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Australia hit by flooding after heavy rainfall - video
Heavy summer rainfall has hit eastern Australia, causing flooding and severe weather warnings in northern New South Wales and Queensland. Thousands have been forced from their homes by the floodwaters or evacuated with assistance from the emergency services as heavy rainfall is set to continue
Thailand flooding costs Lloyd's of London $2.2bn
Combined estimates from other insurance groups have already put total cost of Thai natural disaster at $15bn to $20bn
Thailand floods: damaged cars at a Honda plant in central Thailand. Lloyd's of London has taken a $2.2bn hit from the floods. Photograph: Apichart Weerawong/AP
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Floating buildings could help Thais tackle the flooding crisis
Residents in central Thailand face an annual battle with flooding caused by rains. Homes that float offer a solution to the crisis
In monsoon seasons past, villagers in Pa Mok would quietly embark on their annual vertical migration as the Chao Phraya river swelled and spilled over its banks, inundating rice paddies and neighbourhoods of this low-lying community in central Thailand. They moved to the upper level of their homes, which were built on three-metre high stilts.
Residents in central Thailand face an annual battle with flooding caused by rains. Homes that float offer a solution to the crisis
Deep water ... residents make their way along a street in Pathum Thani, one of the low-lying central provinces on the outskirts of Bangkok, during floods in October last year. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty
In monsoon seasons past, villagers in Pa Mok would quietly embark on their annual vertical migration as the Chao Phraya river swelled and spilled over its banks, inundating rice paddies and neighbourhoods of this low-lying community in central Thailand. They moved to the upper level of their homes, which were built on three-metre high stilts.
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