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Added on the 09/02/2021 08:03:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Flooded water surrounding the banks of the river Zab Asfal in Altun Kubri, some 50 kilometres south or Arbil, after torrential rains caused flash floods in northern Iraq killing several. IMAGES
Indian rescue workers are looking for survivors, with the help of sniffer dogs, as they struggle to dig away tonnes of rocks and mud in a choked Himalayan tunnel three days after a devastating flash flood likely caused by a burst glacier in India's Himalayan north IMAGES
Emergency workers use front loaders to clear debris at a tunnel after deadly flash floods, caused by a burst glacier in northern India, wrecked havoc. Most of those missing were working at two power plants. Some were trapped in two tunnels cut off by the floods and by mud and rocks. IMAGES
Indian rescue crews scour mud-caked tea plantations and villages with little hope of finding more survivors from successive landslides that killed around 200 people. Days of torrential monsoon rains have battered the southern coastal state of Kerala, with blocked roads into the Wayanad district disaster area complicating relief efforts since Tuesday 30 July. IMAGES
Rescuers work to pull survivors from landslides triggered by pounding monsoon rains in India's southern coastal state of Kerala. The landslides have killed dozens, with hundreds more feared trapped under mud and debris. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.