Earthwindmap showing the incredible amounts of rainfall in Indo-Pakistan and Asian area in recent days
In July TBW reported the deluge continues, more than 10 million people have been displaced across a wide spread of Southern Asia as torrential rains continue to cause havoc in the area. According to a report in The Star Tribune, thousands more are struggling to get food and medicine, nearly 600 people have died in India and Nepal. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, or IFRC, claimed a humanitarian crisis can not be avoided, saying that close to one-third of Bangladesh has already been flooded, with more flooding expected in the coming weeks.
It said that 2.8 million people have been affected and that more than 1 million are isolated. In India, over 6.8 million people have been affected by the flooding, mainly in the northern states of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh, the IFRC said, citing official figures. In India's northeastern state of Assam alone, some 2.5 million people were affected and at least 113 have died, authorities said. M.S. Manivannan, head of Assam's Disaster Management Authority, said many rivers were still flowing above the danger level.
It said that 2.8 million people have been affected and that more than 1 million are isolated. In India, over 6.8 million people have been affected by the flooding, mainly in the northern states of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh, the IFRC said, citing official figures. In India's northeastern state of Assam alone, some 2.5 million people were affected and at least 113 have died, authorities said. M.S. Manivannan, head of Assam's Disaster Management Authority, said many rivers were still flowing above the danger level.
We are now halfway through October, nearly six million people have been affected by flooding this year in East Africa alone. Data from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 1.5 million people have been displaced by the floods. The number of people affected has increased more than five-fold in four years. The number has gone up from 1.1 million in 2016 to nearly six million so far this year.
There are fears that the situation will worsen when the peak of the short rains in November to hit most countries in the region. Parts of the region are recording the heaviest rains in a century. In 2019, a big temperature differential between the east and west sides of the Indian Ocean was blamed for heavy rainfall.
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