The rain capped one of New York's wettest Septembers on record, with 34.9cm of rain falling during the month as of 11am on Friday, and more on the way.

The number of flood victims in Kedah has continued to rise.

The number of evacuees in Sabah remains unchanged.

No casualties have been reported so far.

Conflict since a 2011 Nato-backed uprising has ripped apart many communities in Libya, pitted cities against each other and divided the entire country after 2014 between rival governments in the east and west.

Rescue operations are complicated by political fractures in the country that has been at war on-and-off with no strong central government since a Nato-backed uprising toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

A torrent unleashed by a powerful storm burst dams and hurtled down a seasonal riverbed that bisects the city, washing multi-storey buildings into the sea with sleeping families inside.

More than 5,300 have been confirmed dead so far.

At least 10,000 are missing.

Authorities have restricted traffic in Volos and the nearby mountainous area of Pelion where the storm has caused extensive power cuts.

Dozens of homes had their roofs damaged by a hailstorm and hundreds of people are without contact in Rio Grande do Sul.

He says the implementation of short-, medium-, and long-term solutions must be expedited to resolve the issue.