This rain - it's not just the UK :-(

[meriad]

Our cleaner at work is from Bolivia and she was just telling me that in the last 2 weeks up to 40 people have been killed there, due to landslides caused by excessive rain. She comes from Santa Cruz and apparently quite a few of the roads there are flooded and her parents are very worried about the waters rising and coming into the homes.

[Kaz]

My word Ria, that is just terrible

Those poor people

[kathy22]

Think this is something that large parts of Europe are facing with heavy rain and floods.

Kathy

[tonicha]

Watching the news this morning, a lot of Central Portugal, especially around Santerem, just down from Lisbon, is flooded. The river Tagus has burst it's banks and people are being rescued by the maritime police.

[Kaz]

[Diflower]

Horrible news, all of it

I've more or less given up watching the news for now, it's quite depressing enough just looking out of the window!

[tonicha]

You're right Di.

We watched the news again earlier and it's also the Douro which has burst it's banks.

The north is getting far worse then us.