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The death toll from floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warns. "The death toll is huge, it might reach thousands," says Tamer Ramadan of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told reporters in Geneva via video link from Tunis. SOUNDBITE
Residents desperately dig to find their loved ones after a deadly landslide hit the mountain village of Alausi in southern Ecuador. More than 60 people are reported missing after the disaster caused by months of heavy rains killed at least seven people. IMAGES
Neighbours help rescue teams comb through mud and debris for signs of 52 people missing after a landslide swept through Las Tejerias in Venezuela, killing at least 25. IMAGES
Images show damage to houses caught in a landslide as helicopters and members of the Norwegian rescue services search for 10 people still missing. Rescue workers are still searching for survivors of a landslide that destroyed homes in a Norwegian village close to Oslo leaving 10 people unaccounted for, including two children, and 10 injured. Homes were buried under mud and some houses were left teetering on the edge of a crater caused by the slide, with several falling over the edge as the day went on. IMAGES
At an elevation of over 2,300 metres winds one of the most spectacular roads in the Swiss Alps, Flüela Pass. Although it remains closed most of the year due to snowfall and the risk of avalanches, the CUPRA Ateca Limited Edition demonstrated its full potential by driving on it.