Heavy rainfall across large areas of the Barkly and Central Australia over the past three days has forced road closures and flooded cattle stations, with further wet weather forecast.

Residents in parts of Alaska are evacuating after meltwater from the Mendenhall Glacier breached a natural ice dam, sparking fears of unprecedented flooding in the state’s capital, Juneau.

Authorities in southern Switzerland are warning of potential flooding in an Alpine valley after a massive glacial landslide buried the village of Blatten and blocked a nearby river.