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Think you've got a rough commute home? Imagine being forced to wade home through waist deep water. That was the reality for residents of Bonita Springs, Florida, which was one of the cities most affected by Hurricane Irma. Footage shot on Monday showed a number of residents returning to their flooded homes as they trudged through water up to their belly buttons.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in central California after heavy flooding caused by seven days of record amounts of rainfall and major storms. Ruptly received drone footage from Hollister, California from Thursday showing just how widespread and dangerous the effects of this unexpectedly huge amount of precipation have become. The rainfall comes amid a serious water crisis - the Golden State has experienced six straight years of drought, which have caused many acquifers and reservoirs to dry up across the state. However, despite warnings issued by the National Weather Service to residents saying that rivers will continue to overflow as ore rainfall is forecast for the coming days, this rare period of intense precipation may not significantly alleviate the water burden caused by the drought.
The Acre River in western Brazil floods to historic levels forcing thousands of people in the city of Rio Branco alone from their homes. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Heavy rains cause flooding in Gaza City which lacks basic civil infrastructure. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The River Garonne is slightly overflowing in Bordeaux, flooding cycle paths along the quays, while the Gironde department in south-west France is under an orange flood warning for Monday. IMAGES
Firefighters from the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation), Brazil's federal protected areas agency, use helicopters and make firebreaks to combat a blaze in the Amazon rainforest. Nearly 3,000 forest fires were registered in the Brazilian Amazon in February 2024, the highest for any February since records began in 1999, and made more likely by climate change, according to experts. IMAGES