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Weather Of The World: October 4

Wander the world one snapshot at a time. Explore striking moments of weather in motion in this week's slideshow.

Ada Wood
ByAda Wood•
3 days agoUpdated: October 4, 2026, 7:40 am EDTPublished: October 4, 2026, 7:00 am EDT
A man paddleboards along a flooded street following heavy rainfall in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, U.S., on Sept. 27, 2026. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the nor'easter which brought flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines.

A man paddleboards along a flooded street following heavy rainfall in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, U.S., on Sept. 27, 2026. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the nor'easter which brought flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines.

(Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images)

F​rom paddleboarding through nor'easter floodwaters in New Jersey to a river of duckweed in Belgium, it has been another busy week of weather around the world. Here are some of the most jaw-dropping and awe-inspiring weather photos we found this week.

This aerial view shows a canal of the River Lys, choked with duckweed, in Ghent, Belgium, on Oct. 1, 2026. The duckweed has proliferated spectacularly at the end of this summer due to high temperatures and the lack of water caused by the drought. Nine European countries including Belgium experienced their driest August on record as a sweltering summer supercharged by climate change scorched the continent, according to an AFP analysis of figures from the European Drought Observatory.

This aerial view shows a canal of the River Lys, choked with duckweed, in Ghent, Belgium, on Oct. 1, 2026. The duckweed has proliferated spectacularly at the end of this summer due to high temperatures and the lack of water caused by the drought. Nine European countries including Belgium experienced their driest August on record as a sweltering summer supercharged by climate change scorched the continent, according to an AFP analysis of figures from the European Drought Observatory.

(Nicolas TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial photograph shows the remaining basin in the northern part of Lake Brenets, part of the Doubs River forming a natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland, which dried up in July 2026, in Les Brenets, Switzerland, on Oct. 1, 2026.

This aerial photograph shows the remaining basin in the northern part of Lake Brenets, part of the Doubs River forming a natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland, which dried up in July 2026, in Les Brenets, Switzerland, on Oct. 1, 2026.

(Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial photograph shows a giant "Help" written by local residents on the grass-covered bed of the previously parched Lake Brenets, part of the Doubs River forming a natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland, in Les Brenets, Switzerland, on Oct. 1, 2026. The river has dried up in July 2026 due to a combination of factors, including geological fissures that drain water underground, below-average rainfall and repeated heatwaves and could surpass soon the drought record set in 1906.

This aerial photograph shows a giant "Help" written by local residents on the grass-covered bed of the previously parched Lake Brenets, part of the Doubs River forming a natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland, in Les Brenets, Switzerland, on Oct. 1, 2026. The river has dried up in July 2026 due to a combination of factors, including geological fissures that drain water underground, below-average rainfall and repeated heatwaves and could surpass soon the drought record set in 1906.

(Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

The water level is seen on the walls of a house after floods in Madrigueras, near Albacete, southeastern Spain, on Oct. 3, 2026. A 102-year-old woman died in her home following floods in Madrigueras, where heavy rains fell for several hours on Oct. 2.

The water level is seen on the walls of a house after floods in Madrigueras, near Albacete, southeastern Spain, on Oct. 3, 2026. A 102-year-old woman died in her home following floods in Madrigueras, where heavy rains fell for several hours on Oct. 2.

(Jose JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows a truck stranded on a flooded road after the Rio Grande overflowed following heavy rainfall along the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Oct. 1, 2026.

This aerial view shows a truck stranded on a flooded road after the Rio Grande overflowed following heavy rainfall along the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Oct. 1, 2026.

(Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images)

People film near abandoned cars along a flooded Petchaburi road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sept. 26, 2026. Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full, roads submerged and residents wading through deep water.

People film near abandoned cars along a flooded Petchaburi road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sept. 26, 2026. Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full, roads submerged and residents wading through deep water.

(Lillian SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)

Residents clean their house after floods in Madrigueras, near Albacete, southeastern Spain, on Oct. 3, 2026. A 102-year-old woman died in her home following floods in Madrigueras, where heavy rains fell for several hours on Oct. 2.

Residents clean their house after floods in Madrigueras, near Albacete, southeastern Spain, on Oct. 3, 2026. A 102-year-old woman died in her home following floods in Madrigueras, where heavy rains fell for several hours on Oct. 2.

(Jose JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)

An aerial view shows a search and rescue team member, along with a sniffer dog, looking for victims following the Aug. 26 flash flood, on the bank of the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Sept. 30, 2026.

An aerial view shows a search and rescue team member, along with a sniffer dog, looking for victims following the Aug. 26 flash flood, on the bank of the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Sept. 30, 2026.

(Prakash MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

Waves pound the coast as the tide comes in during a nor'easter storm in Scituate, Massachusetts, U.S., on Sept. 26, 2026. More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Sept. 25 for heavy rain and strong winds as an unusually powerful storm for the season was forecast to crash into the region. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the nor'easter — so labeled for its northeasterly winds — as authorities warned of potential flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines.

Waves pound the coast as the tide comes in during a nor'easter storm in Scituate, Massachusetts, U.S., on Sept. 26, 2026. More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Sept. 25 for heavy rain and strong winds as an unusually powerful storm for the season was forecast to crash into the region. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the nor'easter — so labeled for its northeasterly winds — as authorities warned of potential flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines.

(Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

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