Storms and Floods

Tropical storm Rafael was located about 135 mi [215 km] E of Bermuda and is expected to miss the island, although strong winds and rain are expected.

Tropical Storm Paul weakens near Mexico.

Storms and Floods

The outer bands of Tropical Storm Rafael have drenched the Caribbean's Northern Leeward Islands, as its centre steadily moves over open ocean on a possible track toward Bermuda. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Culebra, Vieques, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maartin, St. Martin, Guadeloupe and Desirade les Saintes.

Cyclone Cleopatra to bring heavy storms over northern Italy - 'Cleopatra', a Mediterranean cyclone, will usher autumn into Italy.

An unusually cold storm in southern Australia has dished out the first October snow in a century.

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storm Rafael hits the US Virgin Islands and threatens Puerto Rico.

Tropical Storm Paul has formed in the eastern Pacific, 660 miles (1062 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.

Typhoon Prapiroon is located approximately 325 nm south-southeast of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.

In the Indian Ocean, Tropical cyclone Anais is located approximately 395 nm southwest of Diego Garcia. It is the first tropical cyclone of southern Indian Ocean season.

Super Typhoon Megi is battering communities in the north of the Philippines with heavy rains and powerful winds of 225 km/h. The category 5 storm is the strongest to hit the Philippines in four years. Numerous communities have been cut off by floods.

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storm Rafael forms over eastern Caribbean, the 17th storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Heavy rain and flooding hit large swathes of Scotland, bursting riverbanks, turning roads into torrents and stranding people in their homes.