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The Belgian city of Spa experiences heavy rains, leading to flash flooding after a number of rivers in Wallonia burst their banks. IMAGES
Rains cause heavy damages in the streets of Sabara, in the outskirt of Brazil’s Belo Horizonte, as the floods kill 44. IMAGES
Heavy rain in southern Brazil has caused a huge landslide along the RS-446 national highway. The rivers of southern Brazil are once again in flood as rescue operations intensify and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admits that the authorities were "unprepared" for a disaster of this scale. More than 600,000 people have been displaced by the heavy rain, flooding and mudslides that have ravaged the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul for around two weeks. IMAGES
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the country's south, where the death toll from floods caused by torrential rains has risen to 13, taking part in an emergency meeting with authorities of Rio Grande do Sul state. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34QP8HD_EN
The rising waters of the Bei River have nearly engulfed lampposts in flood-hit Qingyuan city in southern China, with the government issuing highest its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area. Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and causing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. IMAGES
Residents of Duque de Caxias in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro save their belongings after heavy rains flooded their homes. The rainstorm hit particularly hard the northern parts of Rio, where 11 people died due to landslides, drownings, and electrocutions. Firefighters are still searching for a woman who went missing after her car fell into a river. IMAGES