Latest news: Extreme weather

Winter weather has brought ice to a wide swathe of the United States, cancelling more than 1700 flights nationwide and snarling highways.

Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand's largest city say, as insurers count the costs of what looks likely to be the country's most expensive weather event ever.

New Zealand's deadly flood crisis continues after heavy rainfall hit the country's north island, causing landslides, flash floods and knocking out roads.

Queensland's north coast is being battered by heavy rain as a monsoon trough brings severe thunderstorms and heavy falls to the region.

Cold fronts and low-pressure systems are continuing to bring wintery conditions to much of south-eastern Australia this week, with showers, storms, strong and gusty winds and well below average temperatures for this time of year.

Deniliquin residents have been ordered to evacuate again amid forecasts for damaging winds across much of NSW as the clean-up starts in Forbes.

Wild weather is set to return to Australia's east coast and along the Great Australian Bight, just as communities hit hard by flooding begin cleaning up. 

Philippines authorities have put the country on high alert, evacuating people in coastal areas and suspending maritime travel as the country braces for the arrival of Super Typhoon Noru.

Coastal and central communities in NSW are bracing for potential flooding with multiple severe weather warnings in place on the eve of a public holiday.

A powerful typhoon approaching southern Japan is pounding the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, and the evacuation of thousands of people.

A cold front is bringing rain and thunderstorms to South Australia and southern parts of the Northern Territory today, the Bureau of Meteorology warns. The front will move into far western Queensland, NSW, the ACT and Victoria later today with rain and thunderstorms impacting large areas of the eastern states on Thursday.

Officials in southern Pakistan have warned more flooding is expected as Lake Manchar swelled from unprecedented monsoon rains that began in mid-June and have killed nearly 1300 people.

At least 20 people have been killed in flash floods in central Afghanistan over the past 48 hours, with heavy rain destroying thousands of homes and damaging agricultural land.

Torrential rain in northern and central parts of New Zealand has eased after four days of downpours that forced hundreds of people from their homes.

At least 12 people have been killed in severe storms in Europe as authorities in Germany warned of heavy rainfall in the south of the country and put air rescue services on high alert.

China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across the Yangtze river basin.