Reinsurance company Munich Re estimates economic losses from natural disasters worldwide last year at $280 billion, warns of links to global warming as shown by studies

Majority of fatalities drowned after their cars were caught in flash floods caused by record-breaking rainfall

At least 23 people killed in New Jersey, 12 in New York after former hurricane combines with front to dump record-breaking amounts of rain, inundating Atlantic seaboard

One fatality named as Shmuel Dovid Weissmandel, 69, of Mount Kisco, New York, who was found lifeless in his car while on his way home

Videos show cars and garbage floating down streets, Torah scrolls rescued from Williamsburg synagogue; Postal Service roof collapses in New Jersey, no immediate word on casualties

While many fled the city, those who remained are faced with long periods without power and air-conditioning amid sweltering heat; several services will again be held over Zoom

World Meteorological Organization finds that catastrophes are happening four to five times more often than in 1970s, causing seven times more damage

A youthful Armstrong spent time with the Karnofsky family at their home and tailor shop, where they mentored him, bought his first trumpet and instilled a love of matzah

25,000 utility workers are on the ground in Louisiana to help restore electricity after 'catastrophic' damage, governor says

Officials say it could take six weeks to fully restore power to parts of New Orleans hit hard by hurricane, as extent of damage seen for first time