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PHOTOS: Heat Waves And Extreme Flooding

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Extreme Weather Photos 8/4/2013
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A Skopje City zoo employee, unseen, sprays Buco the hippopotamus with a hose to cool him down, as the temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), in Macedonia's capital Skopje, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) (credit:AP)
(02 of19)
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Mammatus clouds move over the Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair after a round of thunderstorms passed through the area on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Mammatus are most often associated with severe thunderstorms. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Peter Cihelka) (credit:AP)
(03 of19)
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Indian people prepare funeral pyres on the road after banks of the River Ganges were flooded due to heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. India's monsoon season, which runs from June through September, brings rains that are vital to agriculture but also cause floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (credit:AP)
(04 of19)
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An Indian man jumps to cool off from a residential building partly submerged in the flooded River Ganges after heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. India's monsoon season, which runs from June through September, brings rains that are vital to agriculture but also cause floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (credit:AP)
(05 of19)
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A Pakistani empties a bucket of muddy water from his home flooded by heavy rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. About a dozen of people have been killed and many others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy territorial rains in Pakistan, as authorities warn the situation may worsen further. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) (credit:AP)
(06 of19)
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A young Indian child uses a rubber tyre to float in the flooded River Ganges under the Shastri bridge in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. India's monsoon season, which runs from June through September, brings rains that are vital to agriculture but also cause floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (credit:AP)
(07 of19)
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People and vehicles pass on a road flooded by heavy territorial rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. About a dozen of people have been killed and many others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy territorial rains in Pakistan, as authorities warned the situation may worsen further. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) (credit:AP)
(08 of19)
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A stray dog wades through a flooded street in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Heavy rains lashed many parts of Gujarat Saturday causing the rivers to overflow. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) (credit:AP)
(09 of19)
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Indians wade through a flooded road after heavy rain lashed the city in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Heavy rains lashed many parts of Gujarat Saturday causing the rivers to overflow. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) (credit:AP)
(10 of19)
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Pakistani people walk on a damaged bridge over a flooded river in Peshawar on August 3, 2013. At least 15 people have been killed and 30 others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan, even as authorities warned the situation may worsen further. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(11 of19)
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A Pakistani man drives his auto rickshaw along a flooded street after the rains in Karachi on August 3, 2013. At least 15 people have been killed and 30 others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan, even as authorities warned the situation may worsen further. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(12 of19)
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People relax in the mini heatwave on the pier at Brighton beach on August 1, 2013 in Brighton, England. A heatwave has returned to much of the country with temperatures expected to reach highs of 32C. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(13 of19)
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A woman relaxes during the return of the heatwave on the pier at Brighton beach on August 1, 2013 in Brighton, England. A heatwave has returned to much of the country with temperatures expected to reach highs of 32C. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(14 of19)
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People flock to Brighton beach as the heatwave returns on August 1, 2013 in Brighton, England. A heatwave has returned to much of the country with temperatures expected to reach highs of 32C. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(15 of19)
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People flock to Brighton beach as the heatwave returns on August 1, 2013 in Brighton, England. A heatwave has returned to much of the country with temperatures expected to reach highs of 32C. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(16 of19)
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People take a shower on the bank of Vardar River in downtown Skopje, Macedonia, as the temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) (credit:AP)
(17 of19)
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An emu bird enjoys a water spray at the city zoo in Skopje, Macedonia, as the temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) (credit:AP)
(18 of19)
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Martha, a brown bear, uses a puddle to cool down at the city zoo in Skopje, Macedonia, as the temperature excides 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) (credit:AP)
(19 of19)
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Bosnian dives into a creek to cool down during heat wave near Sarajevo, on Monday, July 29, 2013. People in Bosnia are looking for refreshment in the rivers and lakes as the country is hit by a heat wave with temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius , 104 Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (credit:AP)
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