National Disaster Management Office Director Vasiti Soko urged locals and the thousands of tourists in Fiji not to be reckless as Sarai lashed the Pacific island nation with heavy rain and destructive winds.
Two winter storms lumbering across parts of the United States disrupt travel plans of millions of Americans on the move for the Thanksgiving holiday.
National broadcaster NHK said nearly 70 people have been killed in Japan by Typhoon Hagibis as rescuers search for survivors for a third day.
Bahamian meteorologists said the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, which were the worst-hit by Hurricane Dorian, were in the path of the approaching weather system.
More than 50 people died after being struck by lightning in the month of July, including over 30 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Thunderstorms have affected several states in India and Pakistan killing 86 people, damaging homes and downing trees. In neighbouring Afghanistan, at least five people have died.
Several people were also hurt as a total of 17 tornadoes were reported across the south from Texas to Alabama on Saturday and Sunday.
Authorities plan to resume an intense ground search amid devastation from a deadly tornado that rampaged through southern US state, officials say.
The death toll from the tropical storm Usman is likely to climb further with 26 people still missing, said the national disaster agency spokesman.
Officials say the casualties occurred when rain-triggered landslides collapsed homes in several provinces in central Philippines, adding 20 people still remain unaccounted for.
At least 22 people were killed and thousands of others evacuated from their homes after a storm swept through the central Philippine islands over the weekend.
Hurricane Willa gains strength, about 370 km south-southwest of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center says.
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