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Added on the 21/03/2017 01:19:56 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Streets in Auckland are flooded as torrential rains devastates the New Zealand city, killing at least four people. Last week the country's largest city saw 249 millimetres of rainfall on Friday, smashing the previous record of 161mm in a 24-hour period.
Following weeks of protests, a 30-day state of emergency was declared in Peru’s capital Lima as well as several other regions, following demonstrations against President Dina Bolurate.
Peru announced a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, granting police special powers and limiting freedoms including the right to assembly, after a week of fiery protests, parked by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo, that have left at least eight dead.
Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency on Wednesday over flooding that is affecting more than a million people in the central African country. Floods are not uncommon during Chad's rainy season, which usually runs from May to October in its southern regions. But this year the rains came early and were the heaviest in decades.