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From Dhaka to Germany: Water, water everywhere, after the flood

The devastating flooding in Western Germany and Belgium took a major toll on lives as it ripped through houses and roads, leaving battered towns that shopowners described as 'unrecognisable'. But it i

Jul 22, 2021, 10:40 IST2 min
 <p class="Default"><strong>New Zealand</strong><br /><br />A soldier looks out from a helicopter as they fly over the flood damage after heavy rains washed away bridges and cut roads in the Canterbury region, in New Zealand. June 1, 2021</p>
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New ZealandA soldier looks out from a helicopter as they fly over the flood damage after heavy rains washed away bridges and cut roads in the Canterbury region, in New Zealand. June 1, 2021
Image by Chris Skelton / Pool / Afp
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India A National Disaster Response Force team carry a woman to safety during a rescue operation in Chikhali village, Kolhapur, in Maharashtra. Over 1.4 lakh people have been evacuated and over 1.5 lakh hectares of farm land and crops are reportedly damaged across the state. July 23, 2021
Image by National Disaster Response Force / Handout /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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BrazilA resident is vaccinated against Covid-19 in Anama town, Amazon, Brazil, by a healthcare worker who arrived in a boat amid floods in the region. May 20, 2021
Image by Michael Dantas / Afp
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BelgiumCars piled up by the swirling water at a roundabout in the Belgian city of Verviers, after heavy rains and floods lashed western Europe, killing at least two people in Belgium. July 15, 2021
Image by François Walschaerts / Afp
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ChinaVillage officials evacuate residents from a flooded area following heavy rains in Dazhou in China"s southwestern Sichuan province. July 12, 2021
Image by STR / AFP
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AustriaTurkish-Austrian Ayse Karaaslan (L) meets with her next door neighbour Alexander Eisenmann, an Austrian who rescued her from the devastating floods in the state of Salzburg, located on the border with Germany, in Vienna, Austria. July 18, 2021.
Image by Askin Kiyagan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Germany The jerseys of an old men"s football team of the local sports club are hung out after being taken out of a flooded cellar in Rhineland-Palatinate, Dernau, in Germany. Numerous houses in the village were completely destroyed or severely damaged. Germany, 19 July 2021
Image by Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images
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Afghanistan Afghan shopkeepers secure sacks of flour stored inside containers amid the debris from a flood at Peshghor village in Afghanistan&rsquos northern Panjshir province, after an incident of flooding believed to be triggered by a landslide. July 3, 2021
Image by Ahmad Sahel Arman / AFP
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CubaA classic American car drives along a flooded street at the 10 de Octubre municipality in Havana, Cuba. June 13, 2021.
Image by Yamil Lage / Afp
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UkraineA food delivery person tries to find his way out of a flooded street during a heavy downpour in Kyiv, Ukraine. July 19, 2021
Image by Maxym Marusenko / NurPhoto via Getty Images

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