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Relentless downpours and howling winds hamper search for survivors of landslides that struck Indian tea plantations and killed 126 people, most believed to be labourers and their families. IMAGES
Rescuers from the Pakistan navy help residents in Dadu evacuate from their flooded homes, as large parts of southern Pakistan remain under water. More than 33 million people in Pakistan have been affected by the flooding, brought on by record monsoon rains amplified by climate change. The floods have caused at least 1,300 deaths and washed away homes, businesses, roads and bridges. IMAGES
Rescue effort continues on Tuesday after a five-storey apartment building collapsed late Monday in western India. Dozens are feared trapped. IMAGES
Eight people including two children have been killed by mountains of garbage collapsing at a landfill in the Ugandan capital Kampala, the city authority has said. Local media says homes, people and livestock animals were engulfed in the landslide at the vast garbage dump in Kiteezi, a district in the north of Kampala, after heavy rainfall. IMAGES
Rescuers work to pull survivors from landslides triggered by pounding monsoon rains in India's southern coastal state of Kerala. The landslides have killed dozens, with hundreds more feared trapped under mud and debris. IMAGES
India's coastal town of Bakkhali is hit by strong winds and rains as Cyclone Remal makes landfall in West Bengal. IMAGES