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BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, Germany: A man walks through floodwaters towards destroyed houses in Schuld yesterday. - AFP n

42 killed in Germany floods
SINHUPALCHOK: This general view shows houses submerged in flood waters in Sindhupalchok, some 70 km northeast of Kathmandu, after heavy monsoon rains caused the overflowing of the Melamchi River. - AFPnnn

Death toll rises as monsoon floods hit Bhutan, Nepal
Residents make their way through floodwaters after heavy monsoon rains in Kelaniya, on the outskirts of Colombo on June 6, 2021.nISHARA S. KODIKARAn

Thousands homeless as S Lanka floods death toll hits 17
Residents watching as rescuers extract mud-covered bodies from the debris in Lamanele village, East Flores, Indonesia after torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja, one of the most destructive storms to hit the region in years, turned small communities into wastelands of mud. - AFPn

Aid flows into cyclone-struck Indonesia as death toll rises
An elderly villager and her grandson stand in floodwaters in front of their damaged home in the village of Haitimuk in East Flores after flash floods and landslides swept eastern Indonesia and neighboring East Timor. - AFPn

90 dead in Indonesia, East Timor floods
SYDNEY: Members of the State Emergency Service transport relief goods during rescue operations at a flooded residential area in the Windsor suburb of northwestern Sydney yesterday after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days. - AFPnn

Australia's 'Big Wet' eases, but many still isolated
SYDNEY: Residents look out at a flooded residential area in the Windsor area in northwestern Sydney yesterday after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days. - AFPn

'Catastrophic' floods prompt helicopter rescues in Australia
SYDNEY: A man looks at a road inundated by floodwaters in Richmond suburb yesterday as Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders along Australia's east coast. - AFPn

Thousands evacuate as Sydney sees worst floods in decades
Floods and ashfall from rumbling volcano Sangay have destroyed around 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of land and crops across Ecuador, affecting 350,000 people, the risk management service (SNGRE) said on Saturday.n

Floods and volcanic ashfall hit Ecuador
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