Videos circulating on Twitter showed flash floods on the streets of Vegas — one of the US's driest major cities.

Tuesday was the hottest day on record in the UK with temperatures peaking at 40.3 degrees Celcius — or 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

The UK recorded unprecedented temperatures on Monday as the country took drastic steps to protect its infrastructure and people's lives.

The UK issued its first "red warning for exceptional heat." The local council said it wanted to keep Hammersmith Bridge at a "safe temperature."

Officials initially said more than 40 people were unaccounted for after severe flooding hit the county, but later said everyone had been found.

Part of the glacier in the Marmolada range collapsed on Sunday, prompting a desperate search for survivors amid fears of more parts falling off.

The USGS said the earthquake hit near the city of Khōst, in southeastern Afghanistan. Some of the villages hit are in remote mountainous areas.

In one video, an entire home is washed away by the fast-moving flood waters.

The Category 2 storm stands to be the most powerful May hurricane to make landfall in the eastern Pacific, an AccuWeather meteorologist told Insider.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake hit at around 11:36 p.m. off the coast of Fukushima prefecture and struck 36 miles below the sea.

"Things will get worse before they get better," New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said as weather experts warn of more heavy storms to come.

There were no reports of injuries or property damage in nearby towns from the latest eruption of the Italian volcano.

A rare winter brush fire fueled by unseasonable heat and blustering winds erupted near Laguna Beach on Thursday morning.

Water in a tree's sap freezes and expands in cold weather, causing its limb to snap and creating a popping noise in the process.

First responders, government officials, and hospitals are on standby to render aid to any survivors.

Over 5 million people in New England are under a winter-storm watch, but forecasters say it's still unclear how bad the storm may be.

An underwater volcano erupted near the Polynesian country of Tonga on Saturday, triggering a tsunami.

An underwater volcano erupted near Tonga, triggering a tsunami. Neighbors Australia and New Zealand are trying to figure out how to help.

Temperatures in Boston on Tuesday morning were hovering in the single-digits, though the wind chill made it feel like -7 degrees Fahrenheit.

A Colorado sheriff confirmed Monday that an investigation into the Marshall wildfire will include a property owned by the Twelve Tribes religious sect.

Drivers became stuck on Virginia's I-95 road on Monday, and are still waiting to be freed. Many said they were worried about running out of supplies.

The video footage obtained by Fox 5 DC shows cars stranded in the northbound and southbound lanes of Virginia's Interstate 95.

The storm dumped at least 14 inches of snow in parts of Virginia and 15 inches in parts of Maryland, the National Weather Service said.

As of Tuesday morning, drivers in northern Virginia have been stuck for more than 15 hours on I-95 after a crash and icy conditions shut down traffic.

"If you do not need to be out and about today, please stay home," the Washoe County Sheriff's Office said.

Officials across the Philippine provinces struck by the typhoon described the destruction as "gargantuan," stating that the storm "spared no one."

The factory was among the hardest hit locations as tornadoes tore through the Midwest late Friday, causing catastrophic damage and killing dozens.

In Kentucky, which had been hit hard by severe weather, Gov. Andy Beshear said on Sunday that the state's death toll is expected to exceed 100.

Several inmates from Graves County Jail were working the late shift at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory when a tornado caused the roof to collapse.

Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford said during a news conference on Saturday that 150 yards of the Amazon facility collapsed during the tornado.

The death toll is anticipated to surpass 100.

"I don't even know what to say. It seems our shop is gone," the owner of a destroyed business in Kentucky said on Facebook.

Kyanna Parsons-Perez, 40, told Insider that her employers at the destroyed Mayfield candle factory in Kentucky should have told workers not to come in.

As many as 50 to 100 people are feared dead in Kentucky following "the most severe tornado outbreak in our state's history," Gov. Andy Beshear said.

Kentucky State Police tweeted early Saturday that although no casualties have been reported, "loss of life is expected."

Dozens of people were trapped inside of Arkansas nursing facility Monette Manor when a tornado caused its roof to collapse.

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Residents fled in terror as Mount Semeru, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, spewed a gigantic plume of ash for the second time in a year.

Ikea customers and employees who were stranded by a snowstorm in Denmark spent an evening together eating, watching TV, and sleeping on showroom beds.

The storm is set to strike a month after the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused deadly flooding in the area.

The storm dumped record-breaking rain on California, leading to flash flooding and evacuations in some areas.

A Youm7 reporter was broadcasting live from his phone when it was stolen, and the thief kept broadcasting as he drove away.

The fire has burned more than 15,000 acres in two days. The LA Times referred to it as Southern California's first major fire of the season.

This year's largest weather disasters have cost the US an estimated $104.8 billion in damage so far in 2021.

Major flash flooding in parts of Alabama on Wednesday night left at least four dead, and forced rescue missions at homes and cars around Birmingham.

This extreme weather event broke the European record for most rainfall within a 12-hour period, according to a climatologist.

The Canary Islands Volcano Institute said that it may take between 24 and 84 days for the eruption to quell.