Unusually heavy rains in Central Europe caused extensive flooding in Germany and France in late May and early June, leaving at least 18 people dead and tens of thousands without power or water. 

In Paris, at press time, the Seine was over 19 feet above normal levels and had spilled over its banks at some locations. All river traffic had been halted and the Musée d’Orsay and Louvre had been closed so staff could move artworks to upper levels. Some rail and Métro stations in...

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 37 destinations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, North Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Republic of South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen...

In the northern Pakistan provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, at least 92 people were killed in floods caused by heavy, pre-monsoon-season rains in early April, including at least 23 from a massive landslide that covered a village.

Flooding also washed away more than 1,000 houses and destroyed or damaged at least 70 shops in the regional capital of Peshawar. Roads also were damaged, including the Karakorum Highway, a link between China and Pakistan.