A nine-hour torrential rainfall has left many houses submerged with flood water, leaving property worth millions of naira destroyed in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Friday.
Mattress and other personal belongings could be seen floating on flood water following the downpour.
Areas affected are Wadata, Logo 1/ 2 Wurukum market and Garage, Low Level along NKST Church Low Level all in Makurdi.
Many residents could be seen hurriedly packing their belongings and moving to safe areas as the rain intensified.
Two children died after being struck by lightning in Bhadradri Kothagudem as heavy rains continued to lash several parts of the state.
The flood situation in Kothagudem district remained grim on Friday as several streams were in spate and tanks overflowed.
Borra Siddhu, 15, and Borra Chandu, 11, both brothers, of Jamendar Bazar village in Dammapet mandal were in an agriculture field when it started raining on Thursday evening.
The siblings, who took shelter under a tree, died instantaneously when lightning struck.
The 11 dead were found in five cars that were pulled from the river below
At least 11 people have died and more than 30 are missing after a highway bridge partially collapsed during torrential rains in northwest China.
The bridge over a river in Shaanxi province's Shangluo city collapsed on Friday night due to a sudden downpour and flash floods, the provincial authority said.
Rescue teams have recovered several vehicles that fell into the river, with efforts still underway according to authorities.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged an "all out" effort to find those still missing.
The 11 dead were found in five cars that were pulled from the river below. It is thought 20 more vehicles plunged into the water, according to state media.
Homes and streets were flooded, commuters stranded, and vehicles damaged all by early afternoon yesterday, as heavy rains from Wednesday night into yesterday morning wreaked havoc and exacerbated already flooded conditions in some parts of the country.
While yesterday morning's showers gave way by afternoon to sunnier skies, and drier conditions are expected into the weekend, forecasters have maintained cautions to the public that additional rainfall could impact saturated soils and cause further flooding, as well as landslides.
Heavy street flooding was widespread yesterday while some communities in South Trinidad, where homes were already under water, found floods rising by morning.
A number of areas in Central, North and East Trinidad were impacted by early yesterday morning into midday by severe street floods, as well some residential flooding.
In Port of Spain, street floods distressed motorists and commuters, with several reports of vehicles shutting down while navigating flood waters, including on the Eastern Main Road in the vicinity of Abattoir Road.
Nepal is very prone to landslides, in part because of its natural setting (steep terrain, monsoon rainfall, high levels of tectonic activity). This is being exacerbated by the impacts of both poorly planned development and climate change, most notably increases in peak rainfall intensity.Thus, Nepal is a poster child for a situation that is occurring more widely.
Landslides in Nepal are largely driven by monsoon rainfall, and of course at this time of year, the SW monsoon is at full strength. I've mapped below all of the fatal landslides that I've recorded in Nepal in 2024 to date - the final locations are not definitive, but this is an interesting first pass:-
A Flash Flood Emergency was declared in a northern Arkansas town Wednesday as torrential rains caused rushing waters to pour into homes and prompt urgent evacuations.
As much as 11 inches of rain fell near Yellville in central Marion County, leading to numerous washed-out bridges and ongoing water rescues by local law enforcement.
Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander confirmed to FOX Weather that 86 people were evacuated from the Creekside Nursing Home in Yellville. No deaths or injuries have been reported.
The emergencies ministry in Belarus said Wednesday that six people died in a heavy weekend storm that swept through much of the country, and officials said that some cities are still experiencing problems with water and electricity.
The ministry reported that 330 cities and villages were damaged in Sunday's storm in the Brest, Gomel and Mogilev regions in the country's south. Video footage from the ministry shows fallen trees, wrecked cars and houses without roofs.
The worst-hit city, Mazyr, home to a major oil refinery, remains without electricity in some areas.
"We have never encountered anything like this, when the energy system lost all the power generating and supplying all lines in the Mazyr region and surrounding areas," said Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak.
"The wind was abnormally strong and this led to the destruction of high-voltage lines," Sivak added.
South Korea's border city of Paju and parts of the metropolitan area were battered by heavy rainfall on Thursday.
The rain caused floods in parts of Gyeonggi Province, causing the suspension of public transport, and rescue workers were dispatched to several areas in Paju to evacuate residents.
The extreme weather has not been limited to Henan. Beijing temporarily suspended several suburban train lines after issuing early warnings for thunderstorms and flash floods.
A small town in China's Henan province experienced an unprecedented deluge as it received nearly a year's worth of rain in just 24 hours.
The extreme weather event, part of a shifting pattern of storms moving from southern China to central and northern provinces, has put local authorities on high alert.
Dafengying, a town within the city limits of Nanyang, recorded a staggering 606.7mm (24 inches) of rainfall in a single day, as reported by national weather forecasters. This amount nearly matches the area's average annual rainfall of 800mm, highlighting the extraordinary nature of the event.
Comment: Related: China's Henan province drowns in flood: A year's worth of rain falls in a day - 2 FEET of rainfall in 24 hours