Thousands of people have been evacuated, and hundreds have perished in the deadliest floods to hit China, North Korea and Pakistan over the weekend.
It is believed that over 13 million people have been affected in Pakistan alone. The death toll rose to 165 as more bodies were rescued in the Indian-controlled Kashmir. About 200 more remained missing.
In China, the death toll jumped to 337 late Monday after Sunday’s landslides in Gansu. Update: The death toll from landslides in northwestern China more than doubled Tuesday to 702.
In North Korea, some 10,000 people are sheltered in public buildings in the border city of Sinuiju near China. Flash floods destroyed thousands of homes across the impoverished country.
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Heavy rains in Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland caused flash floods that have thus far killed 11 people.
Hundreds of people had to evacuate the state of Saxony in Germany after several roads and villages were flooded by the Neisse river.
In Poland, the rains destroyed a bridge near Bogatynia and left residents without electricity or running water.
In The Czech Republic two dams threatened thousands of residents which had to be evacuated to protect them from raising waters. Flooding in other parts of the country was such that many had to be rescued from the roofs of their homes by helicopters.
Additional sources: BBC
Massive flooding in five regions in El Salvador has taken the lives of 124 people, with reports of deaths still coming in as the country struggles to cope. Some 7,000 homes have been damaged. The hardest hit areas appear to be San Salvador, the capital, and San Vicente province in the centre of the country. The floods, bringing mudslides, came after days of heavy rains. The Independent reported in 2005, after heavy flooding that year, that deforestation has left the country vulnerable to major flood damage.
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