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Jakarta residents return home to sweep mud out of their homes after torrential rains on Saturday pounded Indonesia's capital and submerging parts of the city under four to nine feet of water, forcing over 1,300 people to be evacuated to temporary shelters. IMAGES
Think you've got a rough commute home? Imagine being forced to wade home through waist deep water. That was the reality for residents of Bonita Springs, Florida, which was one of the cities most affected by Hurricane Irma. Footage shot on Monday showed a number of residents returning to their flooded homes as they trudged through water up to their belly buttons.
French communes of Velars-sur-Ouche and Montbard in the Cote-d'Or department have been placed on red alert, a warning that water levels could cause flooding in some areas. IMAGES
Residents move in boats through the flooded streets of a town in northern Bolivia after heavy rains caused the Acre River to overflow. The city of Cobija on the border with Brazil is suffering unprecedented flooding, with water levels reaching 17 meters (55.7 ft). The rainy season in Bolivia, which began in December and will last until March, has so far left 40 people dead and nearly 10,000 families affected, according to the government. IMAGES
Water levels are rising in Vertou, with Loire-Atlantique one of four departments in western France placed on flood alert following heavy rainfall caused by Storm Louis. IMAGES
Images of Blendecques, a flooded town in northern France, and the Aa river as the red alert for flooding was lifted in the Pas-de-Calais region, where water continues to recede and pumping operations are due to begin after the second episode of exceptional flooding in two months that has severely affected residents. IMAGES
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