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Floods ravage Southeast Asia, displacing hundreds of thousands and killing scores

Updated 1:02 AM EDT, Wed August 5, 2015
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People look at a bridge which was washed away by floodwater in the state of Manipur, India on August 1, 2015. At least 178 have been killed in recent flooding, with an estimated 10 million affected across India.
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People look at a bridge which was washed away by floodwater in the state of Manipur, India on August 1, 2015. At least 178 have been killed in recent flooding, with an estimated 10 million affected across India.
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Yellow taxis and other vehicles wade through a flooded street in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Parts of the city were flooded after the Ganges river rose following monsoon rains.
Yellow taxis and other vehicles wade through a flooded street in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Parts of the city were flooded after the Ganges river rose following monsoon rains.
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Indian villagers wade through floodwater in Bherampur Block, Murshidabad. In Gujarat, India's westernmost state, 71 people have died. Another 69 have died in West Bengal and 38 have lost their lives in Rajasthan, according to State Home Ministry Spokesman Kuldeep Dhatwalia.
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Indian villagers wade through floodwater in Bherampur Block, Murshidabad. In Gujarat, India's westernmost state, 71 people have died. Another 69 have died in West Bengal and 38 have lost their lives in Rajasthan, according to State Home Ministry Spokesman Kuldeep Dhatwalia.
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Pakistani men clear up next to a partially damaged house in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 3, 2015. A spokesman for Pakistan's National Disaster Management Agency told AFP that 116 people had died and more than 850,000 people had been affected across the country by this year's monsoon floods.
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Pakistani men clear up next to a partially damaged house in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 3, 2015. A spokesman for Pakistan's National Disaster Management Agency told AFP that 116 people had died and more than 850,000 people had been affected across the country by this year's monsoon floods.
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Pakistani villagers wade through floodwaters caused by heavy rains at a village on the outskirts of Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Flooding has left millions displaced throughout the region.
Pakistani villagers wade through floodwaters caused by heavy rains at a village on the outskirts of Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Flooding has left millions displaced throughout the region.
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Bangladeshi villagers stand near a broken embankment, avoiding floodwater, in Cox's Bazar on August 2, 2015, after the area was hit by torrential rains from Cyclone Komen.
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Bangladeshi villagers stand near a broken embankment, avoiding floodwater, in Cox's Bazar on August 2, 2015, after the area was hit by torrential rains from Cyclone Komen.
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Bangladeshi villagers wade through flood waters in Cox's Bazar.
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Bangladeshi villagers wade through flood waters in Cox's Bazar.
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An aerial view shows flooding throughout the town of Kalay, Myanmar's Sagaing region, on August 3. Heavy monsoon rains in the past month have left at least 47 dead with more than 200,000 displaced.
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An aerial view shows flooding throughout the town of Kalay, Myanmar's Sagaing region, on August 3. Heavy monsoon rains in the past month have left at least 47 dead with more than 200,000 displaced.
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A man climbs to safety on a roof, escaping the flooding in Kalay, Myanmar on August 3.
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A man climbs to safety on a roof, escaping the flooding in Kalay, Myanmar on August 3.
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A house is nearly submerged by floodwater in Kalay on August 3. Some places in the country have experienced over a meter of rainfall in the past week.
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A house is nearly submerged by floodwater in Kalay on August 3. Some places in the country have experienced over a meter of rainfall in the past week.
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Floodwater inundates houses and vegetation in Kalay on August 2. The toll from flash floods and landslides in Myanmar after days of torrential rain is likely to spike, the U.N. warned, as monsoonal downpours continue across the region.
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Floodwater inundates houses and vegetation in Kalay on August 2. The toll from flash floods and landslides in Myanmar after days of torrential rain is likely to spike, the U.N. warned, as monsoonal downpours continue across the region.
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