Authorities across multiple regions in China, including the south, southwest and central parts, have raised emergency levels and issued disaster warnings on Tuesday as heavy rains continue to lash the country.

Authorities reported on Tuesday that torrential rains caused severe flooding in central China’s Hunan Province, resulting in four deaths and one person missing.

Heavy rain forecast across parts of northern China has prompted railway suspensions and weather alerts, authorities said Saturday.

Bangladesh faces a rice deficit of over 200,000 metric tons after heavy pre-monsoon rains and upstream water inflows damaged the main crop in the northeastern haor wetlands during peak harvest.

Heavy rains that hit northeastern Brazil over the last 48 hours have killed ​at least six people and displaced thousands ‌in the states of Pernambuco and Paraiba, the federal government said in a statement on Saturday.

Seven people were confirmed dead and six others rescued following heavy rains that triggered flooding in several parts of Algeria, civil defense authorities said on Friday and Saturday.

At least 10 people have been killed in Kenya after heavy rains triggered widespread flooding and landslides across several regions, authorities said, as concerns grow over rising water levels near major dam systems.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy returned to flight this week, marking its first mission of 2026 by launching a heavy-lift payload for the US Space Force.

At least 10 people, including a child, died and several others were injured in separate incidents amid heavy rains accompanied by a hailstorm in the southern state of Karnataka late on Wednesday, confirmed a local official on Thursday.