Typhoon Dolphin battered China’s east coast with torrential rain, flooding and strong winds after making landfall in Zhejiang. Thousands of residents were evacuated from vulnerable areas as authorities warned of further heavy rainfall, landslides and flooding across several provinces. (PICS/ AFP)

India ranks ninth globally among countries most impacted by climate disasters over the past three decades, with nearly 430 extreme weather events killing more than 80,000 people and displacing 1.3 billion more, according to a new report. (FILE PICS/ ASHISH RAJE, AFP, ATUL KAMBLE, PTI)