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A destroyed church stands surrounded by debris and floodwaters after a landslide in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. At least 350 people have died after landslides hit early Wednesday, and 50 or more were still missing, according to officials. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (AP)

"Biblical" floods wreak havoc in Brazil, Australia

Adam Clark Estes

Residents carry a landslide victim in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. At least 350 people have died after landslides hit early Wednesday, and 50 or more were still missing, according to officials. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (AP)

Death toll exceeds 400 in Brazil slides

Juliana Barbassa

This image made from AuBC video via Associated Press Television News shows a flooded street in Rockhampton, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Days of pounding rain last week left much of northeastern Australia swamped by a sea of muddy water, with flooding affecting about 200,000 people in an area larger than France and Germany combined. (AP Photo/AuBC via Associated Press Television News) AUSTRALIA OUT, TV OUT (AP)

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Pakistani flood survivors demand help from a soldier in Jampur near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president said Thursday. Asif Ali Zardari's remarks were echoed by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who toured some of the worst hit areas and visited a relief camp alongside the president. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) (AP)

Judy Mandelbaum

A flood survivor jostles for position as they try to reach for relief goods in flood hit Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan on Thursday Aug. 19, 2010. Weeks after massive downpours first battered northern Pakistan, submerging tens of thousands of square miles, killing near 1,500 people and leaving millions homeless, those floodwaters are still sweeping down river and through the south, adding one more layer of misery to people long accustomed to hardship. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) (AP)

Why the disaster in Pakistan should concern you

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Bangladeshi women who lost their relatives in landslides react in Ukhia, 296 kilometers (185 miles) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Triggered by heavy rains, the powerful mudslides struck Tuesday, burying thatched homes and cutting off thousands in southeastern Bangladesh. Dozens of bodies have been recovered as the death toll continues to rise. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) (AP)

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Residents walk past piled cars, in Trans en Provence, southern France, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 after floods. Regional authorities in southeastern France say more than a dozen people have been killed and many are missing in the aftermath of flash floods that followed powerful rainstorms. Unusually heavy rains recently in the Var region have transformed streets into muddy rivers that swept up trees, cars and other objects. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) (AP)

22 dead in French Riviera floods, new storm coming

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Carlos Eduardo Silva dos Santos, 24, peers out from under a wall where he is trapped as rescue workers try to free him after heavy rains in the Guarabita neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro's history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Jadson Marques, Agencia O Globo) (AP)

Helmets and boots pile up in the dust outside the shaft to the Wangjialing Coal Mine in Xiangning county in north China's Shanxi province, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Search and rescue continue almost a week after water flooded a mine, trapping 153 miners. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)

CRANSTON, RI - MARCH 30: Residents wade in knee deep water due to flooding from the Pawtuxet River on Moore and Perkins Street March 30, 2010 in Cranston, Rhode Island. The second major rain storm of March hammered the Northeast today causing flooding and evacuations. National Guard troops were activated in Massachusetts and Rhode Island where a state of emergency was declared. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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