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Water overflowing from canals struggles to drain away from the fields in the countryside near Ravenna, as Italy struggles with floods described as the country's worst in a century. The disaster has killed more than a dozen people and left thousands stranded in waterlogged homes or in evacuation centres. IMAGES
People forced to flee their homes by northeastern Italy's deadly floods take shelter in Ravenna's Classis museum of Ravenna, which is offering those displaced camp beds and food aid amidst its vases and sculptures. 10,000 have already been displaced by the floods, according to the authorities, with the death toll rising to at least 13 on Thursday. IMAGES
Firemen and rescue teams search for missing people Cesena after heavy rains caused devastation across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region, killing at least five people. IMAGES
Images from the scene in California where at least 13 people were killed when an SUV packed with passengers including minors collided with a large truck close to the Mexico border. The accident occured when the SUV carrying more than two dozen people and a semi-truck full of gravel crashed near El Centro, officials say. IMAGES
Cesky Brod, Jul 15 (EFE / EPA) .- Two freight trains with passengers on board collided in the early hours of Wednesday on the track between Uvaly and Cesky Brod, leaving at least one deceased and 35 injured according to Czech media.(Camera: MARTIN DIVISEK)FOOTAGE SHOWS FIREFIGHTERS CARRYING OUT RECUE TAKS NEAR CESKY BROD (CZECH REPUBLIC).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).