Tornado hits the eastern city of Suqian in the latest of a string of extreme weather events to hit the country.
New South Wales has recorded temperatures as much as 16C (60F) above the September average.
While tropical storm warnings remain in effect across parts of Canada, officials predict Lee will dissipate this week.
The storm threatened to make landfall on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, dangerous surf and torrential rains.
Storm expected to bring heavy rain, wind and offshore waves to parts of New England and eastern Canada, forecasters say.
Two dams burst upstream from the coastal city, releasing a wall of water that swept away buildings, people inside them.
Devastating floods in Libya broke dams and swept away entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 5,000 people.
Bodies were lined up outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city of Derna, with residents looking for loved ones.
Up to 3,000 people are estimated to have been killed and 10,000 are missing after massive floods in eastern Libya.
Government agency NOAA tallied 23 billion-dollar weather disasters, surpassing a previous record set the year before.
Hundreds are feared dead after a massive flood ripped through the city of Derna.
As many as 2,000 people have been killed and thousands more are missing after massive flooding caused by two burst dams.
Swells and rips expected as storm’s core set to move north of the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Schools closed and people urged to stay at home as rain causes havoc across the hilly and densely-populated territory.
