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New Delhi
More than 350 people have now died as a result of flooding and landslides in South Asia brought on by heavy monsoon rains over the past few weeks, officials said Saturday.
So far, 184 deaths have been reported in India, 90 in Nepal, 41 in Pakistan and 37 in Bangladesh since the latest heavy rains began in early July.
Though the rains were easing and floodwaters receding on Saturday, the situation remained critical across vast swathes of the region which remained waterlogged. “The death toll reached 92 on Friday as rescue workers found more bodies,” a disaster management official in India’s eastern state of Bihar said. “The situation is still grim.” “A total of 114,721 people are currently in relief camps as their villages are inundated with water and roads submerged,” the official said.
More than 6 million people in Bihar have been affected by the devastating floods. In Assam state, 50 people have died in floods and landslides, the state’s disaster management unit spokesman Akhil Das said. More than 6 million people have been affected and over 20,000 are in relief camps.
New Delhi
More than 350 people have now died as a result of flooding and landslides in South Asia brought on by heavy monsoon rains over the past few weeks, officials said Saturday.
So far, 184 deaths have been reported in India, 90 in Nepal, 41 in Pakistan and 37 in Bangladesh since the latest heavy rains began in early July.
Though the rains were easing and floodwaters receding on Saturday, the situation remained critical across vast swathes of the region which remained waterlogged. “The death toll reached 92 on Friday as rescue workers found more bodies,” a disaster management official in India’s eastern state of Bihar said. “The situation is still grim.” “A total of 114,721 people are currently in relief camps as their villages are inundated with water and roads submerged,” the official said.
More than 6 million people in Bihar have been affected by the devastating floods. In Assam state, 50 people have died in floods and landslides, the state’s disaster management unit spokesman Akhil Das said. More than 6 million people have been affected and over 20,000 are in relief camps.
