The picture of this elderly man reading a newspaper and not being bothered with flood, was taking in a Starbucks in Hong Kong. He was dubbed "Starbucks Uncle" and inspired an insane Photoshop battle.

These letters went back and forth between neighbors and it’s pretty amusing.

The storm winds reached 71 mph in the city on Friday and the rain flooded parts of the Las Vegas strip, affecting as many as 33,000 people with power outages.
 

This sweet guy saved a cat from drowning in a flood in Alberta.
 

In Austria, which is now flooding, you can see how important this defensive wall when it comes to saving the town from being washed away.
 

People in Thailand were forced to search for new ways and ideas on how to survive the flood. This is what they have invented.

Flooded ruins of villa Epecuen in Argentina.

This couple was taking a romantic walk in the rain in a city that was flooded. This wasn’t especially a good idea.

The horrible flood in China brought tons of garbage to the country. It takes several cleaning boats to get rid of all the mess.

In case you missed it, see also Oil Spill in China: Man Nearly Drowned.

This is a hypermarket of Auchan, a French international retail group which is known internationally. Auchan is a huge distribution group with a presence in 12 countries. However, I have no idea which country this hypermarket is situated in. Anyway, so many products are now ruined. It's a pity…

Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee suffered from the most significant floods in the last 20 years. This was the result of torrential rains on May 1-2, 2010. Some areas received 17 inches of rain. 24 deaths were recorded. Record crests were observed on several rivers and springs. Downtown Nashville (Tennessee) disappeared under the water. Many people were evacuated.

Now people are coming back to their homes, starting repairing and eliminating flood consequences.
 

Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong (China), is slashed by heavy rain. Streets and roads are hidden under the water.

Very often Russians park their cars in garage blocks that are sometimes located far from their houses and are built in lines. Well, this tradition has lead to a real spring “car” flood in Moscow. Some unknown company was installing a heating system not far from a block of garages, and afterwards two water wells “mysteriously” disappeared. Guess what? Over 150 car garages were flooded!

As can be seen from these photos, some floods are worse than others. It doesn’t matter where you live the effects of a flood are devastating and long lasting. As beautiful as Mother Nature can be, she can also be vicious at times.