Experts say areas such as Constantia, Hout Bay and Newlands are at risk of a major catastrophe as Cape Town experience its worst fire season.

"I have felt the power of a stun grenade and I can tell you the feeling of the actual earthquake was 10 times worse,” said retired videographer Peter Brewis.

Typhoon Faxai hit just east of Tokyo, killing one woman, with record-breaking winds and stinging rain that threatened to burst river banks.

Days after fleeing their crumbling home while Hurricane Dorian rampaged over the Bahamas, Samuel Cornish and his family caught a rescue flight to Nassau.

A weakened Hurricane Dorian flooded homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday with a fury that took even storm-hardened residents by surprise

Leaders from Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru and Suriname have begun discussion of possible regional measures to protect the Amazon.

Hurricane Dorian is unleashing its full array of hazards on the Carolinas just days after causing a humanitarian crisis in the northwestern Bahamas.

Thousands of desperate people are seeking help in Dorian's aftermath as the death toll climbed to 20 and many people emerged from shelters to check on their homes.

Hurricane Dorian shredded roofs, hurled cars and forced even rescue crews to take shelter as it pummeled the Bahamas with a fearsome Category 4 assault.

Flood warnings were sounded in parts of northern India on Sunday as the nationwide death toll in monsoon rains surpassed 1,000.

The bodies of five missing people have been recovered in Vietnam, bringing the death toll from Typhoon Wipha to 10 with a further 11 missing.

At least 24 people are feared dead due to flash flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, officials said.

New Orleans braced for severe flooding with residents told to hunker down as a growing tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico headed for landfall.

Monsoon rains caused wall collapses that killed 27 people in India as the second day of bad weather disrupted rail and air traffic in Mumbai.

Facebook helped track the Knysna wildfire while Twitter aided in organising relief efforts, a report showed.

A relentless barrage of violent weather in the central United States left three people dead on Thursday.