First responders also rescued flood-stranded people after storms unleashed heavy rains in the US north-east

Residents in Delaware’s capital and on Long Island, New York, were picking up the pieces on Friday after tornadoes touched down during sudden storms that battered the north-eastern US with heavy rains and left dozens of people stranded in their cars during flash flooding.

In Atlantic Beach on Long Island, the long peninsula that stretches out into the ocean to the east of New York City, images posted on social media showed a large funnel cloud over the water and small buildings torn apart at a beach club.

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Storm also caused destructive flooding and damage to homes and infrastructure with one woman dead

• Tropical storm Lala wreaks ‘devastation’ to some areas of Hawaii’s Big Island

Crews in Hawaii are working to restore power to thousands of residents after the outer bands of Hurricane Lala battered the islands over the weekend, causing destructive flooding and killing one person.

On the hard-hit Big Island, crews were working to clear and restore roads, but some communities on the southern end of the island remained isolated as they were cut off from communication.

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Four-year-old boy, three men and three women among fatalities since storms began on 11 August, officials say

Days of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least seven people dead as floodwaters peaked in Indianapolis’s White River – and rains were expected to ease in the state capital region and other parts of the state on Sunday.

A four-year-old boy, three men and three women were among those who had died since the storms began on 11 August, state homeland security department spokesperson Liz Woods said.

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National Weather Service reports that more than 11in of rain fell over a two-day period in some areas

At least five people are dead after devastating floods that swept through Indiana this week, officials said, as storms continued to batter the state on Saturday and first responders used boats to rescue more people from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis.

The mayor of Indianapolis, Joe Hogsett, and other state officials implored residents in areas at risk of flooding to heed any evacuation warnings at a news conference.

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Storm expected to strengthen to hurricane as state of emergency declared amid danger of ‘life-threatening’ floods

Tropical Storm Lala is set to hit Hawaii’s Big Island with hurricane force in a matter of hours, bringing dangerous winds, heavy rainfall and high surf in a sign of what a strengthening “super” El Niño in the Pacific may bring.

The tropical storm is currently about 420 miles (675km) south-east of Hilo on the archipelago’s largest island, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said in its latest advisory, packing winds of 60mph (97km/h). Lala is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island.

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Another day of near record heat baked the continent on Friday, but temperatures could retreat to seasonal averages in the coming days.

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A lingering weather system has brought severe flooding and intense winds — including a few tornadoes — to Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.

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Indiana faced most outages at 267,000, about 8% of its customers, with severe thunderstorms and wind ahead

Power supply was cut on Thursday ⁠to about 540,000 homes and businesses across the US midwest as severe storms battered the region, data ⁠from PowerOutage.us showed.

Indiana ⁠was the ​hardest-hit state, with more than 267,000 outages, representing about 8% of its roughly 3.3 million customers, the data ⁠showed.

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It’s a chance not just to study the sun but also space weather, light pollution and even animal behavior.

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High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.

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Red high-temperature warnings remained in effect for much of southern and western Italy through Saturday.

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Red high-temperature warnings remained in effect for much of southern and western Italy through Saturday.

Beset by historically dry weather, much of the nation is losing its signature hue.

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An Australian flight crew faced subfreezing temperatures, changing weather conditions and almost constant darkness as they worked to rescue a U.S. national.

The country has been gripped by a record-setting heat wave that endangered both players and spectators.

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