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I love the storm in early May
The current May turned out to be unusually wet in many countries around the world: torrential rains and floods wreaked havoc in Europe, China, India, the US and Sri Lanka.
In Europe last week by flooding in southern Poland killed at least five people. Torrential rains that began in central Europe last weekend also caused flooding in parts of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic as rains caused rivers spill and flooding buildings and roads, located in the lowlands.
In Lanka due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall across the country over the past week, killing 20 people. In neighboring India, the death toll from a powerful cyclone Laila, who walked on the south-east coast, interrupting power lines and causing landslides, increased to 23. Torrential rains caused by global weather has become the El Niño phenomenon (temperature changes of the surface waters of the Pacific) , were in different parts of southern China, causing streams of water demolished houses, destroyed crops and caused the death of at least 70 people.
In the US, incessant rains in the last week have caused several rivers spill moderate in Missouri, as well as flash floods, which killed two people.
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1) A woman holding on to the railing, trying to overcome the flow of water on the banks of the Oder River. The picture was taken in the eastern German city of Frankfurt an der Oder on the German-Polish border on May 19. The death toll from floods in 2010 that hit Central Europe amounted to 6 people. After the dam in the Polish city of Krakow, were evacuated about 500 people
2) Police officers and firefighters are helping local people during the floods in the city of Ostrava, in the northeast of the Czech Republic on 17 May. (AP / Petr David Josek)
3) Local resident Vlastimil Koreish during a visit to the cemetery in the flooded city of Bohumin, north-east of the Czech Republic, Tuesday, 18 May 2010. (AP / Petr David Josek)
4) A dog looks out of the drain hole in the wall of a house in the town of Rohatec, south-east of the Czech Republic, May 19. (AP / Vaclav Salek)
5) People are standing on the balcony, looking at the flow of water around your home. The picture was taken on the outskirts of Sandomierz, south-eastern Poland, May 19. (AP / Czarek Sokolowski)
6) River view Ondava which flooded the town in Trebišov in eastern Slovakia on May 18th. (AP / Peter Lazar)
7) People help each other in the struggle with the elements on the outskirts of Tarnobrzeg, south-eastern Poland on 19 May. (AP / Krzysztof Lokaj)
8) The evacuation of local residents on the outskirts of the Czech town of Tarnobrzeg. (AP / Krzysztof Lokaj)
9) The staff of the fire brigade to evacuate people from the flooded areas on the outskirts of the city of Tarnobrzeg 19 May 2010. (AP / Krzysztof Lokaj)
10) A man and his dog over the main entrance to the private house surrounded by flood waters. The picture was taken in the area of Sandomierz in central Poland on May 19. (AFP / Getty Images / Janek Skarzynski)
11) Children during the celebration of his first communion, despite the high water of the Vistula in Warsaw on May 20th. (AFP / Getty Images / Janek Skarzynski)
12) A huge hole on the M1, which was formed as a result of the flood-Kukai Bakonyi near Gyor, 124 km west of Budapest. (AP / Karoly Gyoeri)
13) A local man carrying a child through a flooded street in the Hungarian city of Miskolc May 16. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
14) Rescuers are waiting for a lift dry mixture on a temporary dam of sandbags on the river Bodva, near the village of Sendra. May 17th flood waters destroyed a dam in northeastern Hungary 200 km from Budapest. (AFP / Getty Images / Peter Kohalmi)
15) An employee of Water Resources resting, sitting on the side of the destroyed Zahradní shaft of sandbags, which is surrounded by the flooded village of Sendra, in north-eastern Hungary. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
16) The hospital staff in a flooded chamber of City Hospital Six, in northeastern Hungary, Monday, May 17, 2010. Officials in Hungary and Serbia reported that the floods caused by torrential rains, killing three people. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
17) An elderly woman trying to get out of the house to collect drinking water. Photographed on May 17 in the village of Sendra, in north-eastern Hungary. (AFP / Getty Images / Peter Kohalmi)
18) A local resident carries a fish caught on a flooded street in the Hungarian village of Felsohamor. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
19) Lankiets carries his catch on the beach, in the rain in Colombo on May 21. (AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
20) The locals are on a flooded street of Colombo. Long-monsoon rains caused flooding in many parts of Sri Lanka. (AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
21) Rickshaw in the Indian city of Chennai on the east coast pushing a cart during a heavy rain before the arrival of the cyclone Laila. Cyclone, during which the wind speed reached 125 kilometers per hour, was on the south-eastern coast of India, with the result that thousands of local residents were evacuated. (AFP / Getty Images)
22) A man hiding from the rain under a plastic sheet on the background can be seen collapsed power lines. The picture was taken in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, on Friday, May 21. (AP / Mahesh Kumar)
23) Residents move through flooded streets of the Indian city of Hyderabad after heavy rains May 16 2010. (AP / Mahesh Kumar)
24) The locals inspect the wreckage of the house, collapsed due to sudden flooding May 6, 2010 in Xinhua County in South China's Hunan Province. (AP)
25) Village resident carries a TV that found among the ruins after the floods in Hunan Province, central China on May 15, 2010. Heavy rains caused by weather phenomenon has been the global El Niño, we were in different parts of southern China, causing streams of water demolished house, destroying crops and caused the death of at least 70 people. (AFP / Getty Images)
26) Flood water blocked the entrance to the casino «President» in St. Louis on May 15, forcing the owners to close the entertainment at weekends and in urgent installation of a roof. (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Laurie Skrivan)
27) Dustin McCoy watching the flood on Penn Avenue in Oklahoma City directly from the hood of his car. (The Oklahoman / Sarah Phipps)
28) The parents of the missing Jeremy Perez waiting until staff emergency service complete the search in the Guadalupe River on May 14, 2010. Perez was reported missing after Jeremy's friends lost sight of him while swimming in the river. At least two people died in the cabin of the cars that were swept away by flood waters in Texas. (Victoria Advocate / Jennifer Ross)
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In Europe last week by flooding in southern Poland killed at least five people. Torrential rains that began in central Europe last weekend also caused flooding in parts of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic as rains caused rivers spill and flooding buildings and roads, located in the lowlands.
In Lanka due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall across the country over the past week, killing 20 people. In neighboring India, the death toll from a powerful cyclone Laila, who walked on the south-east coast, interrupting power lines and causing landslides, increased to 23. Torrential rains caused by global weather has become the El Niño phenomenon (temperature changes of the surface waters of the Pacific) , were in different parts of southern China, causing streams of water demolished houses, destroyed crops and caused the death of at least 70 people.
In the US, incessant rains in the last week have caused several rivers spill moderate in Missouri, as well as flash floods, which killed two people.
28 ph via Bigpicture
1) A woman holding on to the railing, trying to overcome the flow of water on the banks of the Oder River. The picture was taken in the eastern German city of Frankfurt an der Oder on the German-Polish border on May 19. The death toll from floods in 2010 that hit Central Europe amounted to 6 people. After the dam in the Polish city of Krakow, were evacuated about 500 people
2) Police officers and firefighters are helping local people during the floods in the city of Ostrava, in the northeast of the Czech Republic on 17 May. (AP / Petr David Josek)
3) Local resident Vlastimil Koreish during a visit to the cemetery in the flooded city of Bohumin, north-east of the Czech Republic, Tuesday, 18 May 2010. (AP / Petr David Josek)
4) A dog looks out of the drain hole in the wall of a house in the town of Rohatec, south-east of the Czech Republic, May 19. (AP / Vaclav Salek)
5) People are standing on the balcony, looking at the flow of water around your home. The picture was taken on the outskirts of Sandomierz, south-eastern Poland, May 19. (AP / Czarek Sokolowski)
6) River view Ondava which flooded the town in Trebišov in eastern Slovakia on May 18th. (AP / Peter Lazar)
7) People help each other in the struggle with the elements on the outskirts of Tarnobrzeg, south-eastern Poland on 19 May. (AP / Krzysztof Lokaj)
8) The evacuation of local residents on the outskirts of the Czech town of Tarnobrzeg. (AP / Krzysztof Lokaj)
9) The staff of the fire brigade to evacuate people from the flooded areas on the outskirts of the city of Tarnobrzeg 19 May 2010. (AP / Krzysztof Lokaj)
10) A man and his dog over the main entrance to the private house surrounded by flood waters. The picture was taken in the area of Sandomierz in central Poland on May 19. (AFP / Getty Images / Janek Skarzynski)
11) Children during the celebration of his first communion, despite the high water of the Vistula in Warsaw on May 20th. (AFP / Getty Images / Janek Skarzynski)
12) A huge hole on the M1, which was formed as a result of the flood-Kukai Bakonyi near Gyor, 124 km west of Budapest. (AP / Karoly Gyoeri)
13) A local man carrying a child through a flooded street in the Hungarian city of Miskolc May 16. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
14) Rescuers are waiting for a lift dry mixture on a temporary dam of sandbags on the river Bodva, near the village of Sendra. May 17th flood waters destroyed a dam in northeastern Hungary 200 km from Budapest. (AFP / Getty Images / Peter Kohalmi)
15) An employee of Water Resources resting, sitting on the side of the destroyed Zahradní shaft of sandbags, which is surrounded by the flooded village of Sendra, in north-eastern Hungary. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
16) The hospital staff in a flooded chamber of City Hospital Six, in northeastern Hungary, Monday, May 17, 2010. Officials in Hungary and Serbia reported that the floods caused by torrential rains, killing three people. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
17) An elderly woman trying to get out of the house to collect drinking water. Photographed on May 17 in the village of Sendra, in north-eastern Hungary. (AFP / Getty Images / Peter Kohalmi)
18) A local resident carries a fish caught on a flooded street in the Hungarian village of Felsohamor. (AP / Bela Szandelszky)
19) Lankiets carries his catch on the beach, in the rain in Colombo on May 21. (AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
20) The locals are on a flooded street of Colombo. Long-monsoon rains caused flooding in many parts of Sri Lanka. (AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
21) Rickshaw in the Indian city of Chennai on the east coast pushing a cart during a heavy rain before the arrival of the cyclone Laila. Cyclone, during which the wind speed reached 125 kilometers per hour, was on the south-eastern coast of India, with the result that thousands of local residents were evacuated. (AFP / Getty Images)
22) A man hiding from the rain under a plastic sheet on the background can be seen collapsed power lines. The picture was taken in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, on Friday, May 21. (AP / Mahesh Kumar)
23) Residents move through flooded streets of the Indian city of Hyderabad after heavy rains May 16 2010. (AP / Mahesh Kumar)
24) The locals inspect the wreckage of the house, collapsed due to sudden flooding May 6, 2010 in Xinhua County in South China's Hunan Province. (AP)
25) Village resident carries a TV that found among the ruins after the floods in Hunan Province, central China on May 15, 2010. Heavy rains caused by weather phenomenon has been the global El Niño, we were in different parts of southern China, causing streams of water demolished house, destroying crops and caused the death of at least 70 people. (AFP / Getty Images)
26) Flood water blocked the entrance to the casino «President» in St. Louis on May 15, forcing the owners to close the entertainment at weekends and in urgent installation of a roof. (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Laurie Skrivan)
27) Dustin McCoy watching the flood on Penn Avenue in Oklahoma City directly from the hood of his car. (The Oklahoman / Sarah Phipps)
28) The parents of the missing Jeremy Perez waiting until staff emergency service complete the search in the Guadalupe River on May 14, 2010. Perez was reported missing after Jeremy's friends lost sight of him while swimming in the river. At least two people died in the cabin of the cars that were swept away by flood waters in Texas. (Victoria Advocate / Jennifer Ross)
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