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Added on the 26/05/2023 06:05:56 - Copyright : France 24 EN
The riverbed of the Jialing river in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, a tributary of the Yangtze river, runs dry as the country is hit by record temperatures and droughts. IMAGES
Residents move in boats through the flooded streets of a town in northern Bolivia after heavy rains caused the Acre River to overflow. The city of Cobija on the border with Brazil is suffering unprecedented flooding, with water levels reaching 17 meters (55.7 ft). The rainy season in Bolivia, which began in December and will last until March, has so far left 40 people dead and nearly 10,000 families affected, according to the government. IMAGES
The residents of Blendecques, a town in northern France, are trying to cope with further flooding caused by the 'exceptional flooding of the Aa', two months after the November floods. IMAGES
Water fills some streets in the Pakistani town of Bahrain as residents scramble to contain the floods and save what they can. Exceptional monsoon rains have led to unprecedently severe floods in Pakistan. IMAGES
Collapsed houses and damaged structures hug the banks of Pakistan's Swat River after relentless monsoon rains brought unprecedented flooding and submerged swathes of the country. IMAGES
A stranded cargo ship causes river traffic to be halted on the Rhine in western Germany after suffering a technical fault, authorities say. The incident comes at a time when water transport is already suffering as the result of drought, which has caused the water in the river to drop to a level considered inaccessible for shipping. The vessel is stuck at St Goar and Oberwesel, between the cities of Mainz and Koblenz, river police say, adding that they expect to clear the stricken ship within a day. IMAGES