A local residents is interviewed for television newson the flooded streets in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Shawn Johnson paddles his aluminium boat after saving riding sadles and car parts from his shed that is mostly underwater after the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet over the previous...

People look at the flooding in Windors where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

People take pictures of the flooded streets in Windor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Flooded streets in Windsor where over the weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

An elderly couple stand in the rain in a partially flooded road. Over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Flooded gardens in Windsor where over the weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Flooded streets in Windsor where over the weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Flooded streets in Windsor where over the weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Shawn Johnson paddles his aluminium boat after saving riding sadles and car parts from his shed that is mostly underwater after the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet over the previous...

A man slips as he tries to take a canoe onto the flooded streets in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A woman paddles a boat along the flooded streets in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A vehicle sits in flood water outside a house in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Peninsula House Tebbutt's Observatory built in 1845 close to being inundated by water. Nearby, farmers have moved their tractors and other farm equipment to the site as it is the highest point in the...

A horse grazes beside a flooded road in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

The roof of a house shows above the water in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

People try to build flood defences in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

People try to build flood defences in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

People try to build flood defences in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Flooding in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Two boys on a paddle board make their way along the flooded streets in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Two boys on a paddle board land at the edge of a flooded road in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Two boys on a paddle board make their way along the flooded streets in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A man in a boat talks to a couple standing in flood water in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A couple stand at the edge of the water on a flooded road in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A man paddles a plastic boat in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A woman walks through the flood water in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A man collects sand bags using a plastic boat in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A man collects sand bags using a plastic boat in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Sand bags at the bottom of a garage door in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A couple walk through water outside their home in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

A family try to move their possessions in Windsor where over the previous weekend, the Hawkesbury River rose rapidly by more than 30 feet.

Two boys walk through food flood water in the Shuwari camp, home for some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

A youth navigates his canoe through dead trees on the Xingu River, formed after the flooding of the Belo Monte dam reservoir, an area of nearly 516 km2. The rotting vegetation releases methane gas whi...

A boy rests on the banks of the Xingu River in Paratizao, a river dweller community located near the dam of Belo Monte. The place is surrounded by great toothpick-like patches of dead trees, formed af...

A riverbank dweller visits what remains of his house on an island in the Xingu River, which was flooded by the Belo Monte Dam's reservoir.

A girl collecting water in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in India...

A child stands near washing and shelters built to house people after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

A child carries a basin of dishes past a damaged building after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500...

A woman collects water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,50...

A child sleeps in the remnants of a house after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroyed...

A child sleeps in the remnants of a house after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroyed...

A family sleep in the remnants of a house after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroyed...

Joseph Mbarato (L) surveys what remains of his five room house that adjoins Lake Tanganyika in the town of Uvira. Torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks and the ensuing floods ca...

Joseph Mbarato (L) surveys what remains of his five room house that adjoins Lake Tanganyika in the town of Uvira. Torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks and the ensuing floods ca...

The aftermath of flooding in the city of Uvira following heavy rains that caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks.

A woman wades through a pool of water on a flooded road.

A man looks out from a building damaged by flooding after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes...

A man clears rocks from a building damaged by flooding after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 hom...

A boy stands beside what remains of his family's five room house that adjoins Lake Tanganyika in the town of Uvira. Torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks and the ensuing floods...

A woman passes buildings damaged by flooding after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroy...

A bowl of food floats on a puddle where Central American Migrants installed their shelter to sleep for a night in the main square of the city.

Leonardo Batista (59) visits what remains of his brother's house that was on an island in the Xingu River but which was flooded by the Belo Monte hydroelectric reservoir.

A horse drawn cart passes stilt houses built along the Altamira igarape (creek), the low-lying part of the city that now is under water indefinitely after the formation of the Belo Monte reservoir.

A boy fishes on the Xingu River near to Paratizao, a river dwellers' community located near the dam of Belo Monte. The place is surrounded by great toothpick-like patches of dead trees, formed after t...

A boy plays with a dog on the banks of the Xingu River in Paratizao, a river dweller community located near the dam of Belo Monte. The place is surrounded by great toothpick-like patches of dead trees...

A boy rests on the banks of the Xingu River in Paratizao, a river dweller community located near the dam of Belo Monte. The place is surrounded by great toothpick-like patches of dead trees, formed af...

A boy sits on a truck loaded with the belongings and pets of a displaced family that used to live in a stilt house in Altamira but are being resettled in a new urban dwelling. They were forced to move...

A depth measuring rod used by the indigenous people of the Miratu village to measure the flow of water from the Xingu River downstream of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam.

A stretch of the Xingu river between the Belo Monte dam and Altamira, seen in 2011 before the dam's construction. The total area flooded by the reservoir was nearly 516 km2, and all these islands form...

Boats and sunken canoes on a stretch of the Altamira waterfront that was flooded as the Xingu River rose due to the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant.

A stretch of the Xingu river between the Belo Monte dam and Altamira, seen in 2011 before the dam's construction. The total area flooded by the reservoir was nearly 516 km2, and all these islands form...

A boy stands besidea wall marked with the water level that the Xingu River is expected to reach after the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam.

A stretch of the Xingu river between the Belo Monte dam and Altamira, seen in 2011 before the dam's construction. The total area flooded by the reservoir was nearly 516 km2, and all these islands form...

A boy punts a homemade raft across a pool of flood water in a slum area of the city.

A resident walks along a muddy path next to some portable public toilets in Khayelitsha, Cape Town's largest township. Many of its 600,000 inhabitants, living in the township's most distant edges have...

A boy sits on a truck loaded with the belongings and pets of a displaced family that used to live in a stilt house in Altamira but are being resettled in a new urban dwelling. They were forced to move...

Leonardo Batista (59) visits what remains of his brother's house that was on an island in the Xingu River but which was flooded by the Belo Monte hydroelectric reservoir.

Goldfish swim over mosaics in the flooded crypt in the church of San Francesco (Basilica de San Francesco).

Goldfish swim over mosaics in the flooded crypt in the church of San Francesco (Basilica de San Francesco).

Mosaics in the flooded crypt in the church of San Francesco (Basilica de San Francesco).

Machinery used for repairs and renovations at the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warmin...

Insulated pipes used for repairs and renovations at the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are...

An ice-encrusted door inside the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than any...

The entrance door to the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere el...

Workers from the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) unloads seed samples for storage in the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafr...

Workers from the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) unloads seed samples for storage in the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafr...

A worker from the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) unloads seed samples for storage in the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permaf...

The entrance tunnel to the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere...

The entrance door to the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere el...

The entrance door to the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere el...

Insulated pipes used for repairs and renovations at the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are...

A tunnel inside the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere else on...

An employee of Nordgen (Nordic Genetic Resources Center) checks storage boxes containing seed samples within the Global Seed Vault. In recent years, the seed vault̢۪s main tunnel experienced some fl...

An ice-encrusted door inside the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than any...

An ice-encrusted door inside the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than any...

A sign outside the Global Seed Vault where, in recent years, the main tunnel has experienced some flooding due to permafrost melt. Temperatures in this region are warming faster than anywhere else on...