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  • 18
    Jan
    2013
    11:09am, EST

    Rescues under way in flooded Jakarta

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    A young girl is rescued from flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 18.

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    An Indonesian man grabs wires to keep from being swept away by flood water in Jakarta, Jan. 18.

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    People wade through floodwater in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 18.

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    Rescuers evacuate a baby from a flood area in Jakarta, Jan. 18.

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    Residents push a car in through high water in west Jakarta Jan. 18.

    Waters were receding in some parts of Jakarta after widespread floods, as authorities worked to repair a dike that collapsed. Tens of thousands remained affected by the waters and rescue personnel deployed boats and rafts to evacuate people trapped. More monsoon rains were expected for Friday and Saturday raising the possibility of fresh flooding. Full story

    Photos: Monsoon rains paralyzes Indonesia capital

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    Complaining it's too cold, it's too hot is nonsense. Say a prayer for #Jakarta. They are under a lot of water and nothing clean to drink. We have it good where we're at. My friend Bella and her family are knee high she said in a text.

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  • 17
    Jan
    2013
    7:48am, EST

    Monsoon paralyzes Indonesian capital, floods presidential palace

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    Women react as they flee from a flooded area in Jakarta, Indonesia on Jan. 17, 2013.

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    A man carries his son across a flooded area in the business district of Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2013.

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    Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd left) and his Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (left) inspecting the Presidential Palace after it was flooded in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2013, hours before Bambang was due to welcome visiting Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

    Reuters reports — Heavy monsoonal rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday, with many government offices and businesses forced to closed because staff could not get to work.

    Weather officials warned the rains could get worse over the next few days and media reports said that thousands of people in Jakarta and its satellite cities had been forced to leave their homes because of the torrential downpours this week. Read the full story.

    Enny Nuraheni / Reuters

    Rescue workers evacuate residents from a flooded area in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2013.

    Achmad Ibrahim / AP

    Streets are flooded in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2013. Floods regularly hit parts of Jakarta in the rainy season, but the inundation following an intense rain storm was especially widespread.

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    A driver and scooter are transported through a flooded street in Jakarta on Jan. 16, 2013.

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    Heavy monsoon rains have submerged Indonesia's capital of Jakarta forcing more than 20,000 residents to flee their homes. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

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    Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd left) and his Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (left) inspecting the Presidential Palace after it was flooded in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2013, hours before Bambang was due to welcome visiting Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. I hope …

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  • 6
    Sep
    2012
    10:11am, EDT

    Anupam Nath / AP

    Threatening monsoon clouds gather over train tracks in India

    Monsoon clouds hover over a train track in Gauhati, India, on Sept. 6. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

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  • 13
    Aug
    2012
    5:31pm, EDT

    Filipinos crowd into Manila shelters, brace for more bad weather

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    Lornitas Calub hugs her grandson at a crowded evacuation shelter on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines. The weather is slated to deteriorate as another low pressure system makes its way to the region. According to the Office of Civil Defense, the floods left at least 96 people dead and affected up to 2.68 million people in Manila and surrounding provinces, with more than 440,000 fleeing to evacuation centers.

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    A man gives himself a bath at a crowded evacuation shelter on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

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    Displaced flood victims sleep at a crowded evacuation shelter on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

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    • Waiting, wading and mourning in flood-stricken Philippines, as death toll hits 60
    • Life on the rooftops in flooded Philippines cities
    • Widespread flooding continues in Manila
    • 'It's like Waterworld': Monsoon rains swamp Manila, force 270,000 to flee
    • Death toll following Philippines typhoon rises to 12
    • Seven killed as typhoon sweeps past Philippines

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    Fillippino women walk through muddy flood water to reach their home as the mud and debris continue to cause massive problems in the flood effected areas on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

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    A city worker helps clear debris in the ongoing flood clean up effort on Aug. 13, in Manila, Philippines.

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  • 10
    Aug
    2012
    11:16am, EDT

    Waiting, wading and mourning in flood-stricken Philippines, as death toll hits 60

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    Local residents wade through floodwaters in a street in the township of Apalit on the outskirts of Manila on Aug. 10. The number of people killed in floods that submerged most of the Philippine capital Manila and parts of surrounding provinces this week has risen to 60, the government said on Aug. 10.

    Nicolas Asfouri / AFP - Getty Images

    Thousands of flood victims queue for food relief at a municipal building in the township of Paombong on the outskirts of Manila on Aug. 10. Thousands more Philippine flood victims crammed into evacuation centres on August 10 as waist-high water covered vast farming regions and the death toll from a week of misery rose to 60.

    Francis R. Malasig / EPA

    Locals paddling through floodwaters with the backdrop of the Makati financial district skyline in Taguig city, South of Manila, Philippines, on Aug. 10. The death toll in floods caused by days of heavy monsoon rains in the Philippine capital and northern provinces has climbed to 60 with seven people missing, the national disaster response agency said. More than half a million people were displaced by the deluge with 362,307 staying in cramped evacuation centres and 284,177 taking shelter with relatives and friends. In total, 2.44 million people were affected by the floods, the worst since 2009 when flash floods triggered by Tropical Storm Ketsana left 501 dead and missing in Manila and surrounding provinces.

    Pat Roque / AP

    Alexis Joy Preclaro, 4, sits with her puppy in a table at an evacuation center in Taytay town, east of Manila, Philippines. About 2.4 million people in Manila and nearby provinces have been affected, forcing more than 360,000 to seek shelter in government-run evacuation centers, the Office of Civil Defense reported Friday.

    AP reports -- Philippine disaster officials were shifting Friday from rescue work to a massive clean-up of the capital following nonstop rains that left tons of muck and debris from floods littering the city.

    The torrential monsoon rains that began Sunday left at least 60 people dead in the worst flooding in Manila since 2009. More than half of the sprawling metropolis of 12 million was submerged at the peak of the floods, and schools and offices closed for days.

    About 2.4 million people in Manila and nearby provinces have been affected, forcing more than 360,000 to seek shelter in government-run evacuation centers, the Office of Civil Defense reported Friday.

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    • Widespread flooding continues in Manila
    • 'It's like Waterworld': Monsoon rains swamp Manila, force 270,000 to flee
    • Death toll following Philippines typhoon rises to 12
    • Seven killed as typhoon sweeps past Philippines

    Erik De Castro / Reuters

    Pedicabs transport commuters in a flooded street in Malabon, Metro Manila, on Aug. 10.

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    Net-Net Carbonilla mourns the death of her father Noli Carbonilla, 55, as she sits next to his casket surrounded by flood waters Aug. 10, in Manila, Philippines. Noli was not killed by the floods but his wake and funeral were delayed due to the flooding. As the waters began to recede the family built a platform to keep the casket above water. The death toll has climbed to more than 100 people as metro Manila dealt with nearly 2 weeks of monsoon rains effecting more than 2 million people, the worst flooding in 3 years. Phillippine residents are starting to return to their homes and cleaning up the storm damage.

     

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    It makes me think of Katrina. I can still hear it like it was yesterday. "Brownies doin' a heck of a job" I wonder how their version of FEMA is working

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  • 13
    Jul
    2012
    8:38am, EDT

    Patchy monsoon leaves Indians scrambling for water

    Kevin Frayer / AP

    Residents run towards a government tanker delivering drinking water in New Delhi, India on July 6, 2012.

    Kevin Frayer / AP

    Residents crowd around a government water tanker in New Delhi on July 6, 2012.

    Many areas of New Delhi are facing acute water shortages, The Associated Press reports, a repeated annual phenomenon during summer when taps go dry as demand rises.

    The Times of India reported on July 11 that levels in 84 reservoirs monitored by government agencies are at 57% of last year's capacity following a patchy start to the monsoon season.

     Previously on PhotoBlog: Managing a growing world population with a shrinking water supply

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    A woman holds her child and joins a crowd around a government tanker delivering drinking water in New Delhi on July 12, 2012.

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    Residents crowd around a tanker in New Delhi on July 6, 2012.

    Kevin Frayer / AP

    A man sucks on a hose to pull water as a crowd gathers around a tanker in New Delhi on July 13, 2012.

    Kevin Frayer / AP

    A woman carries buckets filled with water from a tanker in New Delhi on July 6, 2012.

     

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    Opportunities seem to abound to individuals and businesses to reach out and help others all over the world. While food surplus is allowed to be dumped and rot in the sun in one place, children and adults starve to death in others. Where excess rainfall is allowed to flood and runoff wasted, others  …

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  • 12
    Jul
    2012
    10:40pm, EDT

    Indians enjoy heavy rain shower in New Delhi

    Saurabh Das / AP

    The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

     

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    I love the rain also .... Nice ....

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  • 10
    Jul
    2012
    3:11pm, EDT

    Sanjeev Gupta / EPA

    Municipal Corporation workers removes debris from a crushed car, after a three storyed building collapse during monsoon rain showers in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, on Tuesday. Reports state that several four and two wheeler vehicles were damaged and crushed under the debris and no casualties were reported in the incident.

    Digging out from under a pile of bricks after a building's collapse in India

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  • 6
    Jul
    2012
    1:34pm, EDT

    Monsoon season in India brings rainy days and cloudy skies

    Ajay Verma / Reuters

    Commuters run for cover as they cross a road during monsoon rains in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh on July 6. The June-September monsoon rains, the main source of water for 55 percent of India's arable land, were 30 percent lower-than-normal since the beginning of the monsoon season.

    Mustafa Quraishi / AP

    People rest in a park as rain clouds hover over them in New Delhi, India, on July 6. Pre-monsoon showers lashed the city Friday, bringing down the temperature and causing traffic congestion in several parts of the city.

    Manish Swarup / AP

    A stray dog sits on the promenade at the Arabian Sea as people walk and rest during the monsoon season, in Mumbai, India on July 6.

     

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    I love the rain ....

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  • 5
    Jul
    2012
    1:40pm, EDT

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    Indians stand along the waterfront as a huge wave batters the sea wall in Mumbai on Thursday. The monsoon is described as the "economic lifeline" of India, which has a population of 1.2 billion and is one of the world's leading producers of rice, sugar, wheat and cotton.

    Waves driven by monsoon weather batter sea wall in Mumbai

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    Proof-reading gggoooooodddd! Spelling errors in professional media bbbbaaaaadddd. "... monsoon is described as the "economic lifeline" of India, which has a population of 1.2 billion and is one of the world's leading producers of rice, sugar, wheat and cotton." Next we'll hear from the unSupreme C …

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  • 2
    Jul
    2012
    8:15am, EDT

    AP

    An Indian Air Force helicopter distributes relief materials at a flood hit area in Sonitpur, Assam, India, on July 1, 2012.

    Floods strand villages, kill 77 in India's Assam state

    Reuters reports — At least 77 people have been killed and nearly two million affected by heavy monsoon rains that caused floods in India's northeastern Assam state, in what the prime minister on Monday called one of the worst such disasters to strike recently.

    Authorities have given shelter, food and medicines to thousands of homeless people, and deployed mobile medical teams to prevent the outbreak of disease. Read the full story.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Indian floods displace more than 850,000

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    No water shortage there ....

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  • 29
    Jun
    2012
    8:17am, EDT

    India floods displace more than 850,000

    Biju Boro / AFP - Getty Images

    A mahout moves an elephant to higher ground as villagers paddle with their belongings through flood waters in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, some 55 km from Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, India on June 28, 2012.

    Raging floodwaters fed by monsoon rains have inundated more than 2,000 villages in northeast India, sweeping away homes and forcing more than 850,000 people to flee their homes.

    Floodwaters have submerged 90 per cent of a wildlife sanctuary in Assam, forcing rhinos and other wild animals to shelter in the woodland of the park which is located at a higher altitude. 

    -- The Associated Press and Agence France Presse contributed to this report

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    Wild Asiatic water buffalo run to take shelter on high ground inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in the flood-affected Morigaon district of Assam on June 28, 2012. The sanctuary has been underwater for two days.

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    A man pauses before making his way through flood waters at Burhaburhi village, about 40 miles east of Guwahati on June 29, 2012.

     

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    That would be so cool to have an elephant

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