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Heavy pre-monsoon rains hit parts of northern India, bringing much-needed relief to the drought-hit nation where hundreds of millions of rural farmers depend on the annual rains to survive. Mana Rabiee reports.
Water is filling the streets of Chennai, India as residents remain stranded days after overflowing lakes flooded the city. Nathan Frandino reports.
India's northwest is hit by deadly floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain. Yiming Woo reports.
In Hualien, relief tents are set up to provide shelter to residents after the most powerful earthquake in 25 years hit Taiwan, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 1,000. Strict building regulations and widespread public disaster awareness appear to have staved off a major catastrophe for the earthquake-prone island, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates. IMAGES
People queue for food at a makeshift relief camp after an earthquake killed at least 113 people in China's northwestern Gansu province, and 18 more in neighbouring Qinghai. The shallow tremor on Monday night also damaged thousands of buildings. IMAGES