Three news stories describe flooding and storms around the world. In Arizona, a pickup truck was submerged in silt after flooding from the Agua Fria River. In Angola, a woman used plastic sheets for shelter from rain at an outdoor market. In Brazil, over 100 people have been killed by mudslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo states.

1. Sand trap
Jay Anghel, left, and Bill Ickes look at a
pickup truck that is submerged in silt after
the Agua Fria River flooded the Rivers Edge
RV Park on Jan. 21 during a storm in Black
Canyon City, Ariz.
Shelter from the storm
An Angolan woman uses plastic sheets as
shelter from the rain at an informal open air
market in Lubango, Angola, on Jan. 22.
Lubango hosted one of the four African Cup
of Nations quarterfinals on Jan. 25 at the
Tundavala stadium.
Deadly deluge
People make their way on a flooded street of
the Jardim Romano neighborhood in Sao
Paulo, Brazil, on Jan. 26. More than 100
people have been killed by mudslides and
floods triggered by downpours across
southeastern Brazil since Jan. 1. Heaviest hit
have been Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
states.
Megan Forni looks at a giant tree that fell on
her house splitting it in half in Fair Oaks. She
was trapped in a room under the tree until
firefighters helped free her. Forni and other
family members in the house were unhurt.

2. Burj Khalifa
Dubai's Burj Khalifa was debuted and
renamed on Monday, Jan. 4. Burj Khalifa is
the world's tallest building (2,717 feet),
features the highest observation deck and
was renamed after Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, the ruler of neighboring Abu Dhabi
who came to the aid of Dubai during the
financial meltdown.
Vancouver, British Columbia, will play host to
the 2010 Winter Olympics from Feb. 12-28,
and the Paralympic Winter Games from
March 12-21.
Fairy tale palaces, towering pagodas, and
even an Egyptian Sphynx, all carved from ice,
are among the sights at this year's Harbin
International Ice and Snow Sculpture
Festival.
The buildings seen at Harbin's annual snow
festival celebrating snow and ice are made
from blocks of ice.
Horse fly
Shahan caught this female Tabanus horse fly
in a toothpick container, took the insect
home, then smeared some honey on a stone
(in foreground) to get it to stand still for its
close-up.