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The city of Hagen, in western Germany, is devastated after massive and deadly floods struck the region following heavy rainfall. Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is "shocked" by the devastation and thanked the "tireless volunteers and emergency service workers". IMAGES
Bridges and buildings have been left in ruin in the village of Mouzaki, near Karditsa, after central Greece was lashed by a rare hurricane-like storm known as a "medicane" causing major flooding. IMAGES
A damning Justice Department report cites "major failures" by Texas police who waited until 21 people had been killed by a mass shooter at a school before finally intervening. Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in May 2022 in America's worst school shooting in a decade. Police eventually shot and killed the gunman. SOUNDBITE
Images show emergency services on site near a roadway that collapsed due to heavy floods, near the city of Volos and flooded areas in Palamas near Karditsa. Storms have killed at least 14 people in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, with a Greek region hit by more rain in 24 hours than it normally sees in a year, officials say. IMAGES
Images show a road damaged by flooding in Cathedral City, California, where the police department announced an outage of the emergency 911 call line on Sunday night, advising people to head to the nearest fire or police station in person. Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California with record rainfall, shutting down schools, roads and businesses before edging in on Nevada on Monday. IMAGES
Images of destroyed houses, cars and fallen trees in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, after at least 25 people were killed by devastating tornadoes that ripped across the southern US state. IMAGES