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.

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.

New Zealand authorities have warned of potentially severe impacts as Cyclone Vaianu approaches, urging farmers, growers, and rural communities to prepare for heavy rainfall and damaging winds.

Weeks of heavy rains and flooding have ​now killed 108 people ‌in Kenya, the National Police Service said on Saturday ​in an updated ​death toll.

Tanzania will allocate 8.1 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 3.2 million U.S. dollars) to repair roads and bridges damaged by heavy rains in Serengeti National Park, Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Ashatu Kijaji has announced.

The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais rose to 30, with 39 people missing, local authorities said Tuesday.