Status: 06/18/2022 11:56
In India and Bangladesh, floods and violent storms have killed many people and forced millions more to flee their homes. Authorities expect the situation to deteriorate over the weekend.
Severe storms and floods claimed many lives in India and Bangladesh. Millions of homes were under water in both countries, authorities said.
According to the Ministry of Disaster Management, at least nine people have died in the floods in the Indian state of Assam, and two million have had to flee their homes. The Brahmaputra, one of the largest rivers in Asia, broke through its dykes and flooded 3,000 villages and crops. “The amount of rainfall is unprecedented,” said a worker at the weather station in Assam’s capital Gauhati. The military helped authorities rescue stranded people and provide food for the homeless.
Employees of the “National Disaster Response Force” rescue the inhabitants of the village of Korora, in the Indian state of Assam, affected by the floods.
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21 dead after lightning
Lightning strikes in neighboring Bangladesh killed at least 21 people, police said. Four people were also killed by landslides in the port city of Chittagong. About four million people had to leave their homes. Districts along the Indian border have been hardest hit. The capital Dhaka’s Flood Forecasting Center said all rivers in the country were inundated.
There are fears that more rain could worsen the situation in both countries over the weekend.
