Flooding forces Mosul residents to flee war in rickety boats

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - The Iraqi man laid the body of his wife, wrapped in a black shroud, gently on the bow of a small wooden boat and held onto it as a second man rowed slowly to pick up the man's three children standing a few metres away.

from Reuters: Top News http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-bridge-idUKKBN1820K6?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews