Rescue teams in India have struggled through thick sludge and debris to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll from landslides and accidents caused by torrential monsoon rain rose to 125.
At least 25 people have died in China's flood-stricken central province of Henan, a dozen of them in a subway line in its capital that was drenched by what weather officials called the heaviest rains for 1000 years.
Flash floods hit southern Germany on Sunday, killing at least one person and adding to the flooding devastation that has claimed the lives of more than 180 people in Europe in recent days.
Rescue workers have searched flood-ravaged parts of western Germany for survivors as water levels remained high in many towns and houses continued to collapse in the country's worst natural disaster in half a century.