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With at least 40 people dead, the current monsoon season is already proving to be a particularly dangerous one in South Korea, with rain forecast to continue.

Many areas across East Africa have in recent years experienced both severe droughts and heavy rainfalls that killed many and damaged property and crops.

Several towns declared states of emergency and evacuated citizens as water submerged streets and highways and derailed a high-speed train.

At least 14 people died and thousands were left homeless after some areas received half their annual rainfall in 36 hours in a region that had only recently finished rebuilding after a 2012 earthquake.

More than 100,000 people had to leave their homes after spring floods engulfed cities and villages in vast sections of neighboring countries.

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.

Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed.

Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare?