Rain ravage around Kedarnath temple

More than 70,000 tourists and pilgrims have been stranded on different Chardham (four pilgrimages) routes of the Garhwal hills. The Kedarnath temple, 110 km northeast of Dehradun, is cut off because the bridge on the Mandakani at Gaurikund was washed away on Sunday night, leaving tourists and pilgrims stranded.

The rising Ganga has started creating panic in the minds of the people living in Katri belt. The Ganga was reported to be dangerously flowing and was rising by half-a-centimetre with each passing hour. The gravity of the situation could be gauged from the fact that the ghats in Bithoor have completely submerged under water. Similar was the situation at the city ghats. All the prominent ghats are flooded with water. 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/floods

Philippines ramps up flood relief efforts - 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19190685

Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge at evacuation centres in Manila

Efforts are under way in the Philippines to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by deadly floods that have paralysed the capital, Manila, and nearby areas.

Philippines ramps up flood relief efforts: Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge at evacuation centres in Manila. Efforts are under way in the Philippines to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by deadly floods that have paralysed the capital, Manila, and nearby areas.

MANILA: Philippine authorities appealed Thursday for help in getting relief to two million people affected by deadly floods in and around the capital, warning that evacuation centres were overwhelmed. After more than a month’s worth of rain was dumped on Manila in 48 hours, entire districts remained submerged although overflowing rivers had started to recede and neck-high waters seen earlier were typically down to knee deep. 
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-62646-Appeal-to-help-Philippine-flood-victims

  Severe drought spread rapidly across the central US this week, further damaging staple crops and heightening the risk of a global food crisis. The Midwest, where roughly one-third of the world’s staple grains are produced, is experiencing the deepest dry spell in over half a century.  
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/drou-j28.shtml#