Flash floods across Botswana have killed seven people including three children and uprooted thousands after days of heavy rains, President Duma Boko said on Saturday. Authorities have temporarily shut schools and blocked roads following more than a week of downpours.

In December, a landslide and flash floods in Sukabumi, West Java, killed 12 people, destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in vulnerable areas. Villagers described the floods as "unprecedented" with rapid water currents sweeping through settlements.