And the Rains Came

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A woman sweeps away the muddy water at a bar following heavy rains near the U.S. military base Camp Casey in Dongducheon, South Korea, 28 July 2011: photo by Lee Jin-man/AP

Cars are trapped on a flooded road during heavy rainfall in Seoul, 27 July 2011: photo by Lim Hun-jung/Yonhap/Reuters

A bird sits on the top of a flooded bridge at an ecology park in Seoul on 29 July 2011. Torrential downfalls have severely disrupted life in Seoul and its surrounding areas, submerging streets filled with idled cars, flooding subway stations and forcing businesses to shut: photo by Lee Jin-man/AP

A man reads the Koran on the first day of Ramadan while taking shelter from rain on a sidewalk in Lahore, 2 August 2011: photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters