A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes, authorities said.

French authorities had placed swathes of the country's southwest on orange alert for storms, and numerous areas were hit by power outages and transport chaos.

Urgent weather warnings have been issued across the two countries, as Europe braces for further violent storms.

Low pressure coming from the Atlantic has decreased temperatures in some areas of northern and central Spain by more than 10C.

The clash of cool and hot air is creating unstable, extreme conditions with thunderstorms and torrential rain, as well as powerful wind gusts.

Under the new measures, 34 vessels will be permitted to sail through the canal as of September 4. A further reduction will start on September 15, when the limit will be 32 ships.

Severe storms battered parts of Delaware and the New York City area Thursday evening, with a likely tornado inflicting substantial damage in Dover and two waterspouts twisting and dousing portions of Queens and Long Island.

Torrential rainfall had led to flash flooding in parts of New York City, inundating roads and sending water onto subway platforms.

Heavy rains ⁠linked to ​the El Niño weather phenomenon caused flooding in Peru ​on Wednesday that disrupted access to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, closed roads due to landslides and flooded ​homes ‌in the capital Lima. Peruvian authorities ordered ⁠the Inca Trail, a main tourist route to Machu Picchu, closed ‌until Saturday due to overflowing waterways and debris, according ⁠to local media.

Severe storms, including two confirmed tornadoes, caused widespread damage across parts of Germany overnight, leaving at least one person dead and others injured, with dozens of buildings damaged, authorities said on Thursday.

More severe storms could be on the way, particularly in the southern states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, the German Weather Service (DWD) warned.

Dramatic footage from Chorzów, viewed more than 600,000 times online, shows torrential rain and hail hammering the southern city, sending visibility plummeting as roads were rapidly buried beneath a thick layer of ice.

Torrential rain topping 800 millimeters battered southeastern Korea through Monday, triggering floods and landslides after weeks of drought.

At least one person was killed, four others were injured and nearly 160 residents were evacuated as torrential rain and strong winds inundated roads and triggered landslides across the region.

the pictures below were taken on 13 August 2026.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49637283

Tropical Depression Two has officially formed in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, developing a clear circulation but remaining relatively weak and spread out with maximum sustained winds around 30 mph. Dry air and nearby wind patterns are currently slowing down its development, but a Hurricane Hunters flight is scheduled for later today to gather more precise data on its structure. The system is currently drifting slowly northwestward due to weak steering currents, and it is expected to gradually strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day or two as it approaches the Florida Panhandle.

Looking further ahead into the middle and latter parts of the week, the storm is projected to turn toward the west or west-northwest, tracking near or across the Gulf Coast toward Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The exact amount of intensification remains highly uncertain, as it depends heavily on how close the center stays to land versus remaining over the warm waters of the Gulf.

The primary hazards at this stage are wind and heavy rainfall. A Tropical Storm Watch has already been issued for portions of the Florida Panhandle, and residents further west along the Gulf Coast should monitor the storm closely since additional watches may be required soon. Furthermore, widespread heavy rainfall is expected to bring the potential for flash flooding through Thursday along the eastern and central Gulf Coast, stretching all the way from western Florida to southern Louisiana.

This intensity model guidance shows a strong consensus that Tropical Depression Two will steadily strengthen into a tropical storm over the next 24 to 48 hours as most lines cross into the green tropical storm zone. The majority of the computer models project the system peaking in strength between 36 and 60 hours from now, with maximum winds topping out mostly between 35 and 45 knots. After that peak period, nearly all of the tracking lines trend sharply downward, reflecting the expected weakening of the storm as it interacts with the Gulf Coast landmass later in the week.

This spaghetti model map shows the individual computer model tracks for Invest 91L, which has now officially become Tropical Depression Two. The initial clustering shows excellent agreement that the system will loop tightly near the Florida Panhandle over the first 48 hours, though a couple of outlier tracks pull it slightly inland or farther east. After that initial period, the lines begin to spread out considerably as they trend westward along the Gulf Coast, highlighting the forecast uncertainty. Most models agree on a path hugging or crossing the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, with several key tracking aids like HCCA, TVCN, and GDMI taking the system deeply into Texas by the end of the five-day period.

The National Hurricane Center forecast track shows Tropical Depression Two moving slowly northwest toward the Florida Panhandle, where a tropical storm watch is currently highlighted in yellow. By Monday evening, the system is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm—indicated by the "S" markers—before taking a sharp turn toward the west. It is projected to crawl along or just off the coastline of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana through mid-week, eventually heading toward Texas by Friday morning. The widening white cone represents the growing uncertainty in the storm's exact path over the next five days, especially as it interacts with the Gulf Coast.

This snapshot of the European (ECMWF) model forecast for Tuesday highlights a distinct low-pressure system sitting just south of the coast with a central pressure of 1004 millibars. The vibrant green and yellow shading on the eastern side of the system indicates a concentrated zone of stronger winds pushing directly into the Florida Panhandle near Panama City. Because the American (GFS) model struggles to show any development from this system at all, this visual highlights a notable disagreement between the major global models regarding the exact strength and placement of the storm's wind field.