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Thai workers transport boxes by boat as they salvage goods from a flooded factory in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok on October 11.

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Cars submerged in floodwaters at a Honda factory outside Ayutthaya on October 11.

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This aerial picture shows people wading through floodwaters on the main road of the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, on October 11.

Reuters reported on Sunday that nearly 200 factories in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya had been forced to close because of flooding. The death toll from the country's worst floods in decades rose to 269, according to Agence France Presse, as thousands of soldiers fanned out across affected areas as part of a huge aid operation.

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A girl sits in a bucket as her sister pushes it through floodwaters on a street in Kandal province, Cambodia, on October 10. Floods have killed 207 people in Cambodia and more than 100,000 hectares of rice paddies have been damaged, the Cambodian National Disaster Management Committee (CNDMC) announced on Monday.

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Schoolboys on a flooded street in Kandal province, Cambodia, on October 10. The floods have displaced more than 300,000 families, according to the CNDMC.

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An aerial view of a flooded area in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, on October 10. Thai rescue workers scrambled on Monday to prevent a humanitarian disaster as the worst flooding in half a century swamped large sections of the country, shut factories and stranded thousands of people.

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A policeman directs traffic in a flooded area of Ayutthaya province, Thailand, on October 10. About 261 people have died since late July in flood-related incidents, the Thai Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said.

I was impressed to see the traffic cop still at his post. Read more about the floods, which have affected Vietnam and the Philippines as well as Cambodia and Thailand.

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Two photographs of Inamullah taken almost a year apart.

Reuters photographer Adrees Latif this week returned to the home of Inamullah, a young Pakistani boy he had first photographed last year. Inamullah's family were forced out of their home by the devastating 2010 floods which ravaged one-fifth of the country.

In the first picture above, taken on August 1, 2010, Inamullah, 4, sits on top of furniture and household items recovered in his family courtyard hours after they returned to their home in Nowshera, northwest Pakistan.

In the second picture, dated July 26, 2011, Inamullah, poses for a portrait in the same courtyard. "I remember the water, it took my toys. I miss them the most," the now five-year-old Inamullah said.

Ikramullah, the boy's father, said their 25-member family survived by taking refuge on a nearby hilltop for four days. When the first picture was taken, they had just returned to their home. "[Inamullah] is the most confident amongst his peers. But when it starts to rain, he cries in fear of another flood," his father said.

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Two photographs of Ikramullah, Inamullah's father. Top, as he returned to his pen to find his livestock killed by floodwaters in Nowshera, northwest Pakistan, on August 1, 2010; and bottom, posing for a portrait in front of the same brick wall on July 26, 2011.

Last year's floods killed 2,000, left 11 million homeless and affected the lives of another 7 million, Reuters reported. Pakistan is still struggling to recover from $10 billion in damages to infrastructure, irrigation systems, bridges, houses and roads.

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The AP reports from Seoul:

A blast of heavy rain sent landslides barreling through South Korea's capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing at least 32 people, including 10 college students doing volunteer work.

The students died as mud and debris engulfed them as they slept in a resort cabin in Chuncheon, about 68 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of the capital Seoul, said Byun In-soo of the town's fire station. A married couple and a convenience store owner also died.

About 500 officials and residents worked to rescue people trapped in the mud and wreckage. Twenty-four people were injured and several buildings destroyed, officials said. Witnesses interviewed on television likened the sound of the landslide to a massive explosion or a screaming freight train and described the screaming they heard as buildings were carried away by rivers of mud.

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People try to climb on top of a car on a flooded road during heavy rainfall in Seoul, South Korea, on July 27. Wild weather has battered the peninsula since late Tuesday, causing widespread flooding.

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Cars are trapped on a flooded road during heavy rainfall in Seoul on July 27.

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A rescue worker checks a block of flats after a landslide hit the apartment building in southern Seoul on July 27. Torrential rain pounding South Korea triggered landslides that killed 18 people and flooded hundreds of homes, rescuers said.

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A man walks over mud after a landslide hit a street in southern Seoul on July 27.

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Rescue workers at a landslide scene, caused by torrential rains, which destroyed several houses, including a pension, in a mountain resort in Chuncheon on Wednesday.

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A rescue worker carries a person who was saved from a collapsed house in Chuncheon, northeast of Seoul on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. A landslide has swept four houses and killed at least six people, local media reported.

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Rescue workers carry a person who was saved from a collapsed house in Chuncheon, northeast of Seoul on Wednesday.

From Reuters:

SEOUL — A landslide caused by torrential rain crashed into a South Korean mountain resort east of Seoul early on Wednesday, destroying four buildings, including two small hotels, and killing at least 10 people, officials said.

Wild weather has battered the peninsula since late Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and transport delays, while the share price of insurers fell on fears that damage costs would run into millions of dollars.

At Chuncheon, about 60 miles east of Seoul, rescue workers were still sifting through the muddy rubble of the wrecked hotels, restaurant and coffee shop searching for missing people.

"We were asleep and suddenly I heard a big sound, and then the ceiling fell down," Lee Beon-seok, a student, told local television.

A local resident reported hearing what sounded like train.

"And then I heard someone shouting 'help me'. So I went out to see, and I saw a landslide had swept all over the area," she said.

Officials said about 20 people were injured when the wall of mud crashed into the buildings near the Soyang River Dam just after midnight.

Local media reports said 35 college students and some 40 tourists were staying at the small hotels.

Over the past 24 hours, 16 inches of rain has been dumped on the capital Seoul, causing flash floods, landslides and bridge closures.

A blackout hit the south of the city, suspending train services. Subway stations in Seoul were turned into swimming pools, stranded commuters said.

Emergency workers said at least four people were killed in other accidents related to the severe weather. The weather bureau said more heavy rain was forecast for the next 48 hours.

There was no immediate reports of damage to crops, and flights and shipping were not affected.

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A firefighter uses a rope to rescue a group of 36 villagers stranded on a section of road which was destroyed by a mudslide in Yinxiu county, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on July 4. Summer downpours pummelled large swaths of south and central China in June. Chinese authorities said that 279 people died in natural disasters in June and another 93 had gone missing, as the country was hit by floods, mudslides and earthquakes.

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Students in graduation robes stand on a stone bridge submerged by water at the flooded Donghu Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on June 21.

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Students stand on a stone bridge submerged by floodwaters at Donghu Lake on June 21.

I asked Reuters for the story behind these photos, and their Beijing bureau kindly supplied more information: 

These students are from Wuhan University. They just had their graduation ceremony, then came to Donghu Lake in their robes for a special graduation photo.

Wuhan is an inland city, but heavy rainfall last Saturday broke down the city: roads were submerged, cars were stranded, lots of people were trapped and couldn't go home [See Saturday's images on PhotoBlog].

So after a while people online started to spread a sarcasm: "If you love him/her, take him/her to Wuhan to see the sea."

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• China image stream on PhotoBlog

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A man standing at the foot of a mountain damaged by a landslide which hit Linxiang, in central China's Hunan province, in a picture taken on June 12. China's weather authorities warned Monday torrential rain that has triggered deadly floods and landslides would continue, as experts said a recent drought was making the situation worse.

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A girl sits on the rubble after a massive landslide in Guanshan village in Linxiang, in a picture taken on June 12.

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A woman shovels mud at her house after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfalls in Linxiang on June 11.

Read more about the treacherous weather conditions in parts of central and southern China.