Floods

Coastal flood warnings and watches were in place from the North Carolina coast to New Jersey and Connecticut Thursday evening.

Typhoon Dujuan is the latest extreme weather event in a year of unusually intense rain, floods and tropical cyclones that have hit regions across the globe.

Excessive rain was predicted through for areas throughout the Four Corners region, which includes New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

The flash flooding prompted road closures, water rescues and commuter rail problems across the tristate area.

Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, was trapped for nine days in a hydropower tunnel before his dramatic rescue.

Homeowners were scrambling to place sandbags and board up windows as high surf threatened to flood residences along the shorelines in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

In predominantly Hindu Nepal, mourning periods last 13 days, during which close family members stay home and relatives visit to pay their respects. Rituals are held on the final day to pray for the souls of the departed.

Dramatic images show the first worker covered in mud as he is carried from the site on a rescuer’s shoulder.

Rep. David Schweikert was on a rafting trip near Saturday’s flash flood.