Floods wreck havoc across the world

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As many places in the northern hemisphere battle unprecedented wildfires, another natural disaster – flooding – is making itself heard in this year's rain season.

The death toll from northern Turkey's recent flood had risen to 27 by Friday, according to the Associated Press. The disaster has also caused five bridges to collapse and over 1,700 people to evacuate.

This handout picture released by Turkey's IHH humanitarian aid group on August 12, 2021 shows a car floating in water in Kastamonu, after flash floods swept across several Black Sea regions. /VCG Photo

A rescue team evacuates residents in an area affected by floods after heavy rains hit Bozkurt district of Kastamonu, Turkey on August 12, 2021. /VCG Photo

In India, thousands of stranded residents were rescued on Thursday from flooded villages along the Ganges after the river rose above its danger level in the country's most populous state – Uttar Pradesh. Reports say more than 600 villages in the state were cut off by the rising waters, prompting a major rescue effort by authorities.

Residents use a boat to move in a flooded neighborhood in Kareli Gaus Nagar area of Allahabad on August 12, 2021 following heavy monsoon rainfalls that caused the overflowing of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers. /VCG Photo

Social workers distribute food on a boat in a flooded neighborhood in Kareli Gaus Nagar area of Allahabad on August 12, 2021 following heavy monsoon rainfalls that caused the overflowing of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers. /VCG Photo

Residents board a boat to leave their home in a flooded neighbourhood in Kareli Gaus Nagar area of Allahabad on August 12, 2021 following heavy monsoon rainfalls that caused the overflowing of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers.

Central China's Hubei Province was also hit hard by flooding. The local government of Suizhou City said in a statement on Friday that a preliminary investigation shows that 21 people have died and four are still missing in the flooding triggered by torrential rains from Wednesday.

Liulin Town in Suizhou City of central China's Hubei Province flooded after torrential rains on August 12. /VCG Photo

Rescuers working to rescue trapped residents in Liulin Town in Suizhou City of central China's Hubei Province on August 12. /VCG Photo

Japan on Friday issued the most serious level 5 risk alerts in the western prefecture of Hiroshima, citing unprecedented rains in the region and imminent risk of floods and other disasters.

Heavy rain leaves a river swollen in Hiroshima on August 13, 2021, with a road alongside it partially washed away, as Japanese weather authorities issued warnings in the western Japan city. /VCG Photo

People walk with umbrellas in Hiroshima on August 13, 2021, as weather authorities issued warnings in the western Japan city. /VCG

In west Africa, residents of several neighborhoods in Cameroon's commercial capital Douala woke up to waist-deep flood water on Thursday after torrential rains battered the city for over 24 hours.

On Wednesday, authorities in Niger said floods in the capital Niamey had killed five people. Since the start of the rainy season, 52 people have been killed and hundreds displaced across the country by floods, they said.

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(All images via VCG)

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(With input from the Associated Press, Reuters)

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