After a bridge closure, people had to bushwhack a 1-mile trail through the woods to get their kids to school. This sounds like a dystopian action novel but it's everyday life for the people in Big Sur. Then over the weekend, the next disaster struck. More than a million tons of rock careened down a hillside onto Highway 1, burying a quarter-mile of the road in debris. As of Tuesday, authorities didn’t even know what it looked like from the ground because the hillside was still so unstable, no one had been able to approach it, the AP reported.

Tornadoes ripped through an East Texas county on Saturday evening, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others, and authorities warned the number of casualties could rise.

After some of the most extreme flooding in the region in over 100 years, Missouri and its neighboring states await the next deluge, which threatens further damage. A slow-moving area of low pressure is predicted to dump up to four inches of new rain between Tuesday night and Thursday following the 6 to 12 inches that fell over the weekend.

It'll be an atmospheric traffic jam.

As global temperatures rise and the oceans warm, what used to be 500-year floods are now happening more frequently.

An overhead view showing the recent flooded residential neighbourhood of Ile Mercier, Quebec

Environment Canada says a massive system is slowly drenching much of Ontario, the Maritimes and Quebec. Record precipitation levels — with double to triple the seasonal norms for rainfall — have threatened to trigger widespread flooding in those areas.

Proposed NOAA cuts would make predicting extreme weather even harder. The Trump administration reportedly plans to make deep cuts to the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, a key provider of information about the climate and weather. All told, the proposed cuts amount to a full 17 percent of the agency’s budget, according to various reports. But the deepest would slash money for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, which operates a squad of satellites monitoring the environment. These satellites tell scientists about climate variability, weather, oceans, and much else.

Malta's famous Azure Window rock arch has collapsed into the sea after heavy storms. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the news was "heartbreaking". A study in 2013 said that while erosion was inevitable, the structure was not in imminent danger of collapsing, the Times of Malta reports.

A major nor'easter threatens to shut down travel due to heavy snow and strong winds from Washington, D.C., to New York City and Boston early this week.

The intense rains, overflowing rivers, mudslides and flooding being experienced Peru are the worst seen in in two decades, authorities said Saturday, as the death toll hit at least 72.

Intense rains have led to flooding and mudslides in northern Peru this week, leaving thousands homeless and dozens of residents dead. According to the Associated Press, at least 72 people lost their lives and thousands are now homeless after a series of storms wreaked havoc on the South American nation. At least 115,000 homes have been destroyed, roadways are impassable and 117 bridges are reportedly washed out, reports the AP.

Ex-Cyclone Debbie brings widespread flash flooding to Queensland's most populous region.

Hundreds are also injured in the province of Putumayo after heavy rain causes mudslides.

Landslides have killed at least 112 people in south-west Colombia and left many more injured, says President Juan Manuel Santos. Hours of heavy rains overnight caused rivers to burst their banks, flooding homes with mud in Putumayo province. An unknown number of people are missing. One army officer said the main local hospital was struggling to cope.

‍‍At least 254 people have been killed and hundreds are injured or missing after mudslides destroyed homes in southern Colombia, Reuters has reported, citing an army statement. The violent weather has left 400 other people injured, with 200 missing, said the statement. There have been no reports of Chinese casualties, confirmed the Chinese Embassy in Colombia.

Startling pictures have revealed the extent of the extreme weather that occurred in America’s notorious Tornado Alley in just one month.The astonishing images show huge tornadoes beginning to form and large storms.

A dangerous weekend weather system has killed at least 16 people in the U.S. South, as Georgia officials on Sunday reported a dozen fatalities and severe thunderstorms and tornadoes menaced several states.

Thousands of dead bats are dropping from trees after temperatures topped 45 degrees in parts of New South Wales. The area worst affected was Casino in the Richmond Valley region of northern New South Wales, where more than 2,000 dead flying foxes have been found. Richmond Valley Council general manager Vaughan Macdonald said many of the dead bats were difficult to access because they were scattered along riverbanks.

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Intense rains and mudslides have wreaked havoc around the Andean nation and caught residents by surprise in Lima, a desert city of 10 million where it almost never rains.

Here's the latest on the severe weather outbreak impacting the South.

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The following dramatic photos were taken by Hoopstad farmer Petrus Roux during a massive sandstorm in the Freestate, South Africa.

At least 53 people have been killed by flash floods caused by several days of torrential rain in northwest Pakistan, officials say.

Come rain or shine, the stalwart outlet is assigning, producing and distributing visual content. Spencer Smith talks with Edecio Martinez, TWC Senior Editor of Visual Storytelling and Innovation, about reporting short-term weather patterns and forecasting demand for larger-scope news features.

This year is off to a record-breaking start for global temperatures. It has been the hottest year to date, with January, February and March each passing marks set in 2015, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. March was also the 11th consecutive month to set a record high for temperatures, which agencies started tracking in the 1800s. With the release on Tuesday of its global climate report...

Authorities try to prevent accidental fires amid scorching temperatures that have destroyed crops and killed livestock

The mandatory evacuation order means that about 70,000 people who live in Fort McMurray are being told to flee the city.

A wildfire ripping through Canada's oil sands region blazed for a seventh day on Sunday as officials warned almost 100,000 people who fled the area that they would not be returning home soon.

India just set a new national record heat benchmark when the small city of Phalodi, in northwest India, recorded a high temperature of a whopping 51 degrees Celsius, or 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit, on May 19. The data, recorded by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), shows that the high temperature eclipsed the previous national high temperature of 50.6 degrees Celsius, which was set way back in 1886.

A forest's recovery can be long and slow, but surprisingly successful.

Numerous tornadoes were produced by a supercell storm that moved through the Dodge City, Kansas area on Tuesday evening

Snow in June, freezing temperatures in July, a killer frost in August: "The most gloomy and extraordinary weather ever seen," according to one Vermont farmer. Two centuries ago, 1816 became the year without a summer for millions of people in parts of North America and Europe, leading to failed crops and near-famine conditions. While they didn't know the chill's cause at the time, scientists and historians now know that the biggest volcanic eruption in human history, on the other side of the world...

It has been a decade since the last major hurricane, Category 3 or higher, made landfall in the United States. This is the longest period of time for the United States to avoid a major hurricane since reliable records began in 1850. According to a NASA study, a 10-year gap comes along only every 270 years.