Floods Affect 16 Million, Kill 500 In Nepal, India And Bangladesh

7 years ago 19/08/2017
  • More than 16 million people in Nepal, India and Bangladesh are affected by monsoon floods in one of the most serious crises the region has seen in many years, IFRC reports.

    According to local authorities, flood levels have already reached record highs in Bangladesh and flooding in Jamuna has surpassed levels set in 1988, the deadliest floods the country has ever faced.

    Floods in Bangladesh are likely to get much worse there as swollen rivers from India pour into the low-lying and densely popul... [see source for more information]