Death toll rises to 30 as floods batter India and Bangladesh

Death toll rises to 30 as floods batter India and Bangladesh
Volunteers use a boat to help rescue people on a flooded street (AP Photo/Fatima Tuj Johora)

Floods have wreaked more havoc in India’s north east and neighbouring Bangladesh’s eastern region, raising this week’s total death toll to 30, officials said.

Rain stopped in many parts of Bangladesh on Friday and weather officials in Dhaka said the waters had started receding in some areas, but added that the flooding would not be over for days.

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