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Children wash muddied clothes after they were flooded by Super Typhoon Man-yi in Bayombong. Storm-weary communities in the Philippines are beginning to rebuild after Super Typhoon Man-yi and five other storms in the past month have devastated homes and displaced hundreds of thousands.

Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

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Children help push a motorcycle along a flooded road after heavy rain caused a river to overflow.

Bandung, West #Java

Photograph: Timur Matahari/AFP/Getty Images

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Catarroja, #Spain

A resident walks past piled-up vehicles destroyed by the floods in the Valencia region triggered by the Dana weather phenomenon that hit the east of the country on 29 October, killing at least 227 people with 11 still missing.

Photograph: Kai Forsterling/EPA

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People ride on a rescue boat along a flooded street following super typhoon Man-Yi, in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, #Philippines, November 18. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

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Ilagan, #Philippines

Submerged homes at a village in Isabela province, after continuous heavy rains from Super Typhoon Man-yi. People cleared fallen trees and repaired damaged houses on 18 November after the sixth major storm to batter the Philippines in a month smashed flimsy buildings, knocked out power and claimed at least one life.

Photograph: Villamor Visaya/AFP/Getty Images

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#Jakarta, #Indonesia

Children return home from school through high-tide floods that hit the Muara Angke area. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has provided an early warning to people in coastal areas to be aware of high waves and high tides until 21 November.

Photograph: Eko Siswono Toyudho/Anadolu/Getty Images

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#Paiporta, #Spain

Volunteers clean a basement in the flood-hit town of Paiporta.

Photograph: Jorge Zapata/EPA

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Paiporta, #Spain

Tania hugs her brother-in-law Baruc after rescuing some belongings from their flooded house in Paiporta. More than 200 people were confirmed to have died after heavy rains last week caused waterways to overflow, creating flash floods that surged through suburbs south of the city of Valencia, sweeping away cars and bridges, and flooding properties and underground car parks.

Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

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How slow warnings, poor defences left #Spain exposed to deadly floods


Source: reuters.com/business/environmeโ€ฆ

I always find it particularly bitter when corrupt politicians are so lazy that they don't even care about human lives and prefer to blame others after the disaster in order to keep their lucrative office for which they are obviously unsuitable.

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A person walks next to mud-covered debris following heavy rains that caused floods, in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain. REUTERS/Eva Manez

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Masantol, #Philippines

An ice-cream seller climbs over waterlogged tombs to keep his feet dry, before the observation of All Saintsโ€™ Day on 1 November

Photograph: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

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Street view:

A city street jammed with cars after the intense rain and flooding.

Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP

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A drone view shows sand dunes partially covered by floodwaters, after rare rainfall hit the area last September, in Merzouga, #Morocco. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas

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