Weather Events

One year’s worth of rain fell in eights hours in parts of country’s Valencia region while rescue teams continue searches

Dublin woman forced to abandon home with no preparation as rooms began to fill with water in ‘frightening’ experience

Shocking storm exposes lack of preparedness to extreme weather fuelled by global warming

Flash floods and mudslides cause chaos in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia

Streets were flooded as rivers burst their banks, bridges collapsed and cars, often with drivers inside, were pushed along by the water

Spain weeps with those looking for their loved ones, says PM Pedro Sanchez, as emergency services work to reach worst-hit areas

‘People are actually walking to the airport, carrying suitcases,’ says Irish man who had travelled to Valencia for long weekend

Flooding from Malaga to Valencia: Dozens killed after torrential rain

Met Éireann issued a yellow alert for six counties, many of which were badly affected at the weekend

Storm Ashley: Worst affected counties in terms of power outages are Galway, Mayo and Kerry

Thousands of homes were left without electricity, while flights were delayed, diverted and cancelled

Passenger has medical emergency on Ryanair flight that twice diverted to England and spent hours on English runways

ESB working to repair damage amid orange and yellow wind warnings affected country with ongoing travel disruption

Flights cancelled and diverted at airports as high tides and high winds created dangerous conditions around the coast

‘The tents have been flying everywhere,’ says spokesman as migrants moved to houses in Newtownmountkennedy and Crooksling

First named storm of the season set to make landfall on Sunday, with high winds expected amid high spring tides

At least 16 dead as Democrats seek more emergency funding from divided Congress

Ideal geomagnetic and weather conditions resulted in aurora borealis lighting up sky

Threat of flooding remains after almost half a metre of rainfall, with deaths and most severe damage stemming from tornadoes

Hurricane Milton hits Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm with winds of more than 160km/h (100mph) and producing a series of deadly tornadoes

Florida braces for storm expected to cause once-in-a-century flooding

Met Éireann says the storm will mix with the jet stream after it hits Florida and moves away from the Gulf Coast

Bantry was worst affected, with shops and houses flooded in centre of village

Heavy rain overnight halted search operations after deadliest floods in years hit the Balkan country

Display predicted to be so strong that if it were perfectly clear over the island, people as far south as Kerry would see it

Thousands remain cut off around Asheville as volunteer groups step in to aid relief efforts

Rescue services report several missing and call on volunteers and army to assist as roads closed and houses left without electricity

Storm dumps more than 35cm of rain over three days on to western North Carolina, transforming mountainsides into mudslides and creeks into torrents

Status orange and yellow weather warnings had been in place across a number of counties on Sunday

Roughly 2.7 million customers across the south were without power on Sunday

Weather forecast: Motorists advised to take extra care with heavy rain forecast in Munster and much of Leinster

Over 60 dead and state of emergency declared in six states, where homes have been destroyed and millions are without power

Officials fear more bodies will be discovered after one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit country

Nearly 900,000 homes and businesses suffer power cuts as maximum sustained winds reach an estimated 225km/h

EU says ‘reality of climate breakdown’ now part of daily life in Europe

Danube’s waters continue to rise in in Slovakia and Hungary, with parts of Austria and Romania inundated after heavy rains

Lack of coastal management plan raises concerns

Czech military helicopters deployed to rescue people from homes as evacuations take place in multiple cities in several countries

Lower Austria, the state surrounding Vienna, declared a disaster area with some 20,000 rescue crew members at work

Similar weather expected in southern Germany and parts of Austria, Poland, and Slovakia over coming days