Capital awash in Bangladesh flood crisis
Deaths from monsoon rains across south Asia this year reached 1,100 today as residents in Bangladesh’s capital endured its worst flooding in six years, wading through sewage and rowing boats on flooded roads.
The annual monsoon flooding, fed by melting snow and torrential rains, has left millions across south Asia marooned or homeless. At least 686 people have died in India, 102 in Nepal and five in Pakistan, according to reports from officials.
