A woman sees her house flooded in a rainstorm in Wennei village of Chaonan District in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province, Aug 20, 2013. [Photo by Xuanhui/Asianewsphoto]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.