Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Ottawa and eastern Ontario

Residents of Ottawa and eastern Ontario are being warned that scattered thunderstorms could move through the area today. Environment Canada has issued a yellow watch – severe thunderstorm for the Ottawa area.

The Midwest was rocked by tornadoes, high winds and heavy rain. The monster storm system also knocked out power to more than a million customers across four states. NBC’s Maggie Vespa reports and TODAY’s Al Roker tracks the latest forecast.

A heavy rain watch remains for Northland and northern Auckland until 1am.

As a front makes its way across the upper North Island, heavy rain is in store for eastern and northern areas.

The Mandi-Manali stretch of the Kirathpur-Manali National Highway was closed to vehicular traffic following a landslip near the Jhalogi tunnel in Mandi district. The road will be opened after the rain stops and the situation is normalised, says officials

Police say all the reported deaths were caused by landslides in Baguio City and Benguet

Typhoon Dolphin brought strong winds, heavy rain and high waves to Japan’s southern islands on August 7, leading to shop closures and more than 500 flight cancellations. The storm had sustained winds of up to 89 mph, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Nearly 260,000 residents in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefect

MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Metro Manila saw less severe flooding despite heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon in recent days. MMDA chair Romando Artes attributed this to preemptive drainage and waterway clearing efforts under the Marcos administration’s P2-bi

Dolphin is forecast to move deeper inland to the central provinces of Hubei and Henan in ⁠the coming days.

The council is proposing to change the rules on dozens of routes in the popular tourist destination