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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Schuld, a town devastated by heavy flooding, to see the damage and talk with people affected by the disaster. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner views areas affected by severe flooding in the Var by helicopter, after meeting with the some of those affected. Torrential rains across northern Italy and southern France killed three people at the weekend. In France, two people died and at least one was missing as high floodwaters swamped cars and turned roads into rivers. IMAGES
Elderly people in Kawagoe, Japan are rescued from a building where they were trapped by flooding caused by Typhoon Hagibis. At least 14 people were killed and nine others missing after the powerful storm slammed into Japan. IMAGES
Images from the village of Pokrovskoye in northern Kazakhstan show houses submerged in flood water after fast-melting snow caused the river Esil to reach unprecedented heights. Moscow and Astana have been battling rising rivers for more than five days, with both declaring a state of emergency and saying the floods have been the worst in decades. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, accompanied by Employment Minister, Catherine Vautrin, and Industry Minister Roland Lescure, visited the Mauffrey Academy, a training centre for transport and logistics professions in Eloyes in the Vosges region of northeastern France. (COMPLETES VIDI34KK624_EN) IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).