Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has visited landslide survivors in Sicily, where the death toll from flooding and massive mudslides rose to 23, with at least 35 others still missing and more than 500 people homeless.
Typhoon Parma pummeled the northern areas of the Philippines, killing at least four people. Millions in Manila continue to struggle to recover from rains that submerged most of the capital, claiming nearly 300 lives, last weekend.
The death toll from severe flooding and landslides on Thursday in north-eastern Sicily rose to 21, with at least 30 people still missing. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who is expected to visit Sicily, said he feared the death toll would double.
Heavy rains lashed the Philippine capital of Manila and surrounding provinces forcing more than 1,800 people to evacuate and leaving at least 50 dead or missing according to local media reports.
The web is talking about the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, USA, with everybody to get their point across. Meanwhile, the Australian blogosphere have been focusing on the recent sand storms in the country.
A thunderstorm spotted by the US space probe Cassini on Saturn in January is still raging, making it the longest ever lightning storm in the solar system. The previous record-breaker lasted seven and a half months.
Taiwan's PM threw in the towel on Monday amid a public outcry at his reponse to Typhoon Morakot which hit the island in early August, killing hundreds of people. Liu Chao-shiuan also said his government was ready to quit.
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season, Bill, has strengthened into a category 4 hurricane. Large swells will begin to hit the Antilles on Wednesday, then the Bahamas and the south-eastern US mainland on Friday and Saturday.
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season, Bill, has strengthened into a category 3 hurricane but is expected to miss the US coastline as it veers north.
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has raised the estimated death toll from the flooding and mudslides that followed Typhoon Morakot as public anger mounts over the government's response.
