concerns due to the electrocution".
Two had serious symptoms and were flown by helicopter to the Primary Children's hospital in Lehi, Utah. Five others were transported by ambulances to the Sevier Valley hospital in Richfield and the Gunnison Valley hospital in Gunnison, Curtis said.
None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, according to Curtis, who said the other hikers were returned to their families in Salina, which is 139 miles (223km) south of Salt Lake City.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are less than one in a million - and nearly 90% of all lightning-strike victims survive.
Comment: Also, a week prior: Three missing after landslide in Switzerland as heavy summer rains cause flash floods in the Alps