Intense rains hit Savona, the largest city in Liguria, a region in northern Italy, today. Waterlogging was recorded in Albenga, as well as in Tovo San Giacomo, Calice Ligure and Altara. Significant rainfall was recorded in the municipality of Quiliano: up to 56 mm of water fell in just one hour. West of Savona, up to 190 mm of rain fell overnight. In the neighborhood of Cerilese, severe flooding was reported along the Via Romana. “Due to the heavy rains, the river overflowed despite the system of bulkheads and protective barriers installed due to the yellow (not orange) warning,” said vice-mayor and councillor Luigi Giordano, who is monitoring the weather situation.

Severe winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Helen destroyed one-fifth of the cotton crop in Georgia, the second-largest cotton state in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly crop production report (WASDE), Agriculture News reported Oct. 15. A preliminary damage report from the University of Georgia put cotton losses at $207-220 million. State officials said the storm's total damage to Georgia agriculture amounted to $6.46 billion ($625 billion). “Georgia and North Carolina accounted for the majority of the reduction,” the WASDE report said. The hurricane hit the states during harvest time. In addition, poultry farms closed during the rampage, which also took a significant economic toll.

In Turkey, a person was injured when lightning struck an airport. The portal HavaSosyalMedya writes about this. “Before the departure of the Rize-Artvin - Istanbul flight, lightning struck the airport when the plane door was about to close to allow the take-off process to begin. As a result of a lightning strike, the on-board operator of the aircraft lost consciousness and fell,” the report says. Due to ongoing lightning strikes, the airport has temporarily postponed aircraft takeoffs and landings and all operations on the runway. The injured man was hospitalized.

The bodies of two women have been found in the Taifa community of Taza province in Morocco. Eight other people were injured in the floods that occurred in the region, the regional office for health and social protection in Taza province told SNRTnews. The same source indicated that the injured have received medical treatment and are in a condition that does not cause concern. Thunderstorms that occurred in the region since Saturday evening, October 12, 2024, caused severe floods and heavy rains, causing the death of a large number of sheep and material damage, as well as damaging a number of roads.

At least 16 people have died from Hurricane Milton, which roared onshore on Florida's west coast as a Category 3 hurricane, bringing tornadoes, powerful winds and flooding rains. The monster storm forced millions to evacuate and left widespread destruction across Florida. More than 2 million customers remain without power in Florida on Friday afternoon. Over 3 million customers lost power at the height of the storm. Duke Energy said it plans to restore power by Sunday night in Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg attended a rally in support of climate change and Palestinians in Milan on Friday. More than 1,000 people, many of them teenagers, joined a peaceful march in this northern Italian city organized by Fridays For Future, a climate change movement that Thunberg helped found. Wearing a kufiya - a traditional scarf symbolizing the Palestinian struggle against Israel - Thunberg walked at the front of the procession, while other protesters waved flags, held banners and danced to music.

Former Tropical Storm Kirk brought record rainfall to Paris this Wednesday, October 9. According to Météo-France, the Paris-Monsouri station recorded 70 mm of rain over the 24-hour period, making this October day the rainiest in more than a century in the nation's capital. The record October rainfall in Paris was observed on October 17, 1920, when 74 mm fell in a single day. Even the National Assembly was affected by the flooding as the Chaban-Delmas building in the Palais Bourbon was inundated with water, as revealed by Dordogne MP Sébastien Peytavi on the X network.

Storm Kirk has hit Spain. The remnants of the tropical storm had its biggest impact this Wednesday across the country, except for the Canary Islands, bringing heavy rain, storms and hurricane-force wind gusts of more than 200 km/h, causing incidents in several locations. After Kirk passes through the peninsula, the new Atlantic cyclone will again bring rain to most of the country starting Friday, according to Ruben del Campo, spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).

Heavy rain continued throughout Tuesday in the Italian region of Liguria, with particularly heavy rains on the border with Tuscany. The rainfall has affected the speed of rivers and streams, so caution is required. Over 300mm of rain has fallen in Campo Ligure in the last 24 hours, including 272mm in the last six hours in the morning alone. The rains caused a significant rise in river levels, especially in the Orba and Stura rivers, where the peak passed without serious consequences.

According to Sky News meteorologist Christopher England, rain and wind are likely to return due to the low-pressure system moving in from across the Atlantic. While it is believed that the intensity of Hurricane Kirk will mostly have dissipated by the time it reaches the UK, it is still thought to bring enough bad weather to be classed as "Storm Kirk". Therefore, England should prepare for more weather misery with heavy rain and strong winds once again on the horizon. It seems that it may not be only the UK that is affected, as meteorologist England has advised that northern France and possibly even northern Spain may feel the effects of Storm Kirk. “The current track and intensity is still uncertain, but recent models suggest Kirk will run into northern France, bringing heavy rain and strong damaging winds, perhaps as far south as northern Spain,” he said. France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany could all be affected by "Storm Kirk".

River flows around the world fell to record lows last year amid a record heatwave, jeopardizing water supplies in an era of rising demand, the United Nations weather agency said in a report. According to the State of Global Water Resources report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Monday, “global water supplies are under severe strain, with five consecutive years of below-normal river flows and reservoir inflows.” Prolonged droughts have reduced river flows in much of North, Central and South America, and the Mississippi and Amazon river basins saw record low water levels in 2023, the report said, based on 33 years of data. The Ganges and Mekong river basins also experienced drought conditions, the report said. Overall, 50 percent of global watersheds showed low levels, most of them in deficit and reducing water availability for agriculture and industry.

Tropical Storm Milton — the 13th named storm in the 2024 hurricane season — has formed and is forecast to become a major hurricane before hitting Florida this week. Milton is forecast to intensify while moving northeastward toward Florida’s Gulf Coast and could make landfall Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane or stronger, the National Hurricane Center reported Saturday afternoon. Milton strengthened from a depression into a tropical storm within hours Saturday, reaching sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. As of 5 p.m., the storm was located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.