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Sri Lanka's president promises full support to flood victims as hundreds of thousands are forced from their homes after days of torrential rain. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
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 teams return to Calais harbour from operations at sea, during which they tried to locate and save possible survivors after a boat carrying migrants bound for Britain sank off the French port. At least 31 migrants died, according to French authorities. IMAGES
A search team from Russia's ministry of emergency situations are at work on the site of the crash of a passenger plane. A search team recovered the bodies of nine people on Wednesday after the plane crashed in Russia's remote far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. The An-26 plane flying from Kamchatka's main city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the coastal town of Palana had 28 people on board, and disappeared and crashed on Tuesday. IMAGES
Tsunagi, Jul 9 (EFE / EPA) .- The torrential rain that began on the weekend and that extended throughout Japan on Wednesday left havoc in businesses and private properties.Rescuers are searching for missing people at Tsunagi, Kumamoto Prefecture on Japanese southwestern island of Kyusu, after landslide caused by torrential rain. 59 people are confirmed to be dead and another 16 missing by torrential rain and flood on Kyushu island. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA). FOOTAGE SHOWS POLICE RESCUERS SEARCH FOR MISSING PEOPLE IN TSUNAGI, KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE ON JAPANESE SOUTHWESTERN ISLAND OF KYUSU.