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A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine burst in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, devastating a nearby town with mudslides. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Floodwaters cover a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost region, where the death toll of an extratropical cyclone has risen to 27. IMAGES
Water fills some streets in the Pakistani town of Bahrain as residents scramble to contain the floods and save what they can. Exceptional monsoon rains have led to unprecedently severe floods in Pakistan. IMAGES
Euskirchen (Germany) Jul 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Friedemann Vogel) The death toll in the devastating floods in western Germany now rises to 161 victims, after five other people were found dead in the most affected region of Rhine-Westphalia.FOOTAGE OF INTERIOR MINISTER, HORST SEEHOFER, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, ARMIN LASCHET, VISITING EUSKIRCHEN.
Pepinster (Belgium), Jul 17 (EFE) .- (cAMERA: Julien Warnand) After the torrential rains of the last week, Belgium woke up this Saturday with clear skies and the feeling of waking up from a nightmare that has left not only more than a score of dead, but also significant damage in the country, especially in the south.FOOTAGE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FLOODS IN THE CITY OF PEPINSTER AND OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, URSULA VON DER LEYEN, ON HER VISIT TO THE CITY.
Anama (Brazil), May 28 (EFE).- (Camera: Raphael Alves) "Welcome to the Venice of the Amazon," reads a sign in Anamã, in northern Brazil. As every year, the rise of the river has filled its streets with water, but now it is preparing for its greatest flood: canoes have replaced cars and snakes and alligators roam the stilt houses.FOOTAGE OF ANAMA.SOUNDBITES OF NOE VIEIRA DO CARMO.Translation:"Thanks to that hill of dirt I have not lost any animals. I thank God for the hill." "But the water in the river is going to rise higher and I only have that little strip of soil." "The greatest danger now is the Alligators are attacking the dogs and I am afraid they will come here because we have small oxen."
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