Picture by: Manuel Lopez (Reuters)

A man and his dog walk along a flooded street in Villahermosa, Mexico. Villahermosa, Mexico, was evacuated overnight as the river breached sandbag defences on November 3, 2007.

Mexican Interior Minister Fransisco Ramirez Acuna said that navy and army boats and helicopters had been sent from around the country to help. He also has acknowledged that the floods have overhelmed the government.

Picture by: Xiang Qiong (EPA)

A man with his umbrella cross a flooded street in Leqing County, China, August 2009.