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Firemen and rescue teams search for missing people Cesena after heavy rains caused devastation across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region, killing at least five people. IMAGES
Piles of rocks from destroyed buildings were scattered across the city, with roads blocked by mud and debris in Charikar, a city north of the Afghan capital, after flash floods killed more than 70 people and destroyed hundreds of houses. IMAGES
Venice has been hit by a series of devastating floods leaving 75% of the city underwater. Tourists and locals alike donned wellies. While public water transport services have been halted across the city. The flooding follows a series of extreme storms. Reportedly, it's the worst flooding since 2012. Meanwhile, in another part of Italy in Rapallo, the storm has wreaked havoc on the local harbour. Sailboats and super-yachts were left battered. Some of them were even sunk by the storm.
Two bodies are found in an overturned car stranded off Issambres beach in Sainte-Maxime in southern France. It was one of several vehicles which were swept away by flash floods triggered by violent storms that struck the Var region. IMAGES
At least 30 people are dead after a giant motorway bridge collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa in what the government are calling an "immense tragedy". IMAGES
Footage courtesy of Disa Alexander shows the wild waters of a sudden flash flood sweeping through the Cold Spring Canyon swimming area in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona over the weekend. Flash floods descended on the Cold Springs swimming hole unexpectedly, leading to the death of 9 swimmers, while another person remains missing. Over 100 people were bathing in the secluded swimming hole, which is popular with both locals and tourist hikers, when the flash flood occurred.