The World in Images S03E78 · Flooding: When Your Home Goes Underwater

Air date: 2024-09-18 11m

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As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. A standout picture from the floods in France in April 2024 was a photo of man standing inside his living room with nearly one metre of water. Sometimes the simplest images can really bring home the full measure of a catastrophe.

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