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#flooding

Floods ravage villages, leaving thousands displaced in makeshift shelters with little aid. At just 20 days old, Muhammad Hafidz has already endured extraordinary hardship. He and his family are among hundreds of thousands displaced by devastating floods in Aceh Tamiang, where local authorities report all 300,000 residents have been affected by the disaster. Environmental groups attribute the severity to widespread deforestation, which has resulted in entire villages being washed away.

Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford can expect strong to gale force and gusty winds this afternoon. And forecasters have now added Louth to the warning. This warning will be in effect from 11am this morning until 5pm in the evening. The national forecaster has also warned of difficult travelling conditions and debris, as well as displaced loose objects. We need your consent to load this Social Media content.

When we were children, we relied on the knowledge of our elders-the call of birds, the shape of clouds, the rhythm of winds-to read the weather. But our human-induced changes bent nature out of recognition. The signs no longer matched what our parents and grandparents had known. The climate we inherited had been replaced by something unfamiliar and unforgiving. Later, living as a refugee in Uganda, I studied agriculture to confront the hunger that shaped our lives.

The first warning is valid from 2pm today until 9am tomorrow morning and promises to bring "persistent" and "heavy" rainfall, the forecaster said. It applies to counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford and threatens localised flooding and difficult travel conditions. These three counties were subject to the previous rain warning which expired this morning. Another warning has been issued by the forecaster for Wexford. It begins at 8pm on Sunday evening and lasts until Monday morning, 10am.

The number of deaths caused by flooding in Southeast Asia has risen to more than 250, with more deaths reported in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Days of torrential rain led to flooding in nine Thai provinces and eight states in neighboring Malaysia, displacing tens of thousands of people. Similar scenes are playing out in Indonesia's Sumatra island, where rescue teams are battling to reach affected areas in 12 cities and districts. The annual monsoon season has been exacerbated by a tropical storm in the region

Exceptionally high November temperatures have roasted Israel in recent days, breaking records for late November. During the heatwave, which peaked over Friday and Saturday, temperatures soared to between 10C and 12C above average, as low-lying parts of the country widely reached between 30C and 35C and exceeded 35C more locally. Israel's previous record for the latter third of November was 34.9C. On Friday, temperatures reached 36.2C in Beit Dagan, near Tel Aviv, where the average November high is around 24C,

In Orange County, a possible tornado or waterspout moved ashore around 10:15 p.m. Thursday in the eastern Dana Point Harbor, a witness reported to the National Weather Service. The wind "lofted a 12-foot segment of chain link fence with privacy fabric and threw it 70 feet across parking lot," the weather service said. There were numerous calls of flooding in the city of Westminster, police said, where an astonishing 1.84 inches of rain fell in a single hour,

At least 41 people have been killed across six provinces since Sunday, while the search was continuing for nine others, the environment ministry said on Thursday. More than 52,000 houses were flooded, and nearly 62,000 people were evacuated from their homes, while several major roads remained blocked due to landslides, and one million customers were left without electricity. A suspension bridge on the Da Nhim River in Lam Dong province was swept away on Thursday morning, the VietnamNet newspaper reported.

Monty Don has shared dramatic photos of his Herefordshire garden underwater after a storm dumped a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours. The presenter of Gardeners' World reflected on life on a flood plain and the challenges of extreme weather. Despite the disruption, he emphasised gratitude that the flooding affected only his garden and fields, not homes or businesses.

Met Éireann has said there may be further flooding in Leinster and Munster after heavy rain. Overall, this morning will start off mostly dry and cloudy, with just isolated rain and drizzle. It will turn sunnier during the day, with just isolated showers, and highest temperatures of 7 to 12C. It will stay dry in most areas tonight with long clear spells and just the occasional showers, mainly in northern areas. Temperatures will drop to lows of 0 to 4C.

Storm Claudia left its mark on the country yesterday as several counties reported significant flooding and power outages after conditions lived up to earlier Status Orange and ­Yellow rain and wind warnings. The national forecaster's Orange alert for counties Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow has been active since 12pm yesterday and expired this morning at 8am, affecting 1.7 million residents. Status Yellow rain warnings for 13 counties will expire at 9am this morning. Thousands of homes, farms and businesses were without power last night, the most notable areas affected being Birr, Co Offaly, and the Kilcullen/Newbridge area of Co Kildare. Several hundred homes in Dublin were hit, as were many counties along the eastern seaboard.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the Royal National Institute of Blind People urged the authorities to act "immediately" to fix the issue. The charity said it was concerned the puddle was affecting some people's ability to "walk safely and independently" in the area. Campaigns officer Clay Nash said the flood water blocks access to a signal-controlled pedestrian crossing that allows blind and partially-sighted people to safely cross the road to reach Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Pedestrians are forced to sprint past it for fear of a tidal wave from passing taxis; elderly people have been known to test the amphibious capabilities of mobility scooters; and passengers in a rush have to choose between wet socks or missing their train. Stretching several metres between Upper Woburn Place and Gower Street, the pool on the busy road in Camden has earned local notoriety for stubbornly reappearing following rainfall and evading highways workers' efforts to drain it.

And at the same time, we do have a cooler northerly flow which is developing just off to our north. And these two weather systems are sort of meeting head-on for most of this week. But, of course, us nicely sandwiched in the middle. Now that means we're going to see plenty of outbreaks of rain, plenty of cloud, even some strong winds at times.