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Added on the 11/01/2022 05:10:43 - Copyright : AFP EN
People evacuate through flooded streets after heavy rains inundated the Chilean city of Talca, 200 km south of Santiago. IMAGES
Flooded streets in the city of Novo Hamburgo as a cyclone tore through southern Brazil killing at least 11 people and forcing thousands from their homes, according to authorities. Another 10 people are missing after the storm in Rio Grande do Sul state Thursday and Friday, reducing this figure from 20 given earlier. IMAGES
People and emergency brigade clean up mud and water from flooded streets in Sayulita, in the northwestern Mexican state of Nayar, as Category 3 Hurricane Roslyn makes landfall on Mexico's west coast. IMAGES
Homes and streets are flooded in Lawrence, a town in Australia's New South Wales on Wednesday. Floodwaters crashed into more towns on Australia's east coast as a deadly storm front barrelled south on Wednesday towards Sydney, where the main dam began to spill water. The death toll rose to 12 in a week-long disaster that has washed cars from roads and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes as waters lapped at balconies and roofs. IMAGES
Water rises to window level as floods hit southwestern France, where fierce winds recently left one person dead and five others injured. IMAGES
Residents of flooded Simferopol overcame the elements on Saturday, when they rigged an inflatable mattress to the back of a 4x4 and surfed through the streets. Heavy rainfall resulted in floods covering the Crimean city of Simferopol. Streets, courtyards, and squares near the railway station were particularly affected. There were no reported injuries.