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Jakarta, Feb 20 (EFE/EPA).- At least 21 areas in the Indonesian capital were hit by floods Saturday following heavy rains, during which thousands of homes were also damaged, according to the National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB). (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO).SHOT LIST: INDONESIAN NATIONAL POLICE HELP VICTIMS DURING A RESCUE OPERATION IN FLOODED AREAS OF JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Water overflowing from canals struggles to drain away from the fields in the countryside near Ravenna, as Italy struggles with floods described as the country's worst in a century. The disaster has killed more than a dozen people and left thousands stranded in waterlogged homes or in evacuation centres. IMAGES
Images of Floating streets in Aptos, a town in Santa Cruz County, during the latest California storm. Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in Santa Cruz County, California. IMAGES
Motorists navigate through flooded roads of Baghdad after torrential rains hit several areas in Iraq. IMAGES
The first snow of the winter falls on Maidan Square in Kyiv, blanketing its statues and anti-tank obstacles as the Ukrainian capital faces blackouts and power outages from a fresh series of Russian strikes targeting the country's energy infrastructure. IMAGES
Smoke billows after a deadly strike on a residential building in northern Kyiv. At least two people died and 12 were wounded, the country's emergency service said Monday. "As of 07:40, the bodies of two people were found in a nine-storey apartment building, three people were hospitalised and nine people were treated on the spot," the emergency service said on Facebook, adding that the building was in Kyiv's Obolon district. IMAGES
At least 10 people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain that battered Madagascar's capital Antananarivo overnight. Some 20 districts around the capital of 1.3 million are on red alert for flooding, with built-up urban areas with poor drainage systems seen as especially vulnerable. IMAGES