Floods and landslides triggered by torrents of water from the Himalayas have killed a minimum of 20 individuals in India and Bangladesh, in line with authorities catastrophe officers Monday.
It follows devastating floods in Nepal this month which killed a minimum of 225 individuals, with water including to already swollen rivers in India and Bangladesh.
Deadly floods and landslides are widespread throughout South Asia in the course of the monsoon season from June to September however specialists say local weather change is making them worse.
In India’s northeastern Meghalaya state, “relentless rainfall-induced floods and landslides” had brought about a swath of destruction, the chief minister’s workplace stated.
“We are saddened to inform that the death toll from the landslides and floods in the Garo Hills region has increased to 15,” it stated in a press release, with the deaths recorded since Friday.
Those killed embody a instructor and his son, who drowned when floods swept away their automobile.
In neighboring Bangladesh – a low-lying nation with giant areas made up of deltas the place the Ganges and the Brahmaputra wind in direction of the ocean – 5 individuals have been killed since Saturday, the catastrophe administration ministry stated.
At least 20,000 individuals have been pressured to flee their properties, it added, however water ranges are starting to drop.
“Floodwaters have started to recede … excessive rain and the water from upstream caused this flood,” Disaster Ministry official Nazmul Abedin stated.
Source: www.dailysabah.com