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Weather Of The World: August 30
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Wander the world one snapshot at a time. Explore striking moments of weather in motion in this week's slideshow.

Ada Wood
ByAda Wood•
August 30, 2026Updated: August 30, 2026, 7:08 am EDTPublished: August 30, 2026, 7:00 am EDT
School students hold LED candles as they gather to pay their homage to people who died in Nepal's flash flood, in Chennai on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2026.

School students hold LED candles as they gather to pay their homage to people who died in Nepal's flash flood, in Chennai on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2026.

(R. Satish BABU/AFP via Getty Images)

F​rom a vigil for the hundreds of lives lost in flash floods in Nepal to a rare and destructive tornado in France, 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.

An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Nepal's disaster agency said that 823 people remained out of contact on Aug. 27, more than 24 hours after a deadly flood tore through the border region with Tibet.

An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Nepal's disaster agency said that 823 people remained out of contact on Aug. 27, more than 24 hours after a deadly flood tore through the border region with Tibet.

(Prabin RANABHAT/AFP via Getty Images)

People wade through a waterlogged street in front of a temple after heavy rain in Varanasi, India on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.

People wade through a waterlogged street in front of a temple after heavy rain in Varanasi, India on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.

(Niharika KULKARNI/AFP via Getty Images)

A man walks past debris of a damaged rooftop following a tornado in Pomas, southwestern France on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. A tornado of rare intensity devastated a village in southern France, causing widespread destruction and leaving residents in shock, with the mayor describing the aftermath as resembling "wartime." The tornado brought down walls, tore off roofs and uprooted trees.

A man walks past debris of a damaged rooftop following a tornado in Pomas, southwestern France on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. A tornado of rare intensity devastated a village in southern France, causing widespread destruction and leaving residents in shock, with the mayor describing the aftermath as resembling "wartime." The tornado brought down walls, tore off roofs and uprooted trees.

(Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP via Getty Images)

On a foggy day, people visit the Druk Wangyal Chortens, a sacred complex with 108 memorial chortens or stupas at Dochula Pass in South Asia, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026.

On a foggy day, people visit the Druk Wangyal Chortens, a sacred complex with 108 memorial chortens or stupas at Dochula Pass in South Asia, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026.

(Niharika KULKARNI/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026 shows someone fly-fishing in the Candover Brook, a chalk stream tributary of the River Itchen, near Winchester, Hampshire, southern England. The scene seems unchanging, but beneath the crystal-clear surface, the survival of salmon and trout hangs in the balance as they face the effects of climate change.

This photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026 shows someone fly-fishing in the Candover Brook, a chalk stream tributary of the River Itchen, near Winchester, Hampshire, southern England. The scene seems unchanging, but beneath the crystal-clear surface, the survival of salmon and trout hangs in the balance as they face the effects of climate change.

(AFP via Getty Images)

A rainbow in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026.

A rainbow in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026.

(Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

The full moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon, sets over Warsaw's skyscrapers during a partial lunar eclipse in Poland on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2026.

The full moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon, sets over Warsaw's skyscrapers during a partial lunar eclipse in Poland on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2026.

(Sergei GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)

Lightning strikes in the arcus cloud over the Bay of Angels in the French Riviera city of Nice, southeastern France, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026.

Lightning strikes in the arcus cloud over the Bay of Angels in the French Riviera city of Nice, southeastern France, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026.

(Valery HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

A farmer herds cattle across a dried-up rice field caused by a prolonged dry season at Wening Galih village in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2026. The drought in the region has lasted for the past three months.

A farmer herds cattle across a dried-up rice field caused by a prolonged dry season at Wening Galih village in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2026. The drought in the region has lasted for the past three months.

(ADITYA AJI/AFP via Getty Images)

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