The Trinity River following floods caused from severe rainstorm in Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2022. (Credit: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg) The Trinity River following floods caused from a severe rainstorm in Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2022. (Credit: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000 residents of capital city Jackson without reliable access to clean drinking water. Cascades of rain recently poured into Seoul's subway stations and turned streets into rivers in one of the worst storms in more than a century.

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