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Flood waters in Algerian Sahara, at edge of Grand Erg Occidental, south of El-Golea, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Flash flood in oued (river bed) in normally dry Algerian Sahara region, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Car and boy on a bike try to move through flood water in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Children ride their bikes through flood water in Minster Lovell, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Firemen pump water out of flooded home in Naunton, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Flooded watermeadows in flood plain, near Burford, Oxfordshire, The Cotwolds, England, United Kingdom

Outdoor tables and chairs of The Swan Hotel submerged in flood water, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Car forced off the road by flood water sweeping from field to field in Lyneham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

The flooded town of Towyn in North Wales. Caravans in a mobile home park and caught up in the disaster. Streets of houses are surrounded by the flood waters.

Flooded fields as the River Windrush burst its banks after heavy rain near Burford in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Women in colourful saris in a field of aloe vera preparing for flood irrigation, village of Borunda, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Sand depressions in the flood plain of the Haast River valley at the start of the main divide, Haast, Westland, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Women in colourful saris in a field of aloe vera preparing for flood irrigation, village of Borunda, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Hugely swollen River Parrett overflowing onto Aller Moor near Staithe after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Flood plain with sand depressions, Haast River Valley, from road to Haast Pass, the start of the main divide, Haast, Westland, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Houses with raised doorways as a flood precaution, River Thames, Strand on the Green, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Flooded gateway and pastureland on West Moor near Hambridge on the Somerset Levels after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Overview of extensively flooded pastureland and farm track on West Sedgemoor, Somerset Levels, after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tourists walking on footbridges during high tide in St. Mark's Square, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Swans swimming in street during the floods of 1998, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tourists cross flood scoured rocks, past typical formations, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bungle Bungle, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Severely flooded and closed road on Curry Moor between North Curry and East Lyng after weeks of heavy rain, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Farmer working in bare field, with flood irrigation, village of Borunda, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

High tide in St. Mark's Square, flooding the square and Doge's Palace, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Tourists walking on footbridges during high tide in St. Mark's Square, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Algeria, Sahara, Hoggar, Tamanrasset, River Flooding After Heavy Rains First Time After 8 Years Drought

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Russian Mi8 helicopter being used by the United Nations, World Food Program to deliver food aid to areas still cut off by the flooding around Makhanga and Bangula.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air on a flight to Makhanga, which two months on, is still cut off by the floods when all rail and road connections were washed away, is looking down on the flood waters still sat on the flood plain, and the devastated farmland.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of alnd, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a mother and child in Chiteskesa refugee camp, near Mulanje.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows solar powered lamps in a refugee camp near Chikwawa.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows tree roots exposed as the river bank was washed away near Chikwawa.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air shows flood waters and farmland destroyed by the floods, with local farmers crossing their devastated fields.

Huge chunks of peat eroded from the side of the Upper Esk by extreme flooding in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a specialist truck that takes water straight from the river and purifies it to drinking standards, which is then used in the many flood refugee camps in the Shire valley.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of alnd, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a food being ferried across a river near Phalombe after the bridge was washed away.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows the scale of the flood destruction, with ruined farmland, from the air.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a railway line that was washed away in Bangula.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Medicin Sans Frontieres clinic in Makhanga testing local people for malaria, many of whom proved positive for the disease, as a result of the drying up flood waters providing ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

January 2015 saw a three day period of excessive rain which brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Medicin Sans Frontieres clinic in Makhanga providing Malaria treatment drugs to local people, many of whom now have malaria, as a result of the drying up flood waters providing ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows displaced people in Baani refugee camp near Phalombe, preparing pumpkin flowers to eat.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air on a flight to Makhanga, which two months on, is still cut off by the floods when all rail and road connections were washed away, is looking down on the flood waters still sat on the flood plain.

January 2015 saw a three day period of excessive rain which brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Medicin Sans Frontieres clinic in Makhanga testing local people, many of whom now have malaria, as a result of the drying up flood waters providing ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Russian Mi8 helicopter being used by the United Nations, World Food Program to deliver food aid to areas still cut off by the flooding, around Bangula and Mkhanga.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows displaced people dividing up food aid in a refugee camp near Phalombe.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a road and bridge washed away near Chikwawa.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows displaced children in Baani refugee camp near Phalombe.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air shows farmland buried under flood debris, and still flooded land.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a drainage pipe that was washed away near Chikwawa.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of alnd, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a displaced women carrying water in the refugee camp of Chiteskesa refugee camp, near Mulanje.

A motorist travels far too fast through flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides.

Kayakers in the flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides.

A motorist travels through flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides.

Flooded salt marsh during an exceptionally high tide near Cark in Cartmell on Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, UK.

A motorist stuck in flood waters on the road at Storth on the Kent Estuary in Cumbria, UK, during the January 2014 storm surge and high tides, is pushed out by two helpers.

Huge chunks of peat eroded from the side of the Upper Esk by extreme flooding in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Melting snow results in water rising and threat of floods, Stowe, Vermont, New England, United States of America, North America

View across the Skeidararsandur glacial flood plain to the Skaftafellsjokull part of Vatnajokull glacier, southeast area, Iceland, Polar Regions

A flood gate, part of the new flood defences in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a road bridge destroyed near Chikwawa.

Trees washed downdstream by flood conditions on the River Feshie, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

View across the Skeidararsandur glacial flood plain to the Skaftafellsjokull part of Vatnajokull glacier, southeast area, Iceland, Polar Regions

Huge chunks of peat eroded from the side of the Upper Esk by extreme flooding in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Constructing flood defences on the River Cocker in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunset over Skeidararsandur glacial flood plain and Skeidarajokull glacier part of Vatnajokull glacier, southeast area, Iceland, Polar Regions

A flood gate, part of the new flood defences in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe