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The whole town was flooded as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Ida, and it took 24 hours for the waters to recede. It caused significant damage to homes, businesses and vehicles
Residents survey the damage from Hurricane Iota after the storm made landfall on 17 November 2020 as a maximum Category 5 hurricane, leaving homes smashed, trees uprooted and roads swamped during its destructive advance across Central America, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated parts of the region. COMPLETES VIDI8VE68F_EN
Residents and workers start to clean up the damage in Lourdes, an affluent neighbourhood in Brazil's southeastern city of Belo Horizonte, where at least 52 people have died and more than 20,000 have been displaced in floods that followed record rainfall.
Rio de Janeiro residents walk by cars damaged by torrential rain, as city workers try to clean the streets of the rubbles left by flash floods that killed at least three people. A man was killed after he was caught in flooding in the south of the city, while two women died when a house in a nearby favela collapsed, Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella told reporters. Schools throughout the city were closed and power was knocked out in some areas. Heavy downpours often cause flooding in Rio de Janerio as rain overwhelms the city´s creaky infrastructure. Impoverished favelas, built on the hills in the city, are usually the hardest hit areas. IMAGES
A French town that was the scene of a jihadist shooting earlier this year has been swamped by floods. Residents recount the trauma of the flooding and the damage that followed.
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