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.

No casualties have been reported so far.

An estimated 400 migrants died when, on the night of Sept 10, the heavy rains of Storm Daniel burst through two dams meant to keep Derna safe.

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.

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

At least 10,000 are missing.

China has not explained why Xi, who had attended every G20 summit since coming to office over a decade ago, was not leading Beijing's delegation to New Delhi.

The rainfall overnight broke 12-year-old records in Fuzhou city, meteorologists say.

The sudden downpour transformed streets into rivers of mud that swept away cars and trash bins in Madrid, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia and Valencia regions.

Emergency services were involved in almost 1,200 incidents in the region overnight.