continues to be deeply felt, with many questions about what happened before and since still unanswered. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. china has been hit by heavy rains, with flooding and landslides in parts of the country. 11 people have been reported missing and more than 60,000 have been evacuated from their homes in guangdong province, with a warning that river levels there could hit a once in a century peak. our china correspondent laura bicker reports. some almost managed to sleep through their rescue, cradled from the worst of the rising floodwaters. but others cried for help as their streets were submerged. rescuers had to navigate their boats through a flooded urban landscape. tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the province. delivery drivers found themselves stranded,
with flooding and landslides. four people have died, 11 others are missing, and thousands have left their homes. there's a warning that river levels could hit a once—in—a—century peak. 0ur china correspondent laura bicker reports. some almost managed to sleep through their rescue, cradled from the worst of the rising floodwaters. but others cried for help as their streets were submerged. rescuers had to navigate their boats through a flooded urban landscape. tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the province. delivery drivers found themselves stranded. their chosen route disappearing in the deluge. roads became dangerous, fast—flowing rivers. and bridges couldn't withstand the force of the water. huang filmed as the floods crept closer to his home.
as their streets were submerged. rescuers had to navigate their boats through a flooded urban landscape. tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the province. delivery drivers found themselves stranded. their chosen route disappearing in the deluge. roads became dangerous, fast—flowing rivers. and bridges couldn't withstand the force of the water. huang filmed as the floods crept closer to his home. "it was scary," he said. "this is how high the water came," he told the bbc in a video call. several provinces stayed on alert as water levels rose over the weekend, drowning dozens of rice paddies. guangdong is used to summer floods, but unusually powerful storms also
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as the sun set on bondi beach, families young and old came together, heartbroken and still hurting. in the crowds, police officers and rescuers who responded to last week's attack. a community left reeling, trying to come to terms with what happened. we gather here in bondi to grieve for all that has been stolen from us. all the possibility and potential, all the kindness and humanity, all the love and laughter of the six lives snatched away on that hardest of saturday afternoons. six people were stabbed to death byjoel cauchi, their names and their stories now so familiar to people here. those who had come to australia for a better life, others with their whole lives ahead of them. a young mother who died protecting her baby. ash was 38, i am 38, our babies are weeks apart. it felt like we should
to honour the victims of last week's stabbing at a shopping centre in sydney. joel cauchi killed six people, and wounded twelve others, before he was shot dead. in one glimmer of hope — doctors say a nine—month—old baby whose mother was killed, has been released from hospital. katy watson reports from the vigil. as the sun set on bondi beach, families young and old came together, heartbroken and still hurting. in the crowds, police officers and rescuers who responded to last week's attack. a community left reeling, trying to come to terms with what happened. we gather here in bondi to grieve for all that has been stolen from us. all the possibility and potential, all the kindness and humanity, all the love and laughter of the six lives snatched away on that hardest of saturday afternoons. six people were stabbed to death byjoel cauchi, their names and their stories now
some breaking news coming into us from central african republic, at least 50 people who were on their way to a funeral have died after their boat capsized in the capital. that was on friday. that's according to afp, the news agency, and they are quoting rescuers who were involved in this, so these 58 people on their way to a funeral died after their boat capsized in the central african republic. and we will bring you more on that storyjust as soon as we get further details. work has begun on one of the first official statues of her majesty queen elizabeth ii, following her death two years ago at the age of 96. the renowned artist and sculptor andy edwards has been tasked with immortalising britain's longest reigning monarch in bronze, which will go on display in staffordshire once complete. our reporter liz copper explains. a sculpture to mark a reign
some 10 inches of rain in a single storm. >> too much. >> reporter: more than the united arab emirates had seen in 75 years. >> there is so much water here. >> it's actually horrendous, the worst i've ever seen in dubai, and we have seen some bad storms in the past, but this was like nothing else. it was like an alien invasion. this guy just kept on flashing thunder, nonstop, almost nonstop. i've never seen so much rain and all my life. >> reporter: in the soil-rich reason, luxury vehicles plowed through the highways and street, transformed into muddy rivers. as futuristic skyscrapers were swallowed by ghoulish storm clouds. at dubai international airport, a wave of flight cancellations and delays, forcing the world's second busiest hub to warn passengers to stay away unless it was absolutely necessary. schools were closed. homes destroyed, and shopping malls engulfed in water. but rescuers proved ready to