In just a couple of days, with extreme bouts of torrential rain, the death toll soared past 1 100 and water overwhelmed as much as a third of the country, satellite images show.
A particularly powerful bolt of lightning, which darted upwards from a thunderstorm in Oklahoma, delivered the largest charge transfer to space on record.
Two shocking videos reveal the devastating extent of wildfires in the country.
Remarkably, the British tourist and his fellow trekkers came out unscathed after a massive avalanche raced over them from the mountains they were just about to climb.
The doccie has already received Oscar buzz and has been referred to as the “greatest lava story ever told” and “hands down, the documentary of the year”.
A hauntingly rare phenomenon took over the skies with residents in and around Sioux Falls speculating whether they were being transformed into The Upside Down from ‘Stranger Things’.
China has been dealing with one of its more devastating rainy seasons, with two vicious tornadoes tearing through the south in a matter of days.
Somerset West remained under siege over the weekend, with emergency services personnel, animals, and private houses beginning to sustain damage after five consecutive days of fire.
The City of Cape Town’s epic firefighters deserve a long round of applause – and several rounds of beer on the house.
There are some things you cannot control, like a freak storm, but planning can still be put in place to try and mitigate the impact of such weather conditions.
A storm chaser used a relatively small drone to capture the immense devastation of a tornado that hit parts of Kansas.
A number of crocodiles escaped from the Crocodile Creek Farm between Tongaat and Ballito this week after the fence was damaged in the floods.
Residents say the death toll is likely higher than the official count from authorities, with drone videos showing the full extent of the destruction.
In Durban North there was canoeing, and in Hillcrest, someone whipped out their surfboard and slid down the flooded fairway at Cotswold Downs.
People across the province are contending with heavy downpours, flooded streets, mudslides, and structural collapses.
A 57-year-old Tongan man has been hailed as a “real-life Aquaman” for his seemingly impossible swim to safety.
Families and friends touring the Furnas lake in Brazil can be heard screaming as a portion of the rocky canyon wall toppled onto two of the boats in the water below.
Kentucky’s governor said that there will likely be more than 100 lives lost from the immense tornadoes that ripped through the state.
A severe storm brought torrential rainfall, violent winds, an impressive waterspout, and even a tornado to the Italian town of Sicily.
Volcanic activity in the sea around Japan’s Ogasawara Islands has lifted sunken “ghost ships” from the depths of the ocean.
During a press conference being held in Wellington on Friday, Ardern was interrupted by a magnitude 5,9 earthquake.
Climate Central has shown how Cape Town’s urban areas can expect to change in the event of increased temperatures, which can cause sea levels to rise substantially.
Footage has been shared from an ocean drone inside a major hurricane moving across the Atlantic Ocean.
Despite the grave danger of the situation on the island of La Palma, Spanish tourism minister Reyes Maroto is encouraging tourists to pop by for a visit.
Videos of mysterious bright lights flashing over Acapulco appeared on social media, and scientists are still divided as to the exact reason.
Mark Kobylinksi stood rapt with his camera in hand, on his back deck, watching as the nightmare drew closer and closer.
A new study suggests that a global societal collapse is very likely “within a few decades”, but there are a few countries that could keep civilisation afloat.
A German television presenter really dragged her name through the mud on Monday, when she was seen dirtying her clothes shortly before reporting on a deadly flood.
Three unsuspecting London siblings – Rachel, Isobel, and Andrew Jobson – were struck by lightning, with the exact moment captured in a selfie.
Firenadoes are the latest horror in the heat spell that has caused insane wildfires to blaze from California to Oregon.