Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in parts of Herefordshire. Ed O'Driscoll, who represents Ross-on-Wye on Herefordshire Council said the water had been knee-deep in places in parts of the town. He said he had secured a pallet of sandbags and had been handing them out,

Officials say heavy rain has pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto which triggered landslides and floods and left one person dead and several missing

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of heavy rain across several cities in the Ishikawa prefecture, including hard-hit cities Suzu and Wajima on the northern coast of the Noto peninsula.