The roaring tides of Qiantang River triggered by Typhoon Trami flush spectators down from the bank in Haining city, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 22, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]
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.