Hurricane Matthew has gone from the US, but the disaster its rains unleashed will be felt throughout the week as rivers across eastern North Carolina rise to levels unseen since Hurricane Floyd struck in 1999.

A dangerous rainstorm drenching the US East Coast has brought more misery to South Carolina – cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing many roads because of floodwater.

Hollywood couple Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are determined to make more time for each other in 2014, and Justin is adamant their postponed wedding will go ahead next year.

Areas on the US east coast are racing to remove untold tons of debris from waters hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy before the summer swimming and boating seasons begin.

The sun shone again over New York yesterday, as the city and much of the US east coast took the first steps back to normality after being battered by superstorm Sandy.

US petrol and heating oil futures gained and US treasuries also rose yesterday, as economic worries over Hurricane Sandy fuelled safe-haven buying in thin trading volume as the powerful storm began to batter the US east coast.

The first phase of a massive international China trade hub in the Midlands has been given the go-ahead by planning authorities.

A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at US restaurants and grocery stores has been linked to an outbreak of salmonella that has made more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia ill, the government said.

Tropical Storm Karl dumped heavy rains on the Yucatan Peninsula today as it moved toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to pick up steam and become a hurricane threatening Mexico’s central coast by the weekend.

Massive snowfall and strong winds again blasted Washington and much of the US east coast as the US capital struggled with the latest storm in its most difficult winter in memory.

Colombians turned pedigree puppies into drug couriers by surgically implanting them with packets of liquid heroin, US authorities said tonight.

Hurricane Isabel ploughed into the US east coast with 100 mph winds causing at least three deaths and knocking out power to more than 2.5 million people.

Aer Lingus has cancelled its return flight between Shannon and the US city of Baltimore today as Hurricane Isabel moves closer to the US east coast.

Residents up and down the US east coast boarded up windows and the military ordered ships and planes out of harm’s way as Hurricane Isabel headed toward land with 120mph winds.

The toll of days of firefights between police and opposition supporters was marked in Jamaica by streets stained with blood, the hulks of burned-out vehicles, and the heat-bloated body of an elderly man, who had been shot in the back.