In July at least 37 people were killed by flood waters inand around the city of Beijing, China. In the rural andsuburban areas outside Beijing, many more people died inas a result of flooding, which was said to be the region’sworst in 60 years.Floods occurred in southwest Russia inearly July, mainly in Krasnodar Krai, near the coast of theBlack Sea. Five months‚Äô worth of rain fell overnight insome southern parts of the country, leaving 144 people deadand damaging the homes of nearly 13,000 people. Othermassive flooding events occurred in Asia’s BrahmaputraRiver, Great Britain, Ireland, Loreto, Nigeria, North Korea,the Philippines, Romania, Fiji, Nepal, and Pakistan.
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