Rescuers continue to search for survivors and aid operations is advancing as Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia recover from devastating floods and landslides.
Some residents of flood-hit Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, Indonesian authorities say.
As extensive floods claim the lives of hundreds of people across South East Asia, rescuers are ramping up recovery operations.
Floods and landslides in western Indonesia have left at least 174 people dead, officials say.
At least 145 people have died in floods that have swept 12 southern provinces in Thailand.
Sri Lankan authorities have closed government offices and schools as the death toll from landslides and floods lifts to 56.
The clean-up has begun in the Top End, but a cyclone threat remains as northern Australia braces for more wild weather.
Top End residents want to clean up and get back to business as usual after enduring a noisy and worrying night as tropical cyclone Fina passed through.
Projects including a cyclone shelter and flood levees are part of a $1 billion funding plan to build Australia's disaster readiness and resilience.
The death toll from the Philippines' Super Typhoon Fung-wong has risen to eight as the storm barrels towards Taiwan.
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of giant hail, damaging winds and potential flooding as thunderstorms roll across several states.
One death has been reported from Typhoon Kalmaegi in Vietnam, as the Philippines toll from the storm continues to climb.
A rain band stretching from southern Australia to the top end is set to wash over eastern states, bringing severe storms and a soggy Melbourne Cup.
Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to directly hit Jamaica, is estimated to have cost $A80 billion in damage and economic loss across the western Caribbean.
Hurricane Melissa has thrashed cities and isolated communities in the Caribbean, leaving dozens of people dead and a long recovery ahead in devastated areas.
Jamaica is waking to scenes of destruction after a record-strength hurricane pummelled the Caribbean island before slamming into neighbouring Cuba.
The families of two people killed in an "inland tsunami" have remembered the victims as loving parents and grandparents whose legacies live on.
A senior meteorologist says the weather bureau's warnings were "clear and timely" before a flash flood that killed two people and led to more than 100 rescues.
While the weather bureau was warning of a major flood in a rural town, emergency services feared it was going to be much worse, an inquest has been told.
Locals from a rural village razed by a ferocious, swirling flash flood have told their miraculous tales of survival during an "absolute day from hell".
Around 130 people are dead or missing after a week of torrential rain in Mexico unleashed flooding and landslides, wreaking havoc on infrastructure.
Heroic actions of locals prevented further tragedy after a wave of floodwater suddenly struck a rural town, killing two people, an inquest has been told.
The death toll from floods in central and southeastern Mexico has risen to 41 with dozens of people still missing, officials say.
At least 19 people have died and 21 others remain missing in Vietnam following Typhoon Bualoi.
A rebel group is calling for international help after a landslide "completely levelled" a village in Sudan's Darfur region and killed more than 1000 people.
A man whose quick thinking helped save a woman stranded in a flooded creek has been awarded a bravery decoration for his "unforeseen courage".
Spring has not yet sprung but forecasters say a soggy season awaits much of Australia, with parts tipped to receive heavy rainfall and flooding.
Heavy rains across the Himalayan mountains have killed at least 34 people in the last 24 hours in India.
Police divers have recovered the bodies of a father and son in floodwaters while a third man escaped to safety after heavy rain caused dangerous conditions.
Residents across one state are being warned to prepare for flooding as a weather system bears down from the coast to inland suburbs.
Rescue and relief teams have returned to their posts in flood-hit northwest Pakistan after more heavy rain forced them to take shelter.
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