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

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

Regional authorities in Sicily record temperature of 119.8 degrees, beating country's all-time record of 119.3 degrees from 1999, and 1977 record of 118.4 degrees in Greece

Graphs compiled by number cruncher Gil David frighteningly show how Israel is experiencing hotter days over longer periods

Residents of one small village wander through its ruins looking shell-shocked, scared and exhausted

Around 15,000 members of German emergency services, police and army on the ground in worst-hit areas; in devastated Ahrweiler district, around 1,300 people unaccounted for

Recent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering deadly flash floods that have wrought havoc and destruction

Authorities declare state of emergency, warn that dam could give way as floods sweep away cars and destroy buildings

Jordan suspends COVID vaccinations due to severe weather; in Syria, authorities attempt to avert floods at crowded displaced persons camps

Stormy weather coats Mount Hermon with snow; precipitation fills up streams, raising flooding threat