WEATHER PICTURES

Recent heavy rains have endangered residents in dozens of provincial towns, where makeshift construction on the slopes of the Andes makes neighbourhoods particularly susceptible to landslides and flooding.

Floodwaters engulf towns in Queensland and New South Wales, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged people in the most vulnerable areas to evacuate on Monday (27 March) before conditions deteriorate.

A sudden and abnormal warming of Pacific waters off Peru has unleashed the deadliest downpours in decades.

Reuters photographer Lucas Jackson documented the aftermath of the fires which caused millions of dollars of damage and killed thousands of livestock.

Snow, sleet and low overnight temperatures raise fears of black ice for morning motorists and pedestrians.

A state of emergency was declared in New York and New Jersey due to the storm.

Nearly 110 homes in Perryville, Missouri, were damaged or destroyed, as the twister battered the city.

Storm Doris swept through the UK on 23 February, causing major disruption to travel.

Over 1,000 people have been evacuated and 11 properties have been destroyed, as the wildfire continues to threaten the country's third largest city.

After what looks set to be the wettest winter in northern California following years of drought, more rain is forecast for this week as evacuees face indefinite stay and environmental groups say authorities were warned a decade ago.

The storm came a day after temperatures soared to 17 Celsius (63F), giving millions of people a taste of spring.

A powerful storm is lashing the northeastern United States, with the potential for more than a foot of snow along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor.

A total of six tornadoes hit the city and other parts of Louisiana, destroying homes and businesses.

At least 50 people die in eastern Afghanistan, with dozens more missing after an avalanche buried a village in Nuristan.

These are the worst forest fires the nation has seen in modern history.

Orthodox Christians across eastern Europe have braved some of the lowest temperatures in decades as they plunged into icy water to celebrate the Epiphany.

Swathes of Europe have been covered in a white blanket of thick snow for much of this year.

Over the past week alone, a series of of powerful storms dumped 20 inches (50cm) of precipitation on some areas.

Storm chaser Mike Olbinski captures lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in stunning images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature.

The blizzard conditions that have caused travel misery and power cuts in northern Britain are moving slowly southwards.