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Flooded rice fields like these are nothing new to the residents of Pakse, Laos. Farmers rely on the regular rise of the Mekong River to moisten the ground and fertilize their land. Unusually heavy rains in the summer of 2008, though, sent the river to its highest level in a century—at 45 feet (14 meters)—triggering deadly landslides and causing widespread damage in Laos and Vietnam. Photograph by W.E. Garrett