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TOPSHOT - A villager (L) stands next to a destroyed motorbike as residents gather among the debris of their houses after a flash flood affected the area at Sayrah-e-Hopiyan in Charikar, Parwan province, on August 26, 2020. - The death toll from flash floods that swept through an Afghan city climbed to 100 on August 26, officials said, as rescue workers searched for survivors in the rubble of collapsed houses. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Afghanistan's flash floods kill over 100
Yemeni labourers remove the rubble ahead of restoration works on the site of a collapsed UNESCO-listed building following heavy rains, in the old city of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on August 12, 2020. - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 172 people across Yemen over the past month, damaging homes and UNESCO-listed world heritage sites, officials said. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

Yemen's heritage battered first by bombs, then floods
GURYE, South Korea: This photo taken on Sunday shows cows stranded on a rooftop at a farm in Jeolla province. — AFP

Cows on a wet tin roof: Floods strand animals
? goat stands in a flooded field, following a storm at the village of Politika, on Evia island, northeast of Athens, on August 9, 2020. - Five people including a baby died and two more were missing as torrential rains and floods swept the Greek island of Evia, damaging dozens of houses and blocking roads, officials said Sunday. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP)

7 dead as floods hit Greek island
A dog chases a motorist along a water-logged street during heavy rain in Amritsar on July 19, 2020. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP)

Floods in India and Nepal displace nearly 4 million, kill at least 189
A bus makes its way through a flooded road during a rain shower in Mumbai on July 15, 2020. - The monsoon -- which usually falls from June to September -- is crucial to the economy of the Indian sub-continent, but also causes widespread death and destruction across the region each year. (Photo by Sujit JAISWAL / AFP)

Floods ravage eastern India as coronavirus infections surge
CORRECTION - This photo taken on July 13, 2020 shows Chinese soldiers building an emergency levee along the shore of Poyang lake to contain flooding due to seasonal rains and the swollen Yangtze River in Jiujiang in China's central Jiangxi province. - Floods across central and eastern China have left more than 140 people dead or missing and are swelling major rivers and lakes to record-high levels, with authorities warning that the worst was yet to come. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT / ìThe erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by STR has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Poyang lake] instead of [Boyang lake]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.î

China struggles to contain floods after record rainfall
Workers survey the devastation following days of heavy rain and flooding in the village of Kuma, Kumamoto prefecture on July 8, 2020. - Torrential rain pounded central Japan on July 8 as authorities said 58 people were feared dead in days of heavy downpours that have triggered devastating landslides and terrifying floods around the country. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Japan rescuers battle to reach thousands trapped by floods
TOPSHOT - A road is destroyed following torrential rain near the Kuma river in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 6, 2020. - At least 37 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan, causing rivers to break banks and flooding low-lying regions. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Deadly Japan floods kill 50
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